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Your Face Here: British Cult Movies Since the Sixties
‘The film book of the year. Reserve your copy now.’ HOTDOG
The definitive guide to the history and location of Britain’s most famous cult movies, from A Hard Day’s Night to Trainspotting, with dozens of new interviews, unseen photographs, maps and film sites – and how to find them.
“You’re a big man, but you’re in bad shape”; “I demand to have some booze!”; “Choose Life…”
A Hard Day’s Night, If, Performance, A Clockwork Orange, Get Carter, The Wicker Man, Quadrophenia, Withnail & I, Naked, Trainspotting…
In the 1990s an industry has grown up around certain British cult movies – soundtracks, videos, internet sites and fully-fledged cinema reissues. The makers of these films have become icons of cool, revered throughout the worlds of film, music and fashion. But what makes these films into lifestyles? Your Face Here will tell you why and how.
Ali Catterall and Simon Wells have talked to writers, filmmakers and eyewitnesses, and scouted dozens of location sites to create the definitive history of and guide to over thirty years of British cult movies. Fully illustrated.
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Deirdre: A Life on Coronation Street
A walk down the cobbles with one of Coronation Street’s best loved characters. From her first appearance in 1972, Deirdre Barlow (nee Hunt) went on to become one of the street’s most iconic stars and been at the centre of some of its most explosive storylines; including her affair with Mike Baldwin, her imprisonment for fraud which prompted the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to raise her case in the Commons and her relationship with daughter Tracy, a woman who has literally gotten away with murder.
Deirdre: A Life on the Street is a tribute to one of the most recognised and loved characters on television. Looking back at her three husbands, four weddings and countless pairs of specs, it features exclusive photographs as well as a look at Deirdre’s four decades on Britain’s most famous street. It’s packed full of quotes including many from Deirdre’s acid tongued mother Blanche, reminisces and a look at some of Deirdre’s most memorable moments.Read more
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Ralph Richardson: The Authorized Biography
Ralph Richardson was a contradictory genius who remains a legendary power and presence dominated stage and screen for over 50 years. Richardson eschewed most of the romantic heroes that made his two friends, Olivier and Gielgud, famous; he was the only one of the three thought capable of playing the ordinary man. In his search for the man behind the actor’s make-up, the author has talked to Ralph Richardson’s friends and colleagues. From their memories and Richardson’s own words, John Miller has woven a portrait which shows Richardson in all his complexity and reveals the inner drive which took him, against the odds, to the heights of public and critical acclaim. John Miller also disentangles the real from the apocryphal stories of the eccentricity that contributed to the Richardson legend, discovering most to be true and finding new ones. Sir Ralph believed in keeping the secrets of his art from the public, but those secrets he did show to his fellow players are now told in this biography.Read more
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501 Movie Stars: An A-Z Guide To The Greatest Screen Actors
501 Movie Stars pays homage to these legends, trendsetters, and pop cultural idols, with a dazzling and comprehensive gallery of the biggest movie stars from around the world. Every notable name to have worked their magic in front of the camera is here, from Gloria Swanson to Julia Roberts, from Frank Sinatra to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gene Autry and John Wayne, from Toshiro Mifune and Sonny Chiba to Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu. The A-Z approach of 501 Movie Stars allows you to locate any actor with maximum ease, making it an ideal movielover’s reference. Each star has at least one full page, with the most influential stars receiving extended treatment, devoted to their work, with a filmography and feature boxes on awards and stylistic trademarks.With 501 Movie Stars to hand, you’ll have a one-stop resource to the larger-than-life faces of film that you can turn and enjoy, time and time again.Read more
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Contacts 2016: Stage, Film, Television, Radio 2016
The essential handbook for everyone working or wanting to work in the UK entertainment industry. Published by Spotlight since 1947 it contains over 5000 listings for companies, services and individuals across all branches of Television, Stage, Film and Radio. Additionally, information and advice pages are also included together with a range of advertisers from photographers to agents, drama coaches to showreel companies.Read more
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Banned in the U.S.A.: British Films in the United States and Their Censorship, 1933-1960 (Cinema and Society)
