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2017., McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Call No: 791.43 C411c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Ice hockey has featured in North American films since the early days. Hockey's sizeable cinematic repertoire explores different views of the sport, including the role of aggression, the business of sports, race and gender, and the role of women in the game. This critical study focuses on hockey themes in more than 50 films and television movies from the U.S. and Canada spanning several decades. Depictions of historical games are discussed, including the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" and the 1972 Summit Series. National myths that inform ideas of the hockey player are examined. Production techniques that enhance hockey as on-screen spectacle are covered.
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2016., General, Little, Brown and company Call No: Bio L933j Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: On May 25, 1977, a problem-plagued, budget-straining independent science-fiction film opened in a mere thirty-two American movie theaters. Conceived, written, and directed by a little-known filmmaker named George Lucas, the movie originally called The Star Wars quickly drew blocks-long lines, becoming the highest-grossing film at the time, a winner of 6 Academy Awards, a cultural phenomenon and the beginning of one of the most successful-movie franchises of all time. A revelatory look into the life and times of the man who created Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Indiana Jones. Lucas went on to create another blockbuster series with Indiana Jones, and he transformed the world of special effects and the way movies sound. His innovation and ambition forged Pixar and Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic, and THX sound. His entire career has been stimulated by innovators including Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola and actors such as Harrison Ford.
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2008., Adult, Wilfrid Laurier University Press Gazelle [distributor] Call No: 791.43 E37h Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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-- Questions are foreverc2006., Open Court Call No: 823 J27s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Popular culture and philosophy Volume: v. 23Summary Note: "A collection of philosophical essays about the fictional world of James Bond as seen in Ian Fleming's novels and the ongoing film series. Issues addressed include existentialism and the good life, crime and punishment, gender politics, the cold war and nuclear proliferation, and human interrelation with technology"--Provided by publisher.
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c2006., BenBella Books Call No: 791.43 Y43j Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Smart popSummary Note: "'James Bond in the 21st Century' looks at the evolution of Fleming's secret agent, the classic Bond debates, and the films' deeper subtext, offering advice for Mr. Bond, would-be villains, and discarded Bond girls alike, and explains once and for all why we still need 007.".
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c2005., XYZ Pub. Call No: QWF Bio G848e Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The quest library Volume: 24.
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-- Reel Indian.2010., General, Lorber Films Call No: DVD 791.4365 D537r Edition: Letterboxed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Travelling through the heartland of America, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond examines how the myth of the movie "Injun" has influenced the world's understanding - and misunderstanding - of Natives. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with celebrated Native and non-Native directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell, Charlie Hill and Russell Means, Reel Injun traces the evolution of cinema's depiction of Native people from the silent film era to the present day.
![Reel injun [DVD] (2010). Directed by Neil Diamond.](/Library/images/~imageCT82299.JPG "Reel injun [DVD] (2010). Directed by Neil Diamond.")
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c2010., Crown Publishers Call No: 791.4302 G661y Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried" takes readers back to the Brat Pack era, interviewing key players, such as Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, and John Cusack, and mines all the material from the movies to the music to the way the films were made to show how they helped shape our visions for romance, friendship, society, and success.
