Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever 2009

By: Craddock, Jim

Containing the most extensive listing of movies available on video -- more than 23,000 in all -- and a multitude of cross-referencing within its 10 primary indexes, each new edition includes 1,000 new... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1414400047
• ISBN13: 9781414400044
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning
• Length: 1923 Pages
• Weight: 4.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 2.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

It is great!

Our 2004 edition of the Video Hound needed updating, so we purchased the 2009 edition. "It simply doesn't get any better than this." The quote from the Library Journal on the cover of the volume is accurate. Not only is there info on all the movies available on video cassette and DVD, there are lists of award winners, directors, writers, casts of all the movies in the volume, among other lists. Very useful for crossword puzzle solvers. We use the 2009 Video Hound every day, either to look up who was in a movie, what the editors thought of a certain movie, or to check out a crossword puzzle clue. A great product, I don't know how folks who watch movies, even just occasionally, get along without it.

This Book Rocks-Settles any argument instantly!

This is the 4th Videohound book that I have purchased over the past 10 years. The information is presented in short, sweet, concise paragraphs that cut straight to the point. The greatest feature of the Videohound books is the cross-reference ability. This book has settled many an argument in my house about the year of a film or who was in it. A must have if you live with a trivia buff. Excellent for finding obscure films that you didn't know were hiding out there somewhere. Well worth the money, an excellent gift for that hard to buy for person.

If it ain't in the Hound, fuggabutit!

I've tried about all the movie info books and the Hound is with the most.

Best Movie Book Around

I buy the VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever every single year. My two sons each buy their own. We have never found a more comprehensive guide to movies. If they ever stop making this book, we will be very disappointed!

Great book!

This is an invaluable resource for any movie lover. I get a new edition every year and pass the previous one to my friends, who are delighted to get it. If you've ever watched a movie on TV and couldn't remember, "What other movies did this director make?" or "In what other movies have I seen this actor?" OR "For which other movies did this composer write music?" etc,. you can look it up here. It has a Categories Index if you can't remember the title of a film, an Awards index if you want to know who won the Oscar any given year, and every film is reviewed and rated; plus, it tells you if a film is available on DVD, videotape, or both, and its length, year of release, country of origin, language, subtitles, etc. LOVE IT!!!