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Call No: 743 CON
Place: London ; New York
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
PubDate: 2000
PhysDes: 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject: CHRISTMAS IN FILMS; REMEMBER THE NIGHT (UK, Mitchell Leisen, 1939); SCROOGE (UK, Henry Edwards, 1935); CHRISTMAS CAROL, A (US, Edwin L. Marin, 1938); SCROOGE [CHRISTMAS CAROL, A] (US, Brian Desmond Hurst, 1951); SCROOGE (UK, Ronald Neame, 1970); CHRISTMAS CAROL, A (UK, Clive Donner, 1984); SCROOGED (US, Richard Donner, 1988); MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE (US, Brian Henson, 1992); IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946); MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, THE (US, William Keighley, 1941); HOLIDAY INN (US, Mark Sandrich, 1942); CHRISTMAS UNDER FIRE (UK, Harry Watt, 1941); TURKEY TIME (UK, Tom Walls, 1933); HOLLY AND THE IVY, THE (UK, George More O'Ferrall, 1953); CHEATERS, THE (US, Joe Kane, 1945); MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (US, Les Mayfield, 1994); MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (US, George Seaton, 1947); SANTA CLAUSE, THE (US, John Pasquin, 1994); ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS (US, John Cherry, 1988); SANTA CLAUSE: THE MOVIE (US, Jeannot Szwarc, 1985); GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984); SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (US, Charles E. Sellier Jr., 1984); SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART II (US, Lee Harry, 1987); TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (US, Harry Selick, 1993); CHRISTMAS STORY, A (US, Bob Clark, 1983); LETHAL WEAPON (US, Richard Donner, 1987); DIE HARD (US, John McTiernan, 1988); DIE HARD 2 (US, Renny Harlin, 1990); HOME ALONE (US, Chris Columbus, 1990); HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK (US, Chris Columbus, 1992); LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, THE (US, Renny Harlin, 1996); JINGLE ALL THE WAY (US, Brian Levant, 1996); MERLUSSE (FR, Marcel Pagnol, 1935); CHATEAU DE MA MERE, LE (FR, Yves Robert, 1990); GRANDE ILLUSION, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1937); VIE EST UN LONG FLEUVE TRANQUILLE, LA (FR, Etienne Chatiliez, 1988); ELISA (FR, Jean Becker, 1994); KARNAVALNAIA NOCH (UR, Eldar Ryazanov, 1956); IRONIYA SUDBY ILI S LYOGKIM PAROM (UR, Eldar Ryazanov, 1975); PLACIDO (SP, Luis Garcia Berlanga, 1961)
Summary: A look at depictions of Christmas across various national cinemas and genres throughout the 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Filmography: p. ([223]-232)
ISBN: 1860643973
Contents: -- God Bless Us, Every One: Movie Adaptations Of A Christmas Carol / James Chapman -- A Hollywood Carol's Wonderful Life / Jonathan Munby -- Dreaming Of Christmas: Hollywood And The Second World War / H. Mark Glancy -- Christmas Under Fire: The Wartime Christmas In Britain / Sarah Street -- Crisis At Christmas: Turkey Time, The Holly And The Ivy, The Cheaters / Jeffrey Richards -- Santa Claus: The Movie / Mark Connelly -- You Better Watch Out: Christmas In The Horror Film / Kim Newman -- 'Peace On Earth, Goodwill To All Men': The Depiction Of Christmas In Moden Hollywood Films / Rowana Agajanian -- Christmas In French Cinema / Guy Austin -- Father Frost On 31 December: Christmas And New Year In Soviet And Russian Cinema / Birgit Beumers -- Satirizing The Spanish Christmas: Placido / Peter William Evans

Call No: 451-058.6 KIN
Author: King, James
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: Constable
PubDate: 2018
PhysDes: xi, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subject: TEEN FILM; TEEN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; HISTORY OF CINEMA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. USA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1980's; BACON, KEVIN; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; BRODERICK, MATTHEW; CROWE, CAMERON; CRUISE, TOM; DILLON, MATT; ESTEVEZ, EMILIO; FOSTER, JODIE; HECKERLING, AMY; HUGHES, JOHN (US); LEE, SPIKE; LOWE, ROB; MUSIC TELEVISION; PENN, SEAN; RINGWALD, MOLLY; TRAVOLTA, JOHN; ZEMECKIS, ROBERT; BACK TO THE FUTURE (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1985); FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (US, Amy Heckerling, 1982); GREASE (US, Randal Kleisner, 1978); GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984); LOST BOYS, THE (US, Joel Schumacher, 1987); OUTSIDERS, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1983); PRETTY IN PINK (US, Howard Deutch, 1986); RISKY BUSINESS (US, Paul Brickman, 1983); RIVER'S EDGE (US, Tim Hunter, 1986); SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (US, John Badham, 1977); SIXTEEN CANDLES (US, John Hughes, 1984)
Summary: "Take a trip back to the era of troubled teens and awesome soundtracks; of Reagan, rap and Ridgemont High; of MTV, VHS and 'Axel F'; of outsiders, lost boys and dead poets; of Bill and Ted, Brooke Shields and the Brat Pack; of three Porky's, two Coreys and one summer when everyone called her Baby . . . Fast Times and Excellent Adventures goes behind the scenes of a genre where cult hits mingled with studio blockbusters, where giants like Spielberg and Coppola rubbed shoulders with baby-faced first-timers and where ambitious future superstars Sean, Demi and Tom all got their big break. Music, comedy and politics - all play a part in the surprisingly complex history of the '80s teen movie. And while the films might have been aimed primarily at adolescents, the best tackle universal issues and remain a magnet to all ages. Time of your life, huh kid? From a late '70s Hollywood in flux to an early '90s indie scene that gave youth cinema a timely reboot, respected film expert James King smartly highlights the personal struggles, the social changes and the boardroom shake-ups that produced an iconic time in movie history" -- BOOK BACK COVER
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9781472123725

