A YEAR AT THE MOVIES:
One Man's Filmgoing OdysseyFor some
of us, moviegoing is an occasional pleasure. Kevin Murphy made
it his obsession, and he did it for you.
Mr. Murphy,
known to legions of fans as Tom Servo on the legendary TV series
Mystery Science Theater 3000, went to the movies every day
for a year. That's every single day, people. For a whole frickin'
year. 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 audience's point of view.
Kevin 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 Sound of Music 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 A Year
at the Movies.
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