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Hollywood Escapes: The Moviegoer's Guide to Exploring Southern California's Great Outdoors
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Hollywood Escapes: The Moviegoer's Guide to Exploring Southern California's Great Outdoors
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by Harry Medved and Bruce Akiyama
Sales Rank: 270896
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List Price: $19.95
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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin June 27, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312308566
ISBN-13: 978-0312308568
Product Dimensions:
8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
Product Review
"What a neat book! Ever since my wife and I moved to Los Angeles, we’ve been fascinated with the movie connections all around us. Harry Medved has produced a guidebook to Southern California that’s equal parts history, roadmap, restaurant guide, and pop culture catalogue. If you want to know which movies were made on each particular beach and cove in Santa Monica and Malibu, the history of Venice Beach and Catalina Island, a capsule guide to Bronson Canyon (including the famous Bronson Cave), seen in everything from Gene Autry’s Phantom Empire serial to John Ford’s The Searchers, this is the book for you. Quotes from producers, directors, local historians, and location scouts are sprinkled throughout the lively text, along with photos and useful maps. Most of all, Hollywood Escapes is fun to browse, whether you’re planning day trips or just want to experience the Southern California’s multitudinous movie locations vicariously from your armchair." --Leonard Maltin, author of Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide and The Great American Broadcast “A perfect blend of show biz lore and wanderlust…as an ultra-engaging mix of film and the great outdoors, Hollywood Escapes allows us to re-experience, in the flesh, the great escapism that movies provide.”
- Brad Schreiber, Entertainment Today “Immensely readable… Hollywood Escapes encourages us to leave the couch or the theater or even the city behind in search of parks and piers, lakes and reservoirs, islands and canyons, cafes and hotels we've previously only encountered on film.”
-Anthony Miller, City Beat ("Real. Best. L.A." issue) “A travel guide built around visits to the locations for dozens of classic films… the book serves as an interactive movie history of the area.” - Gregg Kilday, The Hollywood Reporter "We are all over the new book Hollywood Escapes an awesomely comprehensive movie lover's guide to famous (and mostly hitherto unknown) outdoor filming locations in Southern California " - Los Angeles Magazine "A movie buff's guide to film locations that range from Baja California to California's highest mountain, with beach and desert scenes in between this solidly packed guide presents a different way to vacation in Southern California, turning Tinseltown and its environs into pure gold." - Library Journal
Book Description
LET THE MOVIES BE YOUR GUIDE!
* Hike THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE Trail!
* Behold the KILL BILL Chapel!
* Enter THE DOORS Indian Caves!
* Swim at BEACH BLANKET BINGO's Malibu!
* Escape to SOME LIKE IT HOT's Resort!
* Raft the STAGECOACH River!
* Explore HIGH PLAIN DRIFTER's Ghostly Lake!
* Trek to the LOST HORIZON Waterfall!
* Discover the STAR WARS Sand Dunes!
Here is the first comprehensive guide to Southern California's outdoor filming locations taking you to more than 50 of the Golden State's most cinematic beaches, mountains, deserts, lakes, hot springs and waterfalls. Illustrated with over 100 scenic photos and 20 easy-to-read maps, The Hollywood Guide to the Great Outdoors not only takes you to movie history's most memorable destinations, but also recommends places to dine and lodge along the way, from mountain hideaways to beach side resorts.
Written by inveterate movie buffs and outdoors enthusiasts Harry Medved and Bruce Akiyama, these two native Southern Californians have interviewed dozens of actors, filmmakers, location scouts and rangers to help you explore Hollywood's most spectacular scenery.
Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
Armchair movie aficionados beware! Leave your remote control behind and visit hundreds of famous movie locations in person! This one-of-a-kind travel guide (very few authors can claim that) is the result of exhaustive research covering hundreds of film shooting sites and is a must have for anyone who loves movies and the great outdoors. I liked this book so much, I bought TWO copies - one to keep clean and one whose margins are already filling up with notes as I visit the places featured. Get this book and go touch Hollywood history in person!
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