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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/316868850 Title: Based on a true story* : fact and fantasy in 100 favorite movies ; *but with more car crashes Author: Jonathan Vankin; John Whalen Publisher: Chicago [Illinois] : Chicago Review, ©2005. ISBN/ISSN: 1556525591 9781556525599 OCLC:316868850

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Based on a true story* : fact and fantasy in 100 favorite movies ; *but with more car crashes

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Based on a true story* : fact and fantasy in 100 favorite movies ; *but with more car crashes

Author:	Jonathan Vankin; John Whalen
Publisher:	Chicago [Illinois] : Chicago Review, ©2005.
Series:	A Capella book.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Jonathan Vankin; John Whalen Find more information about:
ISBN:	1556525591 9781556525599
OCLC Number:	316868850
Description:	xviii, 446 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Contents:	Reel one--keeping it reel -- A beautiful mind -- Catch me if you can -- The hurricane -- Erin Brokovich -- Melvin and Howard -- Norma Rae -- Biker Boyz -- Fear and loathing in Las Vegas/Where the buffalo roam -- Searching for Bobby Fischer -- Shattered glass -- Men of honor -- Pushing tin -- Ghosts of Mississippi -- A civil action -- American splendor -- Reel two--strange but ... true? -- The Amityville horror -- The Mothman prophecies -- Brotherhood of the wolf -- Fairy tale: a true story -- The enigma of Kaspar Hauser/Kaspar Hauser -- Fire in the sky -- Communion -- The serpent and the rainbow -- Reel three--True crime -- Heavenly creatures --From hell -- Monster -- Murder in the first -- City by the sea -- Blow -- Serpico/Prince of the city -- The French connection -- Bonnie and Clyde -- Goodfellas -- Donnie Brasco -- Dog day afternoon -- Reel four--Docu-trauma -- The elephant man -- Mask -- Girl, interrupted -- Veronica Guerin -- Boys don't cry -- Born on the Fourth of July -- The perfect storm -- Reel Five--Showbiz phonies -- Adaptation -- Ed Wood -- Confessions of a dangerous mind -- Man on the moon. Auto focus -- Sid and Nancy -- 24 hour party people -- Chaplin -- Bird -- Coal miner's daughter -- Almost famous -- 54 -- The sound of music -- Reel six--Reality strikes out -- Seabiscuit -- Hoosiers -- Ali -- Radio -- Blue crush -- Remember the titans -- The rookie -- Raging bull -- Eight men out -- Reel seven--The first casualty -- Patton -- Pearl Harbor -- Enemy at the gates -- Black hawk down -- We were soldiers -- Casualties of war/Hamburger Hill -- K-19: the widowmaker -- Gallipoli -- Reel eight--Kilts, culottes, and corsets -- Braveheart -- Excalibur -- The affair of the necklace -- Elizabeth -- Shakespeare in love -- Girl with a pearl earring -- The return of Martin Guerre -- Mutiny on the Bounty -- Amistad -- The patriot -- Reel nine--Out of the past -- Titanic -- Gangs of New York -- Jeremiah Johnson -- The last emperor -- Lawrence of Arabia -- Rabbit-proof fence -- Gandhi -- Malcolm X -- The right stuff -- Apollo 13 -- All the president's men -- The falcon and the snowman -- Summer of Sam -- Scandal -- Quiz show -- Thirteen days -- Schindler's list -- JFK.
Series Title:	A Capella book.
Responsibility:	Jonathan Vankin and John Whalen.

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