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Alfred Hitchcock : a life in darkness and light / Patrick McGilligan Chichester, West Sussex, UK: John Wiley, 2003.
Call No: 81HIT MCGAuthor: McGilligan, Patrick Source: UKPlace: Chichester, West Sussex, UKPublisher: John WileyPubDate: 2003PhysDes: 850 p. ; ill. ; 23 cmSubject: HITCHCOCK, ALFRED Summary: In a career that spanned six decades and more than sixty films, Alfred Hitchcock became the most widely recognised director who ever lived. His films set new standards for cinematic invention and storytelling elan. Since his death, Hitchcock has become crystallised in the public imagination as the macabre Englishman, the sexual obsessive, the Master of Suspense. But this biography draws on prodigious new research to restore Hitchcock the man - the ingenious craftsman, the avid collaborator, the constant trickster, provocateur, and romantic. (back cover)ISBN: 0470869739
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Backstory : interviews with screenwriters of Hollywood's golden age / edited and with an introduction by Pat McGilligan Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986.
Call No: 802.24(73) BACAuthor: McGilligan, Patrick Source: USPlace: BerkeleyPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 1986PhysDes: viii, 382 p. : ports. ; 24 cmSubject: BENNETT, CHARLES ; BURNETT, W. R. ; BUSCH, NIVEN ; CAIN, JAMES M ; COFFEE, LENORE ; DUNNE, PHILIP ; EPSTEIN, JULIUS J. ; GOODRICH, FRANCES ; HACKETT, ALBERT ; KRASNA, NORMAN ; MAHIN, JOHN LEE ; MAIBAUM, RICHARD ; ROBINSON, CASEY ; SCOTT, ALLAN ; STEWART, DONALD OGDEN Summary: "Backstory" is a screenwriter's tem fr what happens in a plot before the screen story begins. In this volume a delightfully acute and articulate band of screenwriters tell their side of what happened, on and off the set, before the cameras rolled. Their reminiscences are both entertaining and instructive for anyone who cares about the art of film - past or present. Together, the interviews comprices an affectionate group portrait of movie writers at work.
The illustrious line-up includes Hitchcock's collaborator Charles Bennett; the novelists Niven Busch, W. R. Burnett, and James M. Cain; the fixer-upper Lenore Coffee; the comedy writers Julius J. Epstein and Norman Krasna; the sophisticated husband-and-wife team of Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; the Astair-Rogers writer Allan Scott and the James Bond interpreter Richard Maibaum; that witty gentleman Donald Ogden Stewart; and three of Hollywood's best adaptors: Philip Dunne, John Lee Mahin, and Casey Robinson. -- Taken from dust jacket.Notes: Includes indexes; Bibliography: p. 349-364ISBN: 0520056663 (alk. paper); 0520056892 (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 85028949; 4218775
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Backstory 2 : interviews with screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s / edited and with an introduction by Pat McGilligan Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991.
Call No: 802.24(73) BACAuthor: McGilligan, Patrick Place: BerkeleyPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 1991PhysDes: viii, 417 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: BRACKETT, LEIGH ; BROOKS, RICHARD ; COMDEN, BETTY ; GREEN, ADOLPH ; KANIN, GARSON ; KINGSLEY, DOROTHY ; LAURENTS, ARTHUR ; MADDOW, BEN ; MAINWARING, DANIEL ; REISCH, WALTER ; SIODMAK, CURT ; STERN, STEWART ; TARADASH, DANIEL ; YORDAN, PHILIP Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-393) and indexesISBN: 0520209087 (pbk.); 0520071697 (alk. paper)LON: 90011172; 7420735
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Backstory 3 : interviews with screenwriters of the 1960s / Pat McGilligan Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.
Call No: 802.24(73) BACAuthor: McGilligan, Patrick Place: BerkeleyPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 1997PhysDes: viii, 428 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: ALLEN, JAY PRESSON ; AXELROD, GEORGE ; BERNSTEIN, WALTER ; FOOTE, HORTON ; GREEN, WALON ; GRIFFITH, CHARLES B. ; HAYES, JOHN MICHAEL ; LARDNER, RING, Jr. ; MATHESON, RICHARD ; MAYES, WENDELL ; RAVETCH, IRVING ; FRANK, HARRIET ; SCHULMAN, ARNOLD ; SILLIPHANT, STIRLING ; SOUTHERN, TERRY Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-406) and indexesISBN: 0520204263 (cloth : alk. paper); 0520204271 (pbk. : alk. paper)Order Received: 1997LON: 96044753; 12803455
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Backstory 4 : interviews with screenwriters of the 1970s and 1980s / edited and with an introduction by Patrick McGilligan Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006.
