Big Screen Boston: From Mystery Street to The Departed and Beyond - Softcover

Paul Sherman

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9780977639748: Big Screen Boston: From Mystery Street to The Departed and Beyond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0977639746 ISBN 13: 9780977639748

Publisher: Black Bars Publishing, 2008

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250 movies. One City. From The Departed to The Friends of Eddie Coyle, from Good Will Hunting to Gone Baby Gone, Big Screen Boston: From Mystery Street to The Departed and Beyond is the first overview of all the movies made in Greater Boston. Coverage of the most significant 80 movies make up the bulk of the book, from the biggest Hollywood productions to the most inspired homegrown features and documentaries. Plot, use of locations and quality of accents are just some of the ways the book sifts through the likes of A Civil Action, Monument Ave. and the influential Beanstreets movies of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The section titled Brief Visits, Day Trips & the Rest covers movies that shot further from Boston or stayed in the city only briefly, as well as many smaller films. There's also The Great Boston Movie Trivia Quiz, which is sure to challenge even the most seasoned Boston moviegoer. Big Screen Boston includes photos from over 50 movies. Definitive! - Leonard Maltin.

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Boston is ready for its close-up. The success of The Departed and Mystic River and the explosion of recent filmmaking activity have focused attention on Greater Boston as a movie location. But the city has long been a distinctive backdrop for all sorts of movies. Boston’s rich cinematic history unfurls in eye-opening detail in Big Screen Boston: From Mystery Street to The Departed and Beyond. They’re all here: Hollywood films such as The Thomas Crown Affair, The Friends of Eddie Coyle and A Civil Action, independent movies like Girltalk, Good Will Hunting and Monument Ave. and influential, but little-seen homegrown features such as Billy in the Lowlands and The Dozens—250 movies shot in and around the city. Learn what the best movies are, sniff out the worst fake accents and see where your favorite scenes were shot. Even the biggest Boston movie buff will discover unheralded films in Big Screen Boston.

About the Author:

Paul Sherman has been writing about movies for over 20 years. His articles and reviews have appeared in The Boston Herald, The Improper Bostonian, the Turner Classic Movies website, Salon, The Chicago Sun-Times, Video Eyeball, The Boston Phoenix, Filmfax, Film Threat and The Dallas Observer. He is a past president of the Boston Society of Film Critics.

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