{"product_id":"a-year-at-the-movies-one-mans-filmgoing-odyssey-9780060937867","title":"A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor some of us, moviegoing is an occasional pleasure. Kevin Murphy made it his obsession, and he did it for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Murphy, known to legions of fans as Tom Servo on the legendary TV series \u003cem\u003eMystery Science Theater 3000, \u003c\/em\u003e went to the movies every day for a year. That's \u003cem\u003eevery single day, \u003c\/em\u003e people. For a \u003cem\u003ewhole fricken' year.\u003c\/em\u003e And not only did he endure, he prevailed -- for this is the hilarious, poignant, fascinating journal of his adventures: the first book about the movies from the \u003cem\u003eaudience's\u003c\/em\u003e point of view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin went to the multiplex, sure. But he didn't stop there. He found the world's smallest commercial movie theater. Another one made completely of ice. Checked out flicks in a tin-roofed hut in the South Pacific. Tooled across the desert from drive-in to drive-in in a groovy convertible. Lived for a week solely on theater food. Took six different women to the same date movie. Dressed up as a nun for the Sing-Along \u003cem\u003eSound of Music\u003c\/em\u003e in London. Sneaked into the Cannes and Sundance film festivals. Smuggled an entire Thanksgiving dinner into a movie theater. And saw hundreds of films, from the Arctic Circle to the Equator, from the sublime to the unspeakable. Come along on a joyous global celebration of the cinema with a man on a mission -- to spend \u003cem\u003eA Year at the Movies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e It Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060937867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.26w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/27\/2002 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kevin Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42183801700533,"sku":"9780060937867","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3dbbe21b-f0a8-4e5b-920c-994dec04098a.jpg?v=1654571004","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-year-at-the-movies-one-mans-filmgoing-odyssey-9780060937867","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}