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54th Academy Award Winners in Australasian Cinema (2/4/1982) vol.11 iss.5 p.4
PhysDes: ArticleSubject: ACADEMY AWARDS ; CHARIOTS OF FIRE (UK, Hugh Hudson, 1981) ; HEPBURN, KATHARINE ; FONDA, HENRY ; BEATTY, WARREN ; STAPLETON, MAUREEN ; ON GOLDEN POND (US, Mark Rydell, 1981) ; REDS (US, Warren Beatty, 1981) ; RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (US, Steven Spielberg, 1981) ; MEPHISTO (HU/GW, Istvan Szabo, 1981) ; AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, AN (UK, John Landis, 1981) Summary: List of Academy Award winners for 1982.
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Barbra Streisand : the woman, the myth, the music / Shaun Considine London: Century Hutchinson, 1986.
Call No: 81STR CONAuthor: Considine, Shaun Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Century HutchinsonPubDate: 1986PhysDes: viii, 394 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: STREISAND, BARBRA ; BEATTY, WARREN ; GOULD, ELLIOTT ; KRISTOFFERSON, KRIS ; O'NEAL, RYAN ; PETERS, JON ; FUNNY GIRL (US, William Wyler, 1968) ; HELLO, DOLLY! (US, Gene Kelly, 1969) ; YENTL (US, Barbara Streisand, 1983) ISBN: 0712610820
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BEATTY, WARREN
Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTIONPhysDes: ClippingsSubject: BEATTY, WARREN
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The best American movie writing 1998 / George Plimpton, editor New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1998.
Call No: 67(04) BESAuthor: Plimpton, George Place: New YorkPublisher: St. Martin's GriffinPubDate: 1998PhysDes: xvi, 265 p. ; 21 cmSubject: PRODUCERS ; CAMP ; CENTENARY OF CINEMA ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; SCORSESE, MARTIN ; Fry, Stephen ; CAMPION, JANE ; BEATTY, WARREN ; STABILE, SALVATORE ; POLANSKI, ROMAN ; DANDRIDGE, DOROTHY ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; STREISAND, BARBRA ; WATERS, JOHN (US) ; WILDE (UK/US/JA/GG, Brian Gilbert, 1997) ; WIZARD OF OZ, THE (US, Victor Fleming, 1939) ; GODFATHER [...], THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972-) ; MIRROR HAS TWO FACES, THE (US, Barbra Streisand, 1996) LON: abn98329398; 14168026
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Contemporary cinema / John Orr Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, c1998.
Call No: 62 ORRAuthor: Orr, John, 1943 Place: EdinburghPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPubDate: c1998PhysDes: xi,243 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: CANADA ; CHINA ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; RELIGION AND THE CINEMA ; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA ; DOUBLES IN FILMS ; EXPRESSIONISM ; FILM NOIR ; HONG KONG ; POLAND ; PSYCHOLOGY AND THE CINEMA ; SEX IN FILMS ; SURREALISM AND THE CINEMA ; ALLEN, WOODY ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO ; BEATTY, WARREN ; BELMONDO, JEAN-PAUL ; BERGMAN, INGMAR ; BINOCHE, JULIETTE ; BONNAIRE, SANDRINE ; BURTON, TIM ; CAGE, NICOLAS ; CAMPION, JANE ; CHABROL, CLAUDE ; CHEUNG, LESLIE ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; COSTNER, KEVIN ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; DAHL, JOHN ; DE NIRO, ROBERT ; DE PALMA, BRIAN ; DERN, LAURA ; EGOYAN, ATOM ; FIGGIS, MIKE ; GERE, RICHARD ; GONG, LI ; GREENAWAY, PETER ; HAUER, RUTGER ; JAMESON, FREