Outer Limits : Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Science-Fiction Films, The.
Title:
Outer Limits : Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Science-Fiction Films, The.
Author:
Hughes, Howard.
ISBN:
9780857723932
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (320 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Now And Then: An Introduction to Science-Fiction Cinema -- Acknowledgements -- 1 'Death to the Machines' Metropolis (1927) -- 2 'Regarded This Earth With Envious Eyes' The War of the Worlds (1953) -- 3 'Godzilla Is Just a Legend' Gojira (1954) -- 4 'I Never Saw Anything Like It!' Tarantula (1955) -- 5 'You're Next!' Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) -- 6 'We Are, After All, Not God' Forbidden Planet (1956) -- 7 'He Has All the Time in the World' The Time Machine (1960) -- 8 'Damn You All to Hell' -- 9 'My God, It's Full of Stars' 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- 10 'I Love All The Love In You' Barbarella (1968) -- 11 'The Mysteries Remain' The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) -- 12 'The Force Will Be With You, Always' Star Wars (1977) -- 13 'When You Wish Upon A Star' Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) -- 14 'In Space No One Can Hear You Scream' Alien (1979) -- 15 'Nobody Gets Out Of Here Alive' Mad Max 2 (1981) -- 16 'Like Tears In Rain' Blade Runner (1982) -- 17 'It's Weird And Pissed Off' The Thing (1982) -- 18 'You Have No Concept Of Time' Back to the Future (1985) -- 19 'Hasta La Vista, Baby' Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) -- 20 'Houston, We Have a Problem' Apollo 13 (1995) -- 21 'Now That's What I Call a Close Encounter' Independence Day (1996) -- 22 'Welcome to the Real World' The Matrix (1999) -- 23 'By Grabthar's Hammer!' Galaxy Quest (1999) -- 24 'We See What They See' Minority Report (2002) -- 25 'Live Long And Prosper' Star Trek (2009) -- 26 'I See You' Avatar (2009) -- Bibliography and Sources -- Index of Film Titles.
Abstract:
Science Fiction is probably the most popular box office genre in movie history and has given filmgoers some of their most memorable cinematic experiences. Outer Limits takes its readers on a tour of the sci-fi cinema universe in all its fantastical, celestial glory. The milestone films of sci-fi cinema from Metropolis to Avatar are discussed in this Filmgoers' Guide for anyone who enjoys a cinema that has pleased and amazed filmgoers since the dawn of cinema. Illustrated with fine examples of sci-fi film poster-art, Outer Limits goes deep into the most interesting and popular movies across sci-fi cinema's many forms, with core chapters used as launch pads to discuss lesser-known influential movies and follow-on sequels. Howard Hughes tells the stories from pre-production to box office returns of The War of the Worlds, Independence Day, Tarantula, Godzilla, The Time Machine, The Thing, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Forbidden Planet, Barbarella, Galaxy Quest, Minority Report, Planet of the Apes, Mad Max 2, Back to the Future, Alien, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Matrix, Star Trek, Apollo 13, Blade Runner and many more.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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