Do you want to find out more about Oscar-nominated films? Along with library subscription databases, the St. Louis County Library Research page has a curated list of useful websites, such as Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Fans of 2013's top movies can find a wealth of information from the library's home page.
Which Best Picture nominee received the highest rating from users of IMDb? Was it American Hustle, Gravity, Captain Phillips, or Dallas Buyers Club? The highest rated film by viewers was Gravity with George Clooney and Sandra Bullock. Did you know that the movie is 90 minutes long, the same time that it takes the International Space Station to orbit the Earth?
IMDb also has links to biographical information for actors, directors, producers and others involved with films. An intrepid user can use IMDb to locate similar films to favorite ones ("People who liked this also liked" feature).
For those actors who are deceased, the database American National Biography offers authoritative biographies, along with a bibliography of books about the subject. The listing for Bob Hope features nine book references and the date of his New York Times obituary. The database Biography Reference Bank features both living and deceased celebrities. The Historical New York Times database and the General OneFile and Masterfile Premier magazine databases allow for exhaustive research on a film or celebrity. With the library's tools at hand, the movie buff will impress all at Oscar time.
--Harry C., Reference
No comments:
Post a Comment