Rob_Ray
Senior HTF Member
After 45 years, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide will cease publication with the 2015 edition due in a few weeks. Next year's Classic Movie Guide will also be the last:
http://deadline.com/2014/08/r-i-p-leonard-maltins-movie-guide-internet-kills-iconic-print-paperback-after-45-years-821849/
It was a great run and the end of an era, but it was inevitable that the easy accessibilty of the internet would make his book obsolete. But even with IMDB and other sites, I can't imagine not having a copy of Maltin's Movie Guide on my coffee table. I'll be picking up several extra copies of the final Classic Movie Guide, which, if it goes up to 1970, will basically be an enhanced, expanded version of his initial release way back when.
http://deadline.com/2014/08/r-i-p-leonard-maltins-movie-guide-internet-kills-iconic-print-paperback-after-45-years-821849/
It was a great run and the end of an era, but it was inevitable that the easy accessibilty of the internet would make his book obsolete. But even with IMDB and other sites, I can't imagine not having a copy of Maltin's Movie Guide on my coffee table. I'll be picking up several extra copies of the final Classic Movie Guide, which, if it goes up to 1970, will basically be an enhanced, expanded version of his initial release way back when.