PhysDes: Article
Subject: INCIDENT AT RAVEN'S GATE (AT, Rolf de Heer, 1988); JOE LEAHY'S NEIGHBOURS (AT, Robin Anderson & Bob Connolly, 1989); BODYWORK (AT, David Caesar, 1989); GHOSTS... OF THE CIVIL DEAD (AT, John Hillcoat, 1988); DEAD POETS SOCIETY (US, Peter Weir, 1989); MULL (AT, Don McLennan, 1988); SWEETIE (AT, Jane Campion, 1989); SPIRITS OF THE AIR, GREMLINS OF THE CLOUDS (AT, Alex Proyas, 1988); DEAD CALM (AT, Phillip Noyce, 1989)
Summary: Review, credits and images of Australian releases

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Publicity; Clippings
Subject: GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984)

Call No: 79GRE GIP
Author: Gipe, George
CorpAuthor: Chris Columbus
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Avon Books
PubDate: 1984
PhysDes: 77 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm
Series: An Avon Camelot book
Subject: GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984)
Notes: Cover title: Steven Spielberg presents Gremlins
ISBN: 0380890038

PhysDes: Article
Subject: GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984)
Summary: On Jerry Goldsmith anf his recent film scores

Author: Lawrance, Peter
PhysDes: Article
Subject: GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984)
Summary: Short Review

Author: Cawley, John
PhysDes: Article
Subject: GREMLINS, THE (US, Walt Disney, 1942)
Summary: In depth look at the inspiration and production of Walt Disney's 'The Gremlins'

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Press kit; Clippings
Subject: GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (US, Joe Dante, 1990)

Call No: 735.2-053.2(73) LES
Author: Lester, Catherine
Edition: 2022
Place: London ; New York
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
PubDate: 2022
PhysDes: vii, 220 pages : illustrated ; 25 cm
Subject: HORROR FILMS; CHILDREN, FILMS FOR; CHILDREN, EFFECTS OF FILM ON; CORALINE (US, Henry Selick, 2009); GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984); HOLE, THE (US, Joe Dante, 2009); MONSTER HOUSE (US, Gil Kenan, 2006); MONSTER SQUAD, THE (US, Fred Dekker, 1987); NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE (US, Henry Selick, 1993); PARANORMAN (US, Chris Butler/Sam Fell, 2012); SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (US, Jack Clayton, 1983); WATCHER IN THE WOODS (UK, John Hough, 1980)
Summary: Children and horror are often thought to be an incompatible meeting of audience and genre, beset by concerns that children will be corrupted or harmed through exposure to horror media. Nowhere is this tension more clear than in horror films for adults, where the demonic child villain is one of the genre's most enduring tropes. However, horror for children is a unique category of contemporary Hollywood cinema in which children are addressed as an audience with specific needs, fears and desires, and where child characters are represented as sympathetic protagonists whose encounters with the horrific lead to cathartic, subversive and productive outcomes. Horror Films for Children examines the history, aesthetics and generic characteristics of children's horror films, and identifies the 'horrific child' as one of the defining features of the genre, where it is as much a staple as it is in adult horror but with vastly different representational, interpretative and affective possibilities. Through analysis of case studies including blockbuster hits (Gremlins), cult favourites (The Monster Squad) and indie darlings (Coraline), Catherine Lester asks, what happens to the horror genre, and the horrific children it represents, when children are the target audience? -- publisher's web page
ISBN: 9781350135260

Subject: GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984); BOX OFFICE
Summary: Review for 'Gremlins' and the box office success it has achieved

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings; Posters; Press kit; Publicity
Subject: SPIRITS OF THE AIR, GREMLINS OF THE CLOUDS (AT, Alex Proyas, 1988)

PhysDes: Article
Subject: TWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE (US, John Landis & Steven Spielberg & George Miller & Joe Dante, 1983); RISKY BUSINESS (US, Paul Brickman, 1983); GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984)
Summary: Title and crew list of current Warner Bros. productions