The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter
By Jeremy Arnold, Turner Classic Movies, Robert Osborne
40 Ratings
The Essentials book, which is based on the TCM series, features fifty-two must-see films from the silent era to the early 1980s. For a year of excellent cinema, readers can see one movie a week or throw their own festival of beloved films. TCM's Robert Osborne and Essentials guest hosts from the past and present, including Sally Field, Drew Barrymore, Alec Baldwin, Rose McGowan, Carrie Fisher, Molly Haskell, Peter Bogdanovich, Sydney Pollack, and Rob Reiner, provide insightful notes on each film's significance as well as a list of must-see moments and running commentary. Complete with color and black-and-white images of the biggest stars in cinema history, The Essentials is your carefully chosen reference to fifty-two movies that epitomize what it means to be a "classic."
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The Essentials book, which is based on the TCM series, features fifty-two must-see films from the silent era to the early 1980s. For a year of excellent cinema, readers can see one movie a week or throw their own festival of beloved films. TCM's Robert Osborne and Essentials guest hosts from the past and present, including Sally Field, Drew Barrymore, Alec Baldwin, Rose McGowan, Carrie Fisher, Molly Haskell, Peter Bogdanovich, Sydney Pollack, and Rob Reiner, provide insightful notes on each film's significance as well as a list of must-see moments and running commentary. Complete with color and black-and-white images of the biggest stars in cinema history, The Essentials is your carefully chosen reference to fifty-two movies that epitomize what it means to be a "classic."