Call No: 802.24(73) BACAuthor: McGilligan, Patrick Source: USPlace: BerkeleyPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 2006PhysDes: x, 423 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: SCRIPTWRITERS ; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA ; BENTON, ROBERT ; COHEN, LARRY ; EDWARDS, BLAKE ; HILL, WALTER ; JHABVALA, RUTH PRAWER ; KASDAN, LAWRENCE ; LEONARD, ELMORE ; MAZURSKY, PAUL ; MEYERS, NANCY ; MILIUS, JOHN ; RAPHAEL, FREDERIC ; WESTLAKE, DONALD ; SARGENT, ALVIN Summary: "Continuing Patrick McGuilligan's highly acclaimed series on Hollywood screenwriters, these engrossing, informative, provocative interviews give wonderfull detailed and personal stories from veteran writers of the seventies and eighties focusing on their craft, their lives, and their profession. Backstory 4 is a riveting insider's look at how movies get made; a rich perspective on many of the great films, directors, and actors of the seventies and eighties; and an articulate, forthright commentary on the art and business of screenwriting."-- Back coverNotes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-396) and indexISBN: 9780520245181; 0520245180 (pbk. : alk. paper)Contents: -- acknowlegments -- introduction -- Robert Benton : the new traditionalist / interview by Christian Keathley -- Larry Cohen : manic energy / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Blake Edwards : jumping around / interview by Bill Krohn --
Walter Hill : last man standing / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala : out of India / interview by Vincent LoBrutto -- Lawrence Kasdan : a humanist in Hollywood / interview by Graham Fuller -- Elmore Leonard : the hot kid / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Paul Mazursky : a map of the heart / interview by Nat Segaloff -- Nancy Meyers : late bloomer / interview by Fred Topel -- John Milius : the good fights / interview by Nat Segaloff -- Frederic Raphael : renaissance man / interview by John Baxter -- Alvin Sargent : pursuit and destination / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Donald E. Westlake : the worst that could happen / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- bibliographic notes -- about the contributors -- general index -- index of films, plays, and books --
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Backstory 5 : interviews with screenwriters of the 1990s / edited and with an introduction by Patrick McGilligan Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010.
Call No: 802.24(73) BACAuthor: McGilligan, Patrick Source: USPlace: BerkeleyPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 2010PhysDes: viii, 252 p. ; 23 cmSubject: SCRIPTWRITERS ; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA ; BROOKS, ALBERT ; CARRIERE, JEAN-CLAUDE ; EPHRON, NORA ; HARWOOD, RONALD ; HUGHES, JOHN (US) ; KOEPP, DAVID ; LAGRAVENESE, RICHARD ; LEVINSON, BARRY ; ROTH, ERIC ; SAYLES, JOHN ; STOPPARD, TOM ; TURNER, BARBARA ; WURLITZER, RUDY Summary: "The thirteen featured writers are not confined to the 1990s, but their engrossing, detailed, and richly personal stories create, in McGilligan's words, a 'snapshot of a profession in motion.' Emphasizing the craft of writing and the process of collaboration, this new volume looks at how Hollywood is changing to meet new economic and creative challenges." -- Back coverNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexesISBN: 9780520260399Contents: -- acknowledgements -- introduction -- Albert Brooks: me generation everyman / Interview by Gavin Smith -- Jean-Claude Carrie`re: breaking the rules / interview by Mikael Colville-Andersen -- Nora Ephron: feminist with a funny bone / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Ronald Harwood: imagination / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- John Hughes: straight outta Shermer / interview by William Ham -- David Koepp: sincerity / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Richard LaGravenese: a writer under the influence / interview by Tom Matthews -- Barry Levinson: the journey / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Eric Roth: pride of authorship / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- John Sayles: the nonconformist / interview by Nick Dawson -- Tom Stoppard: adventures in movies / interview by Vincent Lobrutto -- Barbara Turner: free spirit / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Rudy Wurlitzer: questing / interview by Lee Hill -- abiut the contributors -- general index -- index of films, plays, books --
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Cagney, the actor as auteur / Patrick McGilligan ; new introd. by Andrew Sarris New York: Da Capo Press, 1980].
Call No: 81CAG MCGAuthor: McGilligan, Patrick Edition: Da Capo Press pbk. edPlace: New YorkPublisher: Da Capo PressPubDate: 1980]PhysDes: x, 240 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: CAGNEY, JAMES Notes: Reprint of the ed. published in 1975 by A. S. Barnes, South Brunswick, N.J; Includes index; Filmography: p. 214-234; Bibliography: p. 236-238ISBN: 0306801205 : $6.95LON: 79027327; 1626244
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Clint : the life and legend / Patrick McGilligan London: HarperCollins, 1999.
