The 50 Funniest Movies of All Time: A Critic's RankingCarol Publishing Group, 1999 - 208 pagina's From Buster Keaton to Diane Keaton, from Monty Python to The Full Monty, from Animal Crackers to Animal House, from Billy Wilder to Gene Wilder, The 50 Funniest Movies of All Time covers the full range of film comedy. Every comedy milestone finds mention in this entertaining analysis of the movies that have been making us laugh since the first flicker of cinema. The 50 Funniest Movies of All Time is a ranking of the world's most cherished comedies. The amusingly written book serves not only as a critical retrospective of a century of screen humor but also as an homage to the colorful and often complex personalities behind the comic creations, from Charles Chaplin to Woody Allen, both of whom have films in the top 50. |
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