{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurphy, Kevin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kevin Murphy spent ten years as a writer, producer, and performer on the Peabody Award-winning series \u003cem\u003eMystery Science Theater 3000.\u003c\/em\u003e He is coauthor of \u003cem\u003eThe Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives in Minnesota with his long-suffering, movie-tolerant wife, Jane.","brand":"It Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872426365202,"sku":"9780060937867","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_06d56ab1-98fb-4b89-893a-05600a50471f.jpg?v=1737897176","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-year-at-the-movies-one-mans-filmgoing-odyssey-9780060937867","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}