Academy Awards Handbook 2003: Amazon.ca: John Harkness: Books

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Updated and revised, this guidebook tells readers everything they want to know about the Academy Awards, including a year-by-year listing of all nominations in every category; every winner and every loser from Best Picture to Best Live-Action Short; hundreds of exciting photos of favorite stars; an easy-to-use index; plus the 99% foolproof method for picking this year's winners. . --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth The Modest Price Tag, Mar 28 2004

By	Peter Kenney (Birmingham, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

The ACADEMY AWARDS HANDBOOK is not a comprehensive source of information about the Academy Awards but it is instead a handy reference book which gives a complete listing of the Oscars by year. Any rules changes for the Awards competition are noted immediately following each year's listing.

The book also includes a short description of each year's Oscar highlights and a list of the 100 best American films according to a poll conducted by the American Film Institute in 1998. CITIZEN KANE is No.l on the list. The ACADEMY AWARDS HANDBOOK is definitely true to its title and it is well worth the modest price tag.

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1.0 out of 5 stars sloppily written, incomplete, waste of money, Aug 8 2003

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Why do books like this even get published? As a reference book, it's too incomplete to be of use. Harkness's own assessments of the various winners are too brief, perfunctory, and devoid of wit to be of any real interest. Maybe the writing of too many capsule reviews for NOW magazine has turned Harkness's mind to mush. It's hard to say which more amply demonstrates the "great" man's dearth of talent or intellect, this book or his weekly reviews, but either way, it's pretty obvious Harkness isn't exactly the William Hazlitt of film critics. A shoddily compiled handbook, fit candidate for the dustbin of history.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Every Year!!, Jul 4 2001

By	joseph (bronx, new york USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Academy Awards Handbook Revised And Updated 2001 Edition (Paperback)

I'm waiting to order this year's but I'm stlll a little mixed up about how they missed the fact that the winner for live action short (My Mother Dreams:The Satan's Disciples in NY) was revealed before the envelope was opened!!

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1.0 out of 5 stars An incomplete history... but, you get what you pay for.
Harkness fails to list the nominees in each category(only in the first 6). You will also not find the technical awards. Read more

Published on Feb 15 2000 by Michael David

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, useful, and witty
The most readable and comprehensive Academy Awards book I have encountered, this is light and enjoyable reading. Read more

Published on Aug 23 1998 by asubramanian@erols.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Very handy and an essential guide for oscar or film buffs
I use this as sort of an encyclopedia, like if i wonder if someone has ever won an academy award, use the index it has and see the page number and find out ever nomination and... Read more

Published on Jul 10 1998 by jerm_b@hotmail.com Jeremy Beckham

5.0 out of 5 stars Oscar is Naked!
Film critic John Harkness leaves no sacred cow undesecrated in his latest version of The Academy Awards Handbook. Read more

Published on Jan 3 1998