Films To Go: 100 Memorable Movies for Travelers

by Jay Boyar, Jay M. Boyar

Overview

Want to "see" a city before you travel there? Want to reminisce about your favorite stops on your last vacation? If you said yes to either question then this is the book for you! Film critic and travel writer Jay Boyar offers 100 of his all-time favorite films to inform and entertain you, or spark memories of your travels. For each of these great movies, read a synopsis highlighting its major features and why it is useful for travelers, as well as its MPAA rating, year of release, category (comedy, action-adventure, etc.), main actors, major awards, pithy quotes, and a list of other similar films. Thanks to laptops and portable DVD players, movies are no longer restricted to just being watched at home. Whether you are relaxing at home, preparing for a trip, traveling by car with kids who may need entertaining on the road, sitting on a plane flying to your destination, or relaxing in a hotel room--you can enjoy a great movie.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933102306
Publisher:	Capital Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/01/2007
Series:	Capital Travels Series
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jay Boyar's movie and travel writing has appeared in such publications as the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, US Magazine, Variety, Orlando Sentinel and the New York Daily News, among others. His reviews have been featured on MSNBC, E! Entertainment Television, and National Public Radio affiliates. Boyar has served as a juror for the American Film Institute and is the founder of the Florida Film Critics Circle. His work has been honored by the Associated Press, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. He is a contributor to the book, Reel Romance: The Lovers' Guide to the 100 Best Date Movies (Taylor Trade Publishing, 2004). Boyar lives in Winter Park, Florida where he teaches film analysis at the University of Central Florida.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS:
Introduction - Why Travel and Movies Go Naturally Together.
How to Use This Book to Plan Your Travel entertainment or remind you of what you’ve seen.
Chapter 1 - America Onscreen: Films about U.S. Cities
Films for and about New York City, Los Angeles, Orlando, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Hawaii, Boston, Chicago, New Orleans, Miami (with the Florida Keys), and more. For each city, reviews of two or three films are featured that highlight that city's sights and/or spirit.

Chapter 2 - Worldview: Films About Foreign Countries or Regions
Films for and about France, England, Italy, Spain, Germany, Japan, China, the Caribbean, Scandinavia, the Middle East, India, Mexico, Australia, Greece, the Czech Republic, and more. Plus, two or three films that highlight the sights and/or spirit of these faraway places.

Chapter 3 - Road Pictures: Films to Take Along on Trips
For Family, Business, Romantic, Holiday, Solo, and With-Friends Travel --four or five film recommendations to entertain you along the way.

Chapter 4 - Where to Get the Films - A list of mail-order options.

Appendix - Alphabetical film index

Editorial Reviews

...superbly companionable anthology, as healthy, jolly and useful as you'd expect from Boyar's journalism. The categories and selections brim with wit.

The Baltimore Sun

Films to Go…A new book combines the romance of travel with the allure of the movies.

Orlando Magazine

Watch the Movie, Then Take the Trip: Here’s a fun way to prepare for a trip: watch a movie about the place.. A new book called "Films to Go: 100 Memorable Movies for Travelers & Others," by Jay Boyar, lists movies for destinations ranging from New York ("Manhattan") to Los Angeles ("L.A. Story") to Las Vegas ("Lost in America"). Heading south? Try "Nashville." West? "High Noon." To Japan? "Lost in Translation.” The book includes ratings, reviews and descriptions of each movie and also lists film suggestions to put you in the mood for romantic getaways, travel with friends, and air travel.

Yahoo News

The best part about Films to Go. . . is that it's set up by genre and place of interest. So if you're headed out the door to, say, Ireland, the book points you toward the movie, The Snapper, and if you are traveling to Sweden, author Jay Boyar says to check out "Smiles of a Summer Night. . . . Boyar, a Pulitzer-nominated film critic, makes a point in the intro of claiming that he lists only ‘great - or at least very good’ films.

Denver Post

I love this book as it covers lots of different travel categories – like movies for Romantic Getaways (think Casablanca) Business Trips (Apollo 13) and than Family Travel (watch Back to the Future with the kids) – there’s also sections on movies at different US locations like Vegas, Chicago and LA. . . Here’s one nifty, very clever, totally unique book for your travels.

KNX 1070 John Clayton's Travel with a Difference

Movies for the road …Film critic and travel writer Boyar offers 100 classic and new movies to watch on your portable DVD player, laptop or cell phone, when you want to stoke up your anticipation and education for your next visit to New York, L.A., Rome or Paris.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

COOL SUMMER READS...A book about the movies? Orlando film historian Jay Boyar has written Films to Go, a fun, intelligent guide to wonderful movies and their settings. It tells you which movies to watch before your journey so you can soak up your destination's local color at home...This concise and handy little book will give you a taste of where you're going, whether it's New York, the Caribbean...or Oz.

Orlando Leisure

"COOL SUMMER READS...A book about the movies? Orlando film historian Jay Boyar has written Films to Go, a fun, intelligent guide to wonderful movies and their settings. It tells you which movies to watch before your journey so you can soak up your destination's local color at home...This concise and handy little book will give you a taste of where you're going, whether it's New York, the Caribbean...or Oz."

“TRAVEL AND FILM: Jay Boyar, former film critic and current travel editor at the Orlando Sentinel, has combined his two passions in a paperback called "Films to Go: 100 Memorable Movies for Travelers & Others" (Capital Books, $14.95). It's a cute stocking-stuffer-perfect idea.”

“Movies for the road …Film critic and travel writer Boyar offers 100 classic and new movies to watch on your portable DVD player, laptop or cell phone, when you want to stoke up your anticipation and education for your next visit to New York, L.A., Rome or Paris.”

Picture perfect . . .Let Hollywood inspire an off-the-beaten-path adventure. You wouldn't dream of setting out on vacation without a book in your bag. And like countless other Americans these days, you're also bringing along a movie to watch on your laptop or portable DVD player. So why not use a film as a travelogue? Here are some terrific, not-so-obvious U.S. travel destinations -- and the movies that go with them.

“I love this book as it covers lots of different travel categories – like movies for Romantic Getaways (think Casablanca) Business Trips (Apollo 13) and than Family Travel (watch Back to the Future with the kids) – there’s also sections on movies at different US locations like Vegas, Chicago and LA. . . Here’s one nifty, very clever, totally unique book for your travels.”

“Watch the Movie, Then Take the Trip: Here’s a fun way to prepare for a trip: watch a movie about the place.. A new book called "Films to Go: 100 Memorable Movies for Travelers & Others," by Jay Boyar, lists movies for destinations ranging from New York ("Manhattan") to Los Angeles ("L.A. Story") to Las Vegas ("Lost in America"). Heading south? Try "Nashville." West? "High Noon." To Japan? "Lost in Translation.” The book includes ratings, reviews and descriptions of each movie and also lists film suggestions to put you in the mood for romantic getaways, travel with friends, and air travel.”

“The best part about Films to Go. . . is that it's set up by genre and place of interest. So if you're headed out the door to, say, Ireland, the book points you toward the movie, The Snapper, and if you are traveling to Sweden, author Jay Boyar says to check out "Smiles of a Summer Night. . . . Boyar, a Pulitzer-nominated film critic, makes a point in the intro of claiming that he lists only ‘great - or at least very good’ films.”

“Films to Go…A new book combines the romance of travel with the allure of the movies.”

"...superbly companionable anthology, as healthy, jolly and useful as you'd expect from Boyar's journalism. The categories and selections brim with wit."

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