Bigger Than Blockbusters: Movies that Defined America
- ISBN-10
- 0313339953
- ISBN-13
- 9780313339950
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 415
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- James W. Roman
Description
Presents a listing and plot summarizations of more than one hundred iconic films made between 1915 and 2008 that had a significant impact on American popular culture, including such movies as "Birth of a Nation," "Psycho," "Dr. Strangelove," and "Dances with Wolves."
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