| New York: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York Contributor(s): Alleman, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0767916344 ISBN-13: 9780767916349 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2005 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - Guides & Reviews - Travel | United States - Northeast - Middle Atlantic (nj, Ny, Pa) - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2004054477 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 7.9" W x 4.9" (1.10 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |