"Colossal. Stupendous. Epic. These adjectives, used by movie companies to hawk their wares, became cliches long ago. When used to describe the films of one director, they are accurate. More than any filmmaker in the history of the medium, Cecil B. DeMille mastered the art of the spectacle. In the process, he became a filmland founder. One hundred years ago, he made the first feature film ever shot in Hollywood and went on to become the m ..."
"Drawn to the iconic figures and emblematic events of our age, celebrated photographer Phil Stern has documented World War II soldiers in combat in North Africa and Sicily, the luminous jazz legends of Verve Records, and Hollywood stars living the high life. Collected for the first time in this amazing tribute to Stern’s long-standing legacy, Phil Stern: A Life’s Work features never-before-seen photographs of the greatest figures and tim ..."
"With more than 200 photos and drawings, the official full-color illustrated companion book to Hercules, the live-action adventure tentpole film from MGM/Paramount starring Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, directed by Brett Ratner, based on the bestselling graphic novel.Fate has not been kind to Hercules. The legendary hero-warrior has endured the twelve harsh labors and the loss of his family, and he is now a world-weary mercenary with a loya ..."
Rush Hour(Tie-In Edition) Lights, Camera, Action!: The Blockbuster Companion to the Jackie Chan-Chris Tucker Trilogy (Pictorial Moviebook) by Quentin Tarantino, BrettRatner, Newmarket Press Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2007 by Newmarket Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55704-783-0, ISBN: 1-55704-783-9
"Coinciding with the launch of Rush Hour 3, the only book on the Rush Hour movies—a full-color companion for fans, with more than 250 photos and excerpts from the outrageously comic action-packed scripts."I'm Detective Carter. Do you speak-a any English? Do-you-understand-the- words-that-are-coming- out-of-my-mouth?" And so a legendary partnership is born. One's all talk, the other's all action. Streetwise L.A. detective James Carter (Ch ..."
Making Music Videos(1st Edition) Everything you Need to Know from the Best in the Business by Lara M. Schwartz, BrettRatner Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2007 by Billboard Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8230-8368-8, ISBN: 0-8230-8368-3
"Making Music Videos, written by industry insider Lara M. Schwartz, reveals the nuts and bolts of making videos, including all the technical and managerial skills that producers and directors must have. From development, to writing a treatment, to budgeting, assembling a crew, and preproduction, to the shoot, postproduction, and wrapping out, clear step-by-steps show exactly what moves to make when. Comments from some of the biggest nam ..."
"The only book on the creation of the blockbuster moviea fabulous visual companion to the final chapter in the X-Men motion picture trilogy from 20th Century Fox.This lavishly illustrated filmbook boasts more than 360 illustrations, including striking movie stills and unique set designs, concept drawings, costume sketches, and storyboards, appearing exclusively in this edition. Beginning with an introduction by director Brett Ratner, te ..."
"When director Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Family Man, Red Dragon) bought Hilhaven Lodge, the former home of Ingrid Bergman, his first purchase was an old-school black-and-white photo booth. Hilhaven Lodge: The Photo Booth Pictures captures--in candid, four-panel glory--the revolving door of A-listers who have passed through chez Ratner and stopped to strike a pose. Things kick off with a meandering, though entertaining, introduction from ..."
"Lavishly illustrated, the book features more than 300 production photos, sketches, storyboards, pre-visualization stills, computer graphics, costume drawings, 3-D renderings, set decorations, digital photo compositions, Weta Workshop ..."
"Lavishly illustrated, the book features more than 300 production photos, sketches, storyboards, pre-visualization stills, computer graphics, costume drawings, 3-D renderings, set decorations, digital photo compositions, Weta Workshop ..."
"Rush Hour 2 retains the appeal of its popular predecessor, so it's easily recommended to fans of its returning stars, Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. The action--and there's plenty of it--starts in Hong Kong, where Detective Lee (Chan) and his L.A. counterpart Detective Carter (Tucker) are attempting a vacation, only to get assigned to sleuth a counterfeiting scheme involving a triad kingpin (John Lone), his lethal henchwoman (Zhang Ziyi, ..."
"Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage, Nur noch 60 Sekunden) ist ein reinrassiger Börsenhai von der Wall Street, der tagsüber wahnsinnige Geschäfte abschließt und abends nichtssagenden Sex mit Damen vom Begleitservice hat. Seine Rund-um-die-Uhr-Routine voll leerem Luxus wird eines einsamen Weihnachtsabends gestört, als ein waffenstarrender Kerl (Don Cheadle, Out of Sight), der möglicherweise ein Engel der Gnade ist, auf eine uneigennützige Geste ..."
"This lavishly illustrated filmbook boasts more than 360 illustrations, including striking movie stills and unique set designs, concept drawings, costume sketches, and storyboards, appearing exclusively in this edition. Beginning with an introduction by director Brett Ratner, text includes commentary about the production of the movie, along with an original history of the X-Men by Peter Sanderson, the comics historian and author of X-Men ..."
"With a foreword by director Brett Ratner and an illustrated history of the X-Men bycomics historian and author Peter Sanderson, this is a must for all X-fans!"
Rush Hour(1st Edition) Lights, Camera, Action!: The Blockbuster Companion to the Jackie Chan-Chris Tucker Trilogy by BrettRatner, Quentin Tarantino, Newmarket Press Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2007 by Newmarket ISBN-13: 978-1-55704-784-7, ISBN: 1-55704-784-7
"Coinciding with the launch of Rush Hour 3, the only book on the Rush Hour movies—a full-color companion for fans, with more than 250 photos and excerpts from the outrageously comic action-packed scripts."I'm Detective Carter. Do you speak-a any English? DO-YOU-UNDERSTAND-THE- WORDS-THAT-ARE-COMING- OUT-OF-MY-MOUTH?" And so a legendary partnership is born. One's all talk, the other's all action. Streetwise L.A. detective James Carter (Ch ..."
Def Jam, Inc.(1st Edition) Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Influential Hip-Hop Label by Stacy Gueraseva, BrettRatner Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2005 by One World/Ballantine ISBN-13: 978-0-345-46804-8, ISBN: 0-345-46804-X
"In the early ‘80s, the music industry wrote off hip-hop as a passing fad. Few could or would have predicted that the improvised raps and raw beats busting out of New York Cityâ€TMs urban underclass would one day become a multimillion-dollar business and one of musicâ€TMs most lucrative genres.Among those few were two visionaries: Russell Simmons, a young black man from Hollis, Queens, and Rick Rubin, a Jewish kid from Long Island. Tho ..."
"A behind-the-scenes account of the platinum musical producer and songwriter traces his first productions as a teen, his education in the music business, and his ..."
"Pierce Brosnan plays a master thief who, after an incredibly successful heist, moves to the Bahamas with his beautiful partner in crime. But the cat and mouse games begins again when an FBI agent, his old nemesis, returns convinced he is going for the biggest score of all, the famous Napoleon diamond. DVD Features:DVD ROM Features:Content- Script to ScreenDocumentaries:"Before, During and After the Sunset" & "Interview with a Jewel Thie ..."
"Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) is the quintessential Wall Street shark, scoring killer deals by day and shallow escort sex by night. His round-the-clock routine of empty luxuries is disturbed one lonely Christmas Eve when a gun-packing punk (Don Cheadle)--perhaps an angel of mercy--responds to an altruistic gesture from Jack by giving him "a glimpse" of the life he could have had. Could have, that is, if he had married the girlfriend ..."