Making use of the recently-opened files of the US Production Code Administration, this is a study of the way in which British films were censored in the USA between 1933 and 1960. Film by film, it tells the story of the continuing dialogue between the British film-making industry and the American censors, shows how the Production Code system operated and how the censors viewed moral issues, violence, bad language and matters of “decorum”, and highlights natural differences such as American concern over what was perceived as the British preoccupation with lavatories. The book also seeks to dispel myths, depicting chief censor Joseph Breen and his staff as knowledgeable people who sympathized with and admired the British film industry.Read more
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: 21 Great Bloomsbury Reads for the 21st Century
One of the most exhilarating periods in film history began with Dennis Hopper’s groundbreaking “Easy Rider” in 1969 and ended with Scorsese’s masterpiece “Raging Bull” in 1980, with Beverly Hills shrouded under a blanket of cocaine: at least, that’s how it seemed. Based on interviews with all the Hollywood players of the time, this is the story of creativity and excess in Hollywood, when Coppola, Bogdanovich, Scorsese, Lucas, Hopper, Altman and Spielberg were at the height of their powers. Recounted with refreshing candour, those involved talk about their rise to glory and the sex, drugs and money that made so many of them crash and burn.Read more
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The Making of Jane Austen’s Emma
A companion to the television adaption of “Emma”. It details all stages of this production from casting to filming to post-production, and pieces together the roles of many of the behind-the-scenes contributors, from wardrobe and make-up to costume and set design. The book also contains Andrew Davies’s script, as well as photographs and interviews with both cast and crew.Read more
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Dirk Bogarde: The Complete Career Illustrated
Illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, this tribute to actor Dirk Bogarde covers his appearances in film, theatre and television listed role by role in chronological order, linked by a running commentary and quotes from critics of the day. Bogarde has worked with directors as diverse as Joseph Losey, John Schlesinger and Visconti. Robert Tanitch has written extensively on film and the theatre. His previous titles include photographic biographies of Laurence Olivier, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud.Read more
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The Complete Guide to Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie Movie” starring Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie: Everything you need to know about the new live-action barbie movie
What others are saying and what you don’t know about Greta Gerwig is writing and directing “Barbie,” most people tend to change their minds from “I know what that movie is going to be” to “Oh, well, maybe I don’t…”
Learn everything there is to know about the movie “Barbie” in the meanwhile by reading on.
For this live-action “Barbie” universe, praise be to the casting gods. Ryan Gosling will co-star as the title character Ken and Margot Robbie will serve as the film’s producer.Read more
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Don’t Laugh at Me: An Autobiography By Norman Wisdom
Norman Wisdom was born in poverty in the East End. By the age of 12 he was a homeless tramp who had to beg and steal to eat. Eventually he joined the Army where he became a boxing champion and also discovered his true vocation as an entertainer. On leaving the Army he blew his savings on a trip to Hollywood where he bluffed his way in to see Charlie Chaplin, who predicted that Norman Wisdom would be the man to take his mantle. This little man in a tight suit and cloth cap was to make over 40 films and became Britain’s most successful comedian of the 1950s and early 1960s. His stories from this time revolve around film greats including Laurel and Hardy, Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson and John Wayne. His song, “Don’t Laugh At Me”, was in the top ten for nine months, hinting at a sadness behind all the success, and his wife Freda was to leave him when, as he says, she found someone tall and good-looking. Now Norman’s film career is reviving with the release of a new film called “Double X”.Read more
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An Autobiography of British Cinema (Methuen film)
This volume of first-hand reminiscences, celebrating 50 years of British filmmaking, records the Golden Age of British Cinema as remembered by 180 great and best-loved names of the British cinema, including Lindsay Anderson, Dirk Bogarde, Julie Christie, Alec Guinness, Thora Hird, Richard Attenborough, Glenda Jackson, Sarah Miles, Richard Todd, Michael Caine, Moira Shearer and Norman Wisdom, plus a whole new generation of British filmmakers and actors like Sally Potter, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jarman, Peter Greenaway, Emma Thompson and Stephen Frears.Read more
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London Film Location Guide
This intriguing guide to London locations used in movies covers the whole of the metropolis area by area, so you’ll be able to find streets where you live, work or play, whether in Chelsea, Greenwich or Whitechapel. The book reveals the cinematic moments of a range of named streets, pubs, libraries, shops and offices that Londoners know and love. The book includes ‘then’ and ‘now’ photographs – stills from the films and the same locations photographed recently. A comprehensive index enables you to easily find the streets and areas that you know.
