What an Art Director Does
What an Art Director Does is a comprehensive introduction to film and television art direction and production design. Starting with a brief history of the field, Mr. Preston's lively, well-written text leads the reader through the ins and outs of all the responsibilities and duties that fall on the art director's shoulders. A wealth of information on preparing script breakdowns, research, design and presentation, scouting and working on locations, set design and construction, working as part of a team, and much more is coupled with examples drawn from the author's own experiences. This book is a must-read for all aspiring production designers and all filmmakers who desire a firm understanding of the physical process of film production.
Mary-Kate& Ashley Olsen
A simple biography of the twin Olsen sisters, who began their acting careers sharing the role of a baby on the television series"Full House" and who today produce and star in their own videos, CDs, and books.
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Haunted (Audio, Cd)
Haunted
by Chuck Palahniuk is a novel made up of stories: Twenty-three of them, to be precise. Twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales youll ever encountersometimes all at once. They are told by people who have answered an ad headlinedWriters Retreat: Abandon Your Life for Three Months, and who are led to believe that here they will leave behind all the distractions ofreal life that are keeping them from creating the masterpiece that is in them. Buthere turns out to be a cavernous and ornate old theater where they are utterly isolated from the outside worldand where heat and power and, most important, food are in increasingly short supply. And the more desperate the circumstances become, the more extreme the stories they telland the more devious their machinations become to make themselves the hero of the inevitable play/movie/nonfiction blockbuster that will surely be made from their plight.
Haunted
is on one level...
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Ike and Tina Turner - EP (DVD)
Tina Turner's years in the Ike& Tina Turner Review earned her the moniker The Queen Of Rock and Roll. Her one-of-a-kind voice and energy, set against the fiery R&B grooves of her husband Ike, led them to become a consistently popular live draw between the years of 1960 and 1975. This DVD EP captures the group performing three songs live on German television: Proud Mary, Get Back, and River Deep, Mountain High.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital DTS - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1. Previews of Other Classic Pictures DVD - EP Titles
Pop-Up DVD Feature (Provides Artist Information)
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
DVD Jukebox Feature (Select Various Audio Visual Tracks)
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Building Big: Dams (DVD)
The author and illustrator of the winningly popular book The Way Things Work presents a new educational television series on some of the largest structures that humans have built. David Macaulay fully explains the construction, as well as supplementary stories of the structures and their builders, and short instructional segments with young children engaged in simple engineering. In this episode, Macaulay explains the technological marvels that allow a dam to hold back huge and powerful bodies of water.
DVD Features:
Region 0
Keep Case
Letterboxed - 1.85
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Printable Materials
DVD-ROM Features:
BUILING BIG Web Access
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Great Detective Movies (DVD)
A thrilling, suspense-filled collection of three classic detective movies. Includes, THEY CALL IT MURDER starring Leslie Nielsen and Edward Asner; MURDER ONCE REMOVED starring Richard Kiley and Joseph Campanella; and A TATTERED WEB starring Lloyd Bridges.
THEY CALL IT MURDER: Jim Hutton stars as an overworked District Attorney working many cases, including a controversial murder case.
MURDER ONCE REMOVED: A doctor conspires with one of his female patients to kill her husband.
A TATTERED WEB: A model cop kills the mistress of his son-in-law in a fit of uncontrollable anger, and then tries to pin the blame on an innocent wino. Made for television.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Interactive Features:
Trivia
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Text/Photo Galleries:
Cast/Crew Biographies
Filmography
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Wiseguy: Prey For the City (DVD)
This 4-DVD set contains two complete story arcs of the acclaimed 1980's Stephen J. Cannell-produced television series starring Ken Wahl as undercover agent Vinnie Terranova. In the first story, Vinnie attempts put his days as an undercover agent behind him, but it sucked back in when a white supremacy group moves into his Brooklyn neighborhood and murders his brother. Next, he goes undercover in the garment industry to ferret out mobster Rick Pinzolo.DVD Features:Region 1Keep Case4-Disc SetFull FrameAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. Ken Wahl - Star
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