Product Description: (Music On Filments). In the summer of 1978, Grease was the word. On Friday, June 16, 1978, the movie musical made a major comeback when a big-screen version of the long-running rock-and-roll stage musical, Grease , opened in theaters around the country...read more

Product Description: This entertaining and insightful book is the first devoted exclusively to films that push the cinematic envelope with explicit language, nudity, sex, violence, or "adult" themes. Stephen Tropiano offers astute and accessible analysis of such films as The Birth of a Nation, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Baby Doll, Blackboard Jungle, Bonnie and Clyde, A Clockwork Orange, Natural Born Killers, Rosemary's Baby, Life of Brian, and The Passion of the Christ...read more

Product Description: (Limelight). This entertaining and insightful book is the first devoted exclusively to films that push the cinematic envelope with explicit language, nudity, sex, violence, or "adult" themes. Stephen Tropiano offers astute and accessible analysis of such films as The Birth of a Nation , Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , Baby Doll , Blackboard Jungle , Bonnie and Clyde , A Clockwork Orange , Natural Born Killers , Rosemary's Baby , Life of Brian , and The Passion of the Christ ...read more

A fascinating account of the evolution of the 'teen movie' analyzes more than one hundred films for and about teenagers, discusses the relationship between teen movies and the youth movement, and offers a comprehensive filmography of teen flicks. Original.

Filled with trivia about gay and lesbian culture, this unique collection of fascinating facts reveals the first openly gay politician to be elected to office as well as the first lesbian soap opera character, as well as many other interesting tidbits.

A close-up look at the depiction of homosexuality on American television from the 1950s to the present day explores how the treatment of gay men and lesbians has evolved through the decades from negative stereotypes to more positive images and analyzes how television has treated such gay-related issues as AIDS and same-sex marriage.

Provides photographs, trivia, cast and crew credits, episode synopses, and profiles of show locales for such television series as Petyon Place, Northern Exposure, the Simpsons, Dark Shadows, General Hospital, and Dukes of Hazzard.