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Pretty cool but contains at least one inaccuracy
This game can be fun for people really into movies and the "creators" of the game have given us a pretty good companion book for people to check themselves.However, I found one very glaring mistake in the book.In the section about the Baldwins they claim that you can link Billy Baldwin to Kevin Pollak in The Usual Suspects and then to Kevin Bacon in A Few Good Men.Unfortunately, Billy Baldwin wasn't in The Usual Suspects.His brother Stephen was in The Usual Suspects.I'm a little surprised that no one has written about this in a review yet.For a couple of guys you claim to know a lot about Kevin Bacon, they sure screwed that one up.Other than that, this book is fun.

Lots of totally worthless trivia
Only good to go along with the game--and the game is impossible to play.

YEAH ME TOO
OK, I was in the first dinner theatre production of "A Chorus Line" with Joe Inscoe who was in "From the Earth to the Moon" with Elizabeth Perkins who was in "He said She said" with Kevin Bacon.

The "Hollow Man" Has Had a Solid Career.
This book is a companion piece to the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game. I've played the game a few times, but I never actually knew there was a real 'board game' game of the game until recently. I figured that the book might help me learn a bit more about that wonderful actor, Kevin Bacon, and give me an edge over my croonies in crime the next time we play the game. Unfortunately, there isn't a whole lot here. The book is quite short and basically consists of a bunch of "six degrees or less" lists. The introduction by Kevin Bacon himself is interesting to read and so is the history of the game. The book also has a Kevin Bacon filmography that is rather informative. However, the book needs an update because Bacon's been in several films since 1997. This book is great for any fan of Bacon, any serious film buff, and anyone who likes to play the game. If you don't fall into one of those categories, don't waste your money.

BRAVO MR. GINELLI
This is a charming commentary on the prolific career one of America's premier thespians. In this modern classic, Mr. Ginelli truly captures the essence of Mr. Bacon's career on the big screen. Like a barefoot jaunt through a flowery meadow, this novel captivates all of the readers senses. Thank you Mr. Ginelli for this masterpiece of modern literature. ... Read more

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Jakob Fisher has an obsession. It happens to be with actor/musician Kevin Bacon. Jakob knows all his movies by heart, he knows all his lyrics by heart, he even knows Kevin Bacon's dance moves by heart.

And although Jakob's friends and bandmates define Jakob as crazy and annoying, his infatuation proves beneficial to one friend in particular through a series of six events that will change the friends life forever.
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Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American filmand theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House,Footloose, Flatliners, A Few Good Men, Apollo 13, MysticRiver, The Woodsman, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, andTremors. Bacon has been nominated for Emmy, Golden Globeand Screen Actors Guild Awards and has been called one ofthe best actors to never receive an Oscar nomination. ... Read more

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HOW THIS GAME WORKS

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a movie trivia game where one person who has been in at least one film is named. Usually (but not always) this is an actor or actress, but anyone appearing in a film can be named. This person is then linked to Kevin Bacon using as few films as possible. However, non-actors and non-actresses that have been in films, people like Donald Trump and Larry King, usually can be linked. [Donald Trump/54/Neve Campbell/WT/KBLarry King/Mad City/Dustin Hoffman/SL/KB] Crew members of films don’t count unless they also appear in the film. No animals can be used either, Homo sapiens only. Appearance in a film by archival footage does not count for game purposes. But extras and people who only do voiceover work in a film do count.

Links are only allowed using films, no made for TV movies, no TV series, no straight to video releases, and no video games are allowed. Actors and actresses who have only appeared on stage, TV and/or straight to video releases and were never in a film cannot be linked.


HOW THIS BOOK WORKS

The first chapter lists the films of Kevin Bacon and who is in them. The next 59 chapters go film by film through Bacon's entire film career, listing one or more (often many more) films of each useful Bacon Person (meaning a person in a film with Bacon) and who is in them. This book contains film listings for over 1000 Bacon People.

Since not everyone has a link as short asperson/film/Bacon Person/Bacon film/Bacon, the last three chapters are devoted to people requiring longer links. These people are put into various categories such as Old Timers, "Musicians", Directors, Comics, Miscellaneous, Etc. Since films are always being made, some of these people may at some time in the future achieve a shorter link to Bacon, a person's link can sometimes even be shortened posthumously. But as of press time, none of the people listed in the last three chapters have been in a film with a Bacon Person.

When a name in a film listing in chapters 2 to 59is in bold print, it means that it is an additionalBacon Person in the filmwho is not the Bacon Person that the sub-chapter is devoted to. Some films in these chapters have many Bacon people in them and some have only one.

Here's a name from the last three chapters and how to read the link:

Mark Twain/The Prince and the Pauper (1909)/Charles Ogle/Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)/Milton Berle/The Muppet Movie/
CHARLES DURNING/SO/KB

a slash after a person means "was in"
a slash after a film means "with"
SO means Starting Over
KB means Kevin Bacon, all the links obviously end with KB

There is a list of what the abbreviations/acronyms mean at the beginning of the book.


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"This is the definitive resource for anyone interested in playing The Kevin Bacon Game. The easy to use format will let the beginning Bacon player easily establish paths to Mr. Bacon. There is also plenty of material for even the most seasoned Baconophile to treasure. A must have for anyone who wishes to master the intricacies of the Kevin Bacon Game."-Bill Maloney

"An absolutely astonishing work. The effort put into it jumps off the page. Thanks for the book. If I didn't have it, I'd be left twisting in the wind whenever someone said an older actor." - Joseph Ruchlewicz

"An extensive research into the theory of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, an extremely large body of information linking just about everyone I have ever heard of, plus hundreds I haven't heard of, to Kevin Bacon, most of the the links ocuring in four or less movies; quite a fascinating job." -Rockster34

"I'm...I'm in awe. Words can't describe it. It's terrific. Absolutely terrific. Thank you very much for sending it to me, I enjoyed it." -FilmGuy21 ... Read more

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