Call No: 81EAS MCGAuthor: McGilligan, Patrick Place: LondonPublisher: HarperCollinsPubDate: 1999PhysDes: 612 p., [30] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: EASTWOOD, CLINT Notes: Includes indexISBN: 000255528X : ยช19.99; 000257120XLON: 20089096
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Fritz Lang : the nature of the beast / Patrick McGilligan New York, N.Y.: Faber Faber, 1997.
Call No: 81LAN MCGAuthor: McGilligan, Patrick Source: US/UKPlace: New York, N.Y.Publisher: Faber FaberPubDate: 1997PhysDes: 548 p. : ports ; 24 cmSubject: LANG, FRITZ Summary: "The name of Fritz Lang - the visionary director of Metropolis, M, Fury, The Big Heat, and thirty other unforgettable motion pictures - is hallowed the world over. But what lurks behind his greatest legends, and his genius as a filmmaker? Was he a closet Nazi in Germany, and later, a virtual Communist in America? Did he really refuse an offer from Hitler to become the Third Reich's "Fuhrer of film" before he fled to the United States in the early 1930s, or was this oft-repeated anecdote the embroidered invention of an ingenious storyteller? Was Lang a sensitive and compassionate artist, as well as a lover of famous women (among them his Berlin compatriot Marlene Dietrich)? Or was he a sado-masochistic beast whose torturous on-set behavior was mirrored, off the job, in a sordid love life crowded with prostitutes and mistresses?
Did Fritz Lang, preoccupied with murder in his work, in fact kill his own first wife - who died mysteriously in his presence after catching him in the arms of the Nazi-leaning screenwriter who became his second wife? Patrick McGilligan spent four years in Europe and America, interviewing Lang's dying contemporaries, researching government and film archives, and investigating the life story of Fritz Lang. His definitive biography - the only such book on Lang, who encouraged publicity but discouraged the truth - reconstructs the fascinating, flawed human being behind the monster with the monocle." -- LIBRARIES AUSTRALIANotes: Includes index, notes and sources, and filmography dataISBN: 0571193757Contents: -- acknowledgments; prologue: 1976; Vienna; Chapter 1: 1890-1911; Chapter 2: 1911-1918; Berlin; Chapter 3: 1918-1921; Chapter 4: 1921-1922; Chapter 5: 1923-1924; Chapter 6: 1925-1927; Chapter 7: 1928-1929; Chapter 8: 1930-1931; Chapter 9: 1932-1933; Paris; Chapter 10: 1933-1934; Hollywood; Chapter 11: 1934-1936; Chapter 12: 1936-1938; Chapter 13: 1939-1941; Chapter 14: 1941-1945; Chapter 15: 1945-1946; Chapter 16: 1946-1947; Chapter 17: 1948-1952; Chapter 18: 1952-1953; Chapter 19: 1953-1956; Chapter 20: 1957-1964; Chapter 21: 1965-1976; filmography; notes and sources; index --
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Robert Altman : jumping off the cliff / by Patrick McGilligan New York: St Martins Press, c1989.
Call No: 81ALT MCGAuthor: McGilligan, Patrick Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: St Martins PressPubDate: c1989PhysDes: xx, 652 p. : ? cmSubject: ALTMAN, ROBERT ; M*A*S*H (US, Robert Altman, 1969) ; IMAGES (IE, Robert Altman, 1972) ; NASHVILLE (US, Robert Altman, 1975) Summary: " The most prodigal, prolific, and visionary director to emerge from post-sixties Hollywood, Robert Altman is a man whose mystique sometimes threatens to overshadow his many acclaimed films. Exhaustively researched, Patrick McGilligan's richly wrought biography intimately details Altman's early life, his hedonistic obsessions, and offers blow-by-blow accounts of the making of his revolutionary films, including M*A*S*H, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Nashville, and many others. Visionary, belligerent drinker, insecure may-be-genius, auteur: all come together in McGilligan's larger-than-life portrait of one of the great filmmaker of our time - Robert Altman. " -- BOOK BLURBISBN: 9780312304676Contents: -- acknowledgements -- introduction -- prologue -- the Family Tree -- Kansas City -- Wentworth -- World War II -- the Calvin Company -- Friends and Lovers -- Corn's-A-Poppin' -- The Delinquents -- the James Dean Story -- Guerilla Warfare -- The Millionaire -- The Troubleshooters -- Warner Brothers -- Bonanza -- Bus Stop -- Combat -- "As Bland as Its Cheese" -- The Talent Trust -- What-Iffing --Riches to Rags -- Countdown -- That Cold Day in the Park -- M*A*S*H --the Anti-Movies -- Images -- Pure Altman -- Action Painter -- Nashville -- the Actor's Nirvana -- Buffaloed Bill -- Flick-of-the-Wrist Movies -- Lion's Gate -- "I Yam What I Yam" -- the eighties -- epilogue -- notes and credits bibliography -- index --
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