Film Facts

Book Description
For statisticians it's a goldmine, for trivia fans it's a mother lode of information, and for all film fans it's sheer unadulterated heaven. Film Facts (previously known in five previous editions as The Guinness Book of Film Facts and Feats) is nothing less than a tremendous treasure trove of the curious, the humorous, the unexpected, the unimagined, the mind-boggling, and the unimportant-but-interesting. It's 256 pages of answers to every imaginable question about films, stars, producers, directors, and the history of cinema readers would ever want to know, or wouldn't have thought to ask. Without Film Facts as a reference, how would we ever know that: * The first leading lady to appear in the nude did so in 1915? * Or that she was beaten to the punch by the first full-frontal male nude in 1912? * Who would have known that there have been no fewer than 95 screen versions of Cinderella? * Or that the cast of Fritz Lang's futuristic Metropolis contained no fewer than 1,100 bald extras? Anyone curious about the first novelization of a movie script, the greatest number of retakes of a single scene, the title of the top-grossing silent film, or the identity of the actress who has taken the starring role in nearly 1,000 movies will find the answer, and thousands of others, between these covers. Jam packed with tasty tidbits and provocative paragraphs about the biggest, the smallest, the best, the worst, the longest, the shortest, the first, and the latest, this bookincludes information from 67 countries throughout the world, from the U.S. and U.K. to Bulgaria and Uruguay. Divided into such categories as "Box Office and Budgets," "Character and Themes," "Performers," "Film-making and Film-makers," "Music," "Censorship, " "Animation," "Press and Print," "Audiences and Exhibitors," and "Awards and Festivals," and sprinkled with 75 black & white images, Film Facts is the ultimate compendium of movie lore. It's a book no self-respecting film fan will want to be without.


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"Film Facts is a treasure trove of the curious, the humorous, the unexpected, the mind-boggling, and the unimportant-but-interesting. No other book is as jam-packed with tasty tidbits and provocative paragraphs about the biggest, the smallest, the best, the worse, the longest, and the latest." Loaded with answers to practically every imaginable question any film fan may have - anything anyone would ever want to know or wouldn't have imagined to ask about movies, stars, producers, directors, etc. - this reference source includes information from 67 countries as well as 75 photos.


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