George Lucas's blockbusting: a decade-by-decade survey of timeless movies, including untold secrets of their financial and cultural success Blockbusting edited by Alex Ben Block & Lucy Autrey Wilson ; with a preface by George Lucas ; introduction by Francis Ford Coppola. - 1st ed. - New York : itBooks, 2010. - xxix, 944 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"George Lucas books." Top 300 films of all time -- The beginning to 1909 -- The 1910s (decade and featured films) -- The 1920s (decade and featured films) -- The 1930s (decade and featured films) -- The 1940s (decade and featured films) -- The 1950s (decade and featured films) -- Film industry at a glance, from inception to 2005 -- The 1960s (decade and featured films) -- The 1970s (decade and featured films) -- The 1980s (decade and featured films) -- The 1990s (decade and featured films) -- The 2000 (decade and featured films).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 903-919) and index.

A comprehensive look at 300 of the most financially and/or critically successful motion pictures of all time-- many made despite seemingly insurmountable economic, cultural, and political challenges-- set against the prevailing production, distribution, exhibition, marketing and technology trends of each decade in movie business history.

9780061778896 0061778893

2010279574


Motion pictures--Reviews.
Motion pictures--History.
Motion pictures--Catalogs.

PN1995 / .G44 2010

791.4375