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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4303
EAN: 9780060742140
ISBN: 0060742143
Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 1552
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
Publisher: Collins
Product Release Date: 2005-11-01
Studio: Collins

A completely revised and udpated edition of the classic film reference which has sold nearly 150,000 copies in its previous editions.

Ephraim Katz's The Film Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive one–volume encyclopedia on film and is considered the undisputed Bible of the movie industry. With up–to–date additions, this fifth edition features more than 7,000 A–Z entries on the artistic, technical, and commercial aspects of moviemaking, including:

– Directors, producers, stars, screenwriters, and cinematographers

– Styles, genres, and schools of filmmaking

– Motion picture studios and film centers

– Film–related organizations and events

– Industry jargon and technical terms

– Inventions, inventors, and equipment

– Plus, an index of Academy Award winning films and artists, top grossing films, and much more.

Customer Rating:
Review Summary: The International Film encyclopedia
Review: This 5th edition is like all the ones before a very complete source of information on stars in the movie industie, but also about many others in de film industry.
The best

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: CINEMA ENCYCLOPEDIA
Review: This encyclopedia is a MUST HAVE for those who enjoy films at home or at the theatre.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Hard to beat
Review: Without a doubt this is still the best all-around film encyclopedia available to the general public. Actors and actresses, directors, producers, photographers, costume designers, composers, and screenwriters are all included, from the silent era to the present. Each person gets a short biographical entry with a fairly complete listing of all movies they were involved with (these listings can be quite extensive). Movie associations and film terminology are also listed and explained. Individual movies are not listed as separate entries, however. My only quibble with this 5th edition is with the statement on the editor's note page that claims "we continue to keep our word and do not eliminate any of the more than 8,000 entries" - which I assume means from previous editions. Yet in comparing it with the first edition (1979) in just the first 20 pages (out of over 1500) I count a half-dozen or so names that are missing that were included in the first. Perhaps these names were taken out in the 2nd or 3rd editions, but that still makes the claim hard to justify. But this is a minor complaint; this volume should be on every movie lover's shelf.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: The Film Encyclopedia 5e....by Ephraim Katz
Review: I updated from an earlier edition on this book. I consider this to be an esssential for the movie lover. Not a book with movie reviews, but a (large) volumn of info of all types. Bio's of the stars & performers list all of their films. Many articles on techniques, etc make this a 1 volumn source of info on just about anything movie wise.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: My Finger-tip Reference Guide
Review: This is the 3rd edition I have purchased, since the info continually changes. It's the most comprehensive guide to information about the movie industry and I will continue to buy each new edition. I highly recommend it to any one who enjoys movie history and trivia.

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