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Summary: "There have been iconic moments in the action movie genre over the years, but nothing has come close to matching the kinetic, balletic gun-fu of the John Wick films. In They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun-Fu and The New Age of Action, bestselling authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross take you behind the scenes of a franchise...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 GROSummary: In his unique fiction/documentary hybrid, the pioneering William Greaves presides over a beleaguered film crew in New York's Central Park, leaving them to try to figure out what kind of movie they're making. This wildly innovative sixties counterculture landmark is expanded 35 years later by its unconventional follow-up, Take 2 1/2. The sequel sees the actors reunited in a more personal,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC SYMBunn, T. Davis
Summary: Young line producer Danny Byrd is well-known in Hollywood for being someone who gets things done on time and under budget. But when his reputation takes a beating after his partner-- and former best friend-- makes off with their investors' money, Danny has but one chance to redeem himself and restore his ruined career. LA lawyer Megan Pierce sacrificed years proving herself to bosses only to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Bergstrom, Signe
Summary: "Newt, Tina, Queenie, and Jacob, the beloved heroes of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, are back! In The Archive of Magic, an exciting full-color companion volume to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, readers are transported behind the scenes of J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World for an enchanting, close-up look at Newt Scamander and his colorful trove of cohorts--beasts and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 BERSummary: "Out of Print is a documentary exploring the importance of revival cinema and 35mm exhibition - seen through the lens of the patrons of the New Beverly Cinema - a unique and independent revival cinema in Los Angeles." -- container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OUTSummary: Morgan Spurlock brings a comedic documentary about branding, advertising, and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising, and product placement. Special features: commentary, featurettes, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRESummary: Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison. Featuring unreleased archive interviews and footage with Harrison, exclusive interviews with Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Richard E. Grant, Neil Jordan, Ray Cooper, and unseen interviews with Bob Hoskins.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ACCBhuiyan, Tashie
Summary: Determined to win the student film competition, Mina makes a deal with indie film star Emmitt Ramos, and as they spend time together and NYC starts to feel more like home than ever before, she wonders if winning is worth losing everything.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BHUPatterson, James
Summary: Reality star Erin Easton's wedding may have a cable crew documenting every detail. But when she disappears, her dressing room is empty but for a blood-spattered wedding gown and signs of a struggle.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Explores the making and meaning of Film, a 1965 short film starring Buster Keaton, that was written by Samuel Beckett, directed by Alan Schneider, and produced by Barney Rosset. Topics covered include the circumstances leading to the film's production, the production process itself, and the film's critical reception. Includes outtakes, never-before-heard audio recordings of production meetings,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NOTSummary: Set in 1940 London, the story is an ode to how women played a major role in boosting national morale during the Blitz of London in the second World War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY THEPatterson, James
Summary: When a glitzy movie premier is the scene of a shocking murder and high-stakes robbery, NYPD Red gets the call. Traversing the city's highs and lows, from celebrity penthouses to the depths of Manhattan's criminal underworld, Zach and Kylie have to find a cold-blooded killer - before he strikes again. Print run 500,000.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PATSummary: The fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, the film Pauline Kael (The New Yorker) called 'the most powerful movie musical ever made.' Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, it captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. Oscarʼ- nominated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIDSummary: Join Keanu Reeves on a tour of the past and the future of filmmaking in Side by side. Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SID1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SID
Santopietro, Tom
Summary: "With mingled reverence and wry humor, best-selling author Tom Santopietro embarks on an investigation to decode the enduring power of a landmark movie"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books 2023
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 791.43 SANSummary: Hollywood icon John Huston shares numerous insights and experiences in this classic Bill Moyers interview, filmed five years before the director's death in 1987. Answering questions on art and personal adversity at his secluded Mexican villa, Huston also allows Moyers to join him behind the camera during the shooting of Annie. Topics include the many false starts that prefaced Huston's career;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1982
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Davidson, Anya
Summary: "Dana Drucker fights boredom in her Florida beach town by crafting special-effects makeup--the more gruesome, the better. But when a messy prank with Dana's best friend Lily gets the wrong kind of attention, the girls have two choices: find a new creative outlet or leave high school without graduating. To save their shot at diplomas, Dana and Lily join a community college film class. It gives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 DAVSummary: Toby is a disillusioned director, currently heading commericals, who becomes pulled into a world of fantasy and memory when he's reunited with a Spanish cobbler he cast as Don Quixote in a student film years earlier. The old man now believes himself to be the legendary character, and Toby to be Sancho Panza, who must play along with the delusion as he also attempts to fulfill his professional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MANSummary: In 1979 some young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast members find themselves in a fight for their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR XMcIntyre, Gina
Summary: "Greta Gerwig's 2019 adaption of Little Women is bringing new fans to Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic, and this comprehensive, in-world guide follows the making of this highly anticipated film--starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet,Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Bob Odenkirk, and Chris Cooper. Readers will see the character sketches and costumes that brought these cherished...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.43 MCISummary: A billionaire decides on a whim to create a movie, hiring a team he considers the best: a renowned filmmaker and two egotistical actors -- one from Hollywood and the other from experimental theatre -- who cannot get along. While the director creates bizarre rituals to test their abilities, the actors find themselves confronting each other as well as their pasts and their bodies of work.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN OFFAckroyd, Peter
Summary: "Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Fat, lonely, burning with fear and ambition, his childhood was an isolated one, scented with fish from his father's shop. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would plan great voyages, using railway timetables to plot an exact imaginary route across Europe. So how did this fearful figure become the one of the most respected film directors of the twentieth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ACKCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B HITCHCOCK ACKGrabenstein, Chris
Summary: From Chris Grabenstein, the bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and coauthor with James Patterson of I Funny, House of Robots, and Treasure Hunters, comes the second hilarious, fun-in-the-sun adventure in his new illustrated series about all the wacky things that happen when you live in a motel! There's always something wacky happening when you live in a motel, and P.T....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: Presents a guide to movie making for young readers, detailing how to write a script, light a set, and edit a film.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walter Foster Jr. 2015