The films featured include those famously set in London – ‘Notting Hill’, ‘Love Actually’, ‘Patriot Games’, ‘Alfie’, ‘Basic Instinct 2’ – as well as those that contained seminal scenes set in the capital. Some interesting shots of London mocked up to look like foreign climes, from Amsterdam to Vietnam. The author’s painstaking research covers films from the 1940s and 1950s – including the great Ealing productions – right up to the recent Shaun of the Dead.
The book offers delights for both film buffs and London enthusiasts.
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Completely Foxed
This is the sequel to the author’s successful memoir “Slightly Foxed” and takes her story on from 1971, when her husband died. She writes of her loneliness as well as happier times doing charity work. Many famous artists are mentioned, including her sons Edward, James and Robert.Read more
£3.40Completely Foxed
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A Divided Life
An autobiography of Bryan Forbes, describing his turbulent years as head of production of EMI. The author also recollects his friendships with such stars as Graham Greene, Peter Sellers, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis and Terence Rattigan.Read more
£3.40A Divided Life
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Collins Ireland Film and TV Location Map
Full-colour, handy guide to more than 50 of the most popular film and TV locations in Ireland.
Striking images and detailed descriptions allow for a comprehensive guide to Ireland’s most recognisable filming sites in a convenient, travel-sized guide.
Follow the journeys your favourite characters undertook in world-famous productions such as Game of Thrones and Star Wars as this guide covers the best Ireland has to offer Hollywood and Bollywood.
This map features:
- Clear mapping at a scale of 8.7 miles to 1 inch.
- Scenic images and detailed descriptions of famous filming locations.
- More than 50 Film and Television locations, including: Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Derry Girls, Vikings, and P.S. I Love You.
- Ideal companion to a sat-nav – it enables route planning and route sense-checking.
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Going Mad in Hollywood: And Life with Lindsay Anderson
David Sherwin was Lindsay Anderson’s closest collaborator in Hollywood. This book offers an affectionate insight into the character of Anderson, one of the greatest figures in post-war British film and theatre.Read more
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Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Official Novelisation
CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HALLOWEEN CLASSIC!Relive Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas with this stunning collectible novelisation, adapted by New York Times bestselling author Megan Shepherd.
Jack Skellington, the beloved Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, has grown tired of his home’s annual scaring routines and longs for something new.
So when he and his loyal dog, Zero, discover a series of doors in the Hinterlands leading to other holiday towns, he can’t help but explore – and quickly becomes enamoured with Christmas Town, a place filled with jolly laughs, merry elves, and plenty of presents. Jack shares all of his findings with the rest of Halloween Town, and together, they devise a plan to run Christmas themselves.
But not all tricks can be turned into holiday treats, and Jack’s dream to organise the best Christmas ever may just turn into a nightmare. Alongside friends like the rag doll Sally, can Jack find his true purpose as a holiday king?
Also available: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen
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Merchant of Dreams: Louis B.Mayer, M.G.M. and the Secret Hollywood
Louis B. Mayer, at the helm of the great film studio MGM, was the guardian of American ideals. He was the most patriotic and romantic of the film makers, creating a dream world for the public in his lavish and luxurious movies. The son of a penniless Russian immigrant, Louis B. Mayer became the most powerful and richest film tycoon in Hollywood. His was the imagination which launched a galaxy of stars, among them Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Garland, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Vivien Leigh, Gene Kelly, Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. This biography is as much an account of their triumphs and tragedies as lt is of the brooding presence of Mayer.Read more
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From Le Pigeonnier (Penguin 60s S.)
This is an extract from Bogarde’s “A Short Walk from Harrods.”Read more
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Your Face Here: British Cult Movies Since the Sixties
The definitive guide to the history and location of Britain’s most famous cult movies, from A Hard Day’s Night to Trainspotting, with dozens of new interviews, unseen photographs, maps and film sites – and how to find them.
“You’re a big man, but you’re in bad shape”; “I demand to have some booze!”; “Choose Life…”
A Hard Day’s Night, If, Performance, A Clockwork Orange, Get Carter, The Wicker Man, Quadrophenia, Withnail & I, Naked, Trainspotting…
In the 1990s an industry has grown up around certain British cult movies – soundtracks, videos, internet sites and fully-fledged cinema reissues. The makers of these films have become icons of cool, revered throughout the worlds of film, music and fashion. But what makes these films into lifestyles? Your Face Here will tell you why and how.
Ali Catterall and Simon Wells have talked to writers, filmmakers and eyewitnesses, and scouted dozens of location sites to create the definitive history of and guide to over thirty years of British cult movies. Fully illustrated.
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Collins Scotland Film and TV Location Map
Full-colour, handy guide to more than 60 of the most popular film and TV locations in Scotland.
Striking images and detailed descriptions allow for a comprehensive guide to Scotland’s most recognisable filming sites in a convenient, travel-sized guide.
Follow the journeys your favourite characters undertook from Hogwarts to Gotham City, Skyfall to Lallybroch, as this guide covers the best Scotland has to offer Hollywood and Bollywood.
This map features:
- Full coverage of the road, stations, and streets of Scotland
- Scenic images and detailed descriptions of famous filming locations
- Locations include: Harry Potter, James Bond, The Da Vinci Code, Still Game, Outlander, Good Omens, and The Crown
- Ideal companion to a sat-nav – it enables route planning and route sense-checking
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The Ultimate Modern Movie Greats Wordsearch Collection Volume 2 LARGE PRINT: The complete movie themed word search for adults and seniors (The Ultimate Large Print Wordsearch)
Celebrating the Modern Movie Greats and their films.
This large print book contains 75 themed wordsearch puzzles based on the films of the most successful Hollywood actors in recent years
Actors & Actresses included in this volume are:
Christian Bale, Emma Stone, Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Bradley Cooper, Charlize Theron and many more!
This book makes an ideal gift for:
Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Cousins, Brother, Sister, Aunt, Uncle, Niece, Nephew, film trivia fans, movie trivia lovers and Teacher
Thank you gift
Christmas stocking filler
Travel book to occupy some time for long trips
Teacher giftsCover: Softcover Glossy
Layout: 105 White Pages including 75 puzzles and solutions
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
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The Ultimate Modern Movie Greats Wordsearch Collection Volume 1: The complete movie themed word search for adults and clever kids (The Ultimate Themed Wordsearch)
Celebrating the Modern Movie Greats and their films.
This book contains 75 themed wordsearch puzzles based on the films of the most successful Hollywood actors in recent years
Actors & Actresses included in this volume are:
Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and many more!
This book makes an ideal gift for:
Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Cousins, Brother, Sister, Aunt, Uncle, Niece, Nephew, film trivia fans, movie trivia lovers and Teacher
Thank you gift
Christmas stocking filler
Travel book to occupy some time for long trips
Teacher giftsCover: Softcover Glossy
Layout: 105 White Pages including 75 puzzles and solutions
Size: 6 x 9 inches
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Wedding Videography Start to Finish
Wedding production is unique in that every shot must be obtained in a single take, as in documentary filmmaking, but the client expects the finished product to look like a feature film, with perfect capture of every moment. Getting good-looking footage, while fighting problems such as loud settings, uncontrollable light and rapid scene changes, make wedding videography very challenging compared to other types of filmmaking. “”Wedding Videography: Start to Finish”” is the first technical guide that explains how to balance the expectations of the bridal couple with the realities of single-take shooting. These discrepancies will be explained through lessons in gear selection, shot set-up, how to work in poorly lit conditions, and how to make the best of bad angles, audio and light. The book further explains how to improve and stylize footage through editing and post production techniques. With “”Wedding Videography: Start to Finish,”” video amateurs and professionals new to wedding coverage alike will find a complete guide on every aspect of becoming a successful wedding videographer, from selecting production gear and software through the shooting and editing process, and even the business aspects of the wedding industry including client expectations, wedding etiquette, legal issues and product delivery.Read more
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BRITISH FILM STUDIOS REVISED: An Illustrated History
This is a comprehensive and systematic history of British film studios, arranged in alphabetical order and cross-referenced throughout. It also studies the roles of directors, producers and stars including Henry Fonda, Marilyn Monroe and Liz Taylor.Read more
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Ruled and Graph Paper: Versatile Writing and Drawing Space, Undated 6X9″ 200 pages ideal for kids, teens, Men and Women
Our Ruled and Graph Paper offers the perfect canvas for all your creative and organizational needs. With a combination of traditional ruled pages for writing and grid-patterned pages for precise drawings, this notepad is a versatile tool for students, artists, engineers, and anyone in need of organized space for ideas and calculations. The ruled pages encourage neat handwriting and orderly notes, while the grid paper aids in creating diagrams, charts, and graphs with precision. Whether you’re taking notes, sketching, or solving problems, our Ruled and Graph Paper ensures you have the right format for every task. Upgrade your productivity and creativity with this essential notepad.Read more
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