FILM RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET

 

None of these sites has an exhaustive list of the many places to find material related to film and television. The last list contains a selection of Internet search engines which will allow you to undertake general searches of the Internet.

 

The Internet Movie Database

The Internet Movie Database is the best single film search engine on the Internet. It contains over one million entries covering nearly 80,000 films from around the world. In most cases entries contain a complete list of cast and production credits, a summary of the plot, and technical information. Often entries contain much more, including reviews and criticism. The Database also contains filmographies and biographical information on thousands of actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, photographers.

Links to Film Internet Sites

This list of Internet links should serve as your starting points for researching your film projects. The list is not complete, because the Internet is always in a state of flux. Sites appear and disappear. Furthermore, there is no way of classifying them as we classify books in libraries using the Library of Congress cataloging system. You should look for links to new sites and use one of the Internet search engines to seek out more information.


Let's Go to the Movies !
  • The TV Guide Movie Page. Next to the Internet Movie Database, this is the best source for film information. The database contains information and criticism on over 30,000 films.
  • Cinema Sites. Another source of film pages. This one contains sites devoted to early film, as well as film production, publicity, and distribution.

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  • Read the Reviews
    • Reviews on the Internet. This is a metalist which will direct you to over twenty sources of online movie reviews.

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    • HBO Film Reviews. HBO offers brief and rather superficial reviews of recent films.

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    • Read Roger Ebert's film reviews.
    • For newly released films, check the entertainment sections of the major newspapers and film journals. Go to The Reading Room to find he Baltimore Sun, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and other sources of film reviews.

  • Look up the Screenplays
    • Check the listings at Scripts -O-Rama . Drew, the editor, says that it is the most complete source of filmscripts on the Internet.

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