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Disaster Movies: A Loud, Long, Explosive, Star-Studded Guide to Avalanches, Earthquakes, Floods, Meteors, Sinking Ships, Twisters, Viruses, Killer Bees, ... Fallout, and Alien Attacks in the Cinema!!!!

By Mike Nelson , Glenn Kay , Michael Rose

Book information

Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Year
2006
ISBN
1556526121, 9781556526121, 9781556526930
LCC
PN1995.9.D55 K39 2006
Open Library ID
OL3414031M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6706465 bytes)
Pages
433\433
Topic
Art Cinema
Library
avaxhome.ws
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-31 14:54:18

Description

Complete with a foreword by Mike Nelson, host of Mystery Science Theater 3000, this dynamic guide to one of Hollywood's most popular and enduring genres provides a history of the disaster genre, descriptions of its trends and unusual traits, portraits of famous stars, and reviews of more than 150 disaster movies. The films reviewed include everything from famous titles such as The Poseidon Adventure, Titanic, and The Towering Inferno to more obscure movies such as The Night the World Exploded, Terror on the 40th Floor, and War Between the Planets. Casual disaster-movie fans, as well as die-hard lovers of the genre will benefit from the rating system, which ranges from ''Highly Recommended'' to ''Avoid at All Costs,'' and the dubious ''Recommended for All the Wrong Reasons.''

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