The 100 best movies you've never seen
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- 2003
- Topics
- Motion pictures -- History, Performing arts, Cinéma, PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference, Motion pictures, Cinema
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- Toronto [Ont.] : ECW Press
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Offbeat movie buffs, discerning video renters, and critical viewers will benefit from this roll call of the best overlooked films of the last 70 years. Richard Crouse, film critic and host of television?s award-winning Reel to Real, details his favorite films, from the sublime Monsoon Wedding to the ridiculous Eegah! The Name Written in Blood. Each movie is featured with a detailed description of plot, notable trivia tidbits, critical reviews, and interviews with actors and filmmakers. Featured interviews include Bill Wyman on a little-known Rolling Stones documentary, schlockmeister Lloyd Kaufman on the history of the Toxic Avenger, reclusive writer and director Hampton Fancher on his film The Minus Man, and B-movie hero Bruce Campbell on playing Elvis Presley in Bubba Ho-Tep. Sidebars feature quirky details, including legal disclaimers and memorable quotes
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Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- A -- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai in the 8th Dimension -- Annigoni: Portrait of an Artist -- Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner -- B -- The Bad and the Beautiful -- Bedazzled -- The Believer -- Better Off Dead -- Beyond the Mat -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Lines from 80s Comedies -- Beyond the Valley of the Dolls -- Big Bad Love -- Biggie & Tupac -- The Brave One -- Brotherhood of the Wolf -- Bubba Ho-Tep -- C -- Cane Toads: An Unnatural History -- Carnival of Souls -- Chelsea Girls -- Cherish -- Cocksucker Blues -- CQ -- Cyberman -- D -- Darby O'Gill and the Little People -- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys -- Delicatessen -- Dementia 13 -- The Devil's Backbone -- The Dish -- Dr. Syn: Alias the Scarecrow -- Dogtown and Z-Boys -- E -- Eating Raoul -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Movie Quotes -- Eegah! The Name Written in Blood -- Emma's Shadow -- The Experiment -- F -- A Face in the Crowd -- The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T -- Foreign Correspondent -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Cameos by Directors -- Frailty -- Fubar -- Fun -- Funny Games -- G -- Gangster Number One -- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai -- Ginger Snaps -- The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle -- H -- Happy Texas -- The Harder They Come -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Soundtracks -- Hedwig & the Angry Inch -- Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- High School Confidential -- I -- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang -- Incubus -- Island of Lost Souls -- J -- Jason & the Argonauts -- K -- The Kid Stays in the Picture -- Killer Klowns from Outer Space -- Kind Hearts and Coronets -- The Krays -- L -- Lady in the Lake -- The Luzhin Defence -- M -- M -- Mad Monster Party -- Maelstr246;m -- The Man Who Fell to Earth -- Meet the Feebles -- Mile Zero -- The Minus Man -- Monsoon Wedding -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Titles with Ten Words or More -- N -- Night Tide -- O -- Omega Man, The -- P -- Peeping Tom -- The Phantom of the Paradise -- Pitch Black -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Legal Disclaimers -- P -- The Pope of Greenwich Village -- Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy -- The Princess and the Warrior -- R -- Rat Pfink A Boo Boo -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Alan Smithee Films -- S -- Santa Claus Conquers the Martians -- Scarface: The Shame of the Nation -- The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao -- Simone -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Bits of Movie Wisdom -- Stage Door -- The Straight Story -- Sugar Town -- Suspiria -- T -- 13 Conversations about One Thing -- Tadpole -- Targets -- The Terror of Tiny Town -- They Might Be Giants -- To Be or Not To Be -- The Toxic Avenger -- Treed Murray -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Credits -- Trees Lounge -- Twist, The -- Two Family House -- The Virgin Suicides -- W -- waydowntown -- White Zombie -- Wild in the Streets -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Corporate Logos -- Z -- Zardoz -- Bibliography
Offbeat movie buffs, discerning video renters, and critical viewers will benefit from this roll call of the best overlooked films of the last 70 years. Richard Crouse, film critic and host of television?s award-winning Reel to Real, details his favorite films, from the sublime Monsoon Wedding to the ridiculous Eegah! The Name Written in Blood. Each movie is featured with a detailed description of plot, notable trivia tidbits, critical reviews, and interviews with actors and filmmakers. Featured interviews include Bill Wyman on a little-known Rolling Stones documentary, schlockmeister Lloyd Kaufman on the history of the Toxic Avenger, reclusive writer and director Hampton Fancher on his film The Minus Man, and B-movie hero Bruce Campbell on playing Elvis Presley in Bubba Ho-Tep. Sidebars feature quirky details, including legal disclaimers and memorable quotes
Versement en lot
Includes bibliographical references
Print version record
Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- A -- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai in the 8th Dimension -- Annigoni: Portrait of an Artist -- Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner -- B -- The Bad and the Beautiful -- Bedazzled -- The Believer -- Better Off Dead -- Beyond the Mat -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Lines from 80s Comedies -- Beyond the Valley of the Dolls -- Big Bad Love -- Biggie & Tupac -- The Brave One -- Brotherhood of the Wolf -- Bubba Ho-Tep -- C -- Cane Toads: An Unnatural History -- Carnival of Souls -- Chelsea Girls -- Cherish -- Cocksucker Blues -- CQ -- Cyberman -- D -- Darby O'Gill and the Little People -- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys -- Delicatessen -- Dementia 13 -- The Devil's Backbone -- The Dish -- Dr. Syn: Alias the Scarecrow -- Dogtown and Z-Boys -- E -- Eating Raoul -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Movie Quotes -- Eegah! The Name Written in Blood -- Emma's Shadow -- The Experiment -- F -- A Face in the Crowd -- The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T -- Foreign Correspondent -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Cameos by Directors -- Frailty -- Fubar -- Fun -- Funny Games -- G -- Gangster Number One -- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai -- Ginger Snaps -- The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle -- H -- Happy Texas -- The Harder They Come -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Soundtracks -- Hedwig & the Angry Inch -- Here Comes Mr. Jordan -- High School Confidential -- I -- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang -- Incubus -- Island of Lost Souls -- J -- Jason & the Argonauts -- K -- The Kid Stays in the Picture -- Killer Klowns from Outer Space -- Kind Hearts and Coronets -- The Krays -- L -- Lady in the Lake -- The Luzhin Defence -- M -- M -- Mad Monster Party -- Maelstr246;m -- The Man Who Fell to Earth -- Meet the Feebles -- Mile Zero -- The Minus Man -- Monsoon Wedding -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Titles with Ten Words or More -- N -- Night Tide -- O -- Omega Man, The -- P -- Peeping Tom -- The Phantom of the Paradise -- Pitch Black -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Legal Disclaimers -- P -- The Pope of Greenwich Village -- Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy -- The Princess and the Warrior -- R -- Rat Pfink A Boo Boo -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Alan Smithee Films -- S -- Santa Claus Conquers the Martians -- Scarface: The Shame of the Nation -- The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao -- Simone -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Bits of Movie Wisdom -- Stage Door -- The Straight Story -- Sugar Town -- Suspiria -- T -- 13 Conversations about One Thing -- Tadpole -- Targets -- The Terror of Tiny Town -- They Might Be Giants -- To Be or Not To Be -- The Toxic Avenger -- Treed Murray -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Credits -- Trees Lounge -- Twist, The -- Two Family House -- The Virgin Suicides -- W -- waydowntown -- White Zombie -- Wild in the Streets -- LIST: Richard's Favorite Corporate Logos -- Z -- Zardoz -- Bibliography
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