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Informationen zum Autor Jeremy Arnold is a film historian, commentator, and the author of the Turner Classic Movies titles The Essentials and Christmas in the Movies . He lives in Los Angeles, CA. Since its inception on Turner Classic Movies in 2001, The Essentials has become the ultimate series for movie lovers to expand their knowledge of must-see cinema and discover or revisit landmark films that have had a lasting impact on audiences everywhere. Turner Classic Movies is the definitive resource for the greatest movies of all time. We entertain and enlighten to show how the entire spectrum of classic movies, movie history, and movie-making touches us all and influences how we think and live today. Klappentext Spans 8 decades of films and featuring the brightest stars of the silver screen, this is the essential guide to the must-see movies ever made. Features full-colour and B/W photos. Spanning eight decades of films and featuring the brightest stars ever to grace the silver screen, The Essentials is THE guide to must-see movies from the most trusted authority on film-Turner Classic Movies. It offers 52 films-one per week-for a year of must-see movies! Zusammenfassung Enjoy the best of the best and learn about 52 essential films from the silent era through the 1980s from Turner Classic Movies. Based on the TCM series, The Essentials book showcases fifty-two must-see movies from the silent era through the early 1980s. Readers can enjoy one film per week, for a year of stellar viewing, or indulge in their own classic movie festival. Each film is profiled with insightful notes on why it's an Essential, a guide to must-see moments, and running commentary from TCM's Robert Osborne and Essentials guest hosts past and present, including Sally Field, Drew Barrymore, Alec Baldwin, Rose McGowan, Carrie Fisher, Molly Haskell, Peter Bogdanovich, Sydney Pollack, and Rob Reiner. Some long-championed classics appear within these pages; other selections may surprise you. Featuring full-color and black-and-white photography of the greatest stars in movie history, The Essentials is your curated guide to fifty-two films that define the meaning of the word "classic."...
