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New York: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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New York: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Richard Alleman
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:528 | Dimensions(mm): Height 202,Width 125 |
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Category/Genre | Films and cinema |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780767916349
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Classifications | Dewey:791.43025097 |
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Illustrations |
OVER 250 B&W PHOTOS THROUGHOUT
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Random House USA Inc
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Imprint |
Random House USA Inc
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Publication Date |
1 February 2005 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
The classic guide to who-did-what-where in New York, on- and off-screen, including: Classic film and TV locations: Marilyn Monroe's infamous Seven Year Itch subway grating . . . the deli where Meg Ryan famously faked an orgasm in When Harry Met Sally . . . the diner where Courteney Cox (in Friends) and Kirsten Dunst (in Spider-Man) waitressed . . . Men in Black's Manhattan headquarters . . . The Godfather mansion on Staten Island...the Greenwich Village apartment where Jack Nicholson terrorized Greg Kinnear in As Good as It Gets . . . Ghostbusters' Tribeca firehouse . . . Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow's A Perfect Murder palazzo . . . the landmark West Side building that housed Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky and Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby . . . the Greenwich Village apartment of Friends . . . Will & Grace's Upper West Side building . . . The All in the Family block in Queens . . . The Sopranos' New Jersey mansion (and the real Bada Bing club) . . . Seinfeld's favorite diner . . . Sex and the City's sexiest haunts . . . and many more . . . Stars' childhood homes: Lena Horne's Bedford-Stuyvesant townhouse . . . Frank Sinatra's Hoboken row house . . . Barbra Streisand's Flatbush housing project . . . J.Lo's Bronx block . . . Humphrey Bogart's Upper West Side tenement . . . the Marx Brothers' Upper East Side brownstone . . . Apartments and townhouses of the silver screen's greatest legends: Joan Crawford . . . Marlene Dietrich . . . James Dean . . . Katharine Hepburn . . . Montgomery Clift . . . Rita Hayworth . . . Rock Hudson . . . and . . . Plus: Superstar cemeteries . . . major film and TV studios . . . historic movie palaces and Broadway theaters . . . star-studded restaurants and legendary hotels . . . For movie-loving New Yorkers, travelers and armchair film buffs, New York: The Movie Lover's Guide is the ultimate insider's guide to the Big Apple's reel attractions.
Author Biography
Richard Alleman, a longtime contributing editor at Travel + Leisure magazine, is a former travel editor of Vogue, where he is still a frequent contributor on travel and entertainment. Currently living in New York City, he has carried on a love affair with Los Angeles, where he lived for several years as an actor and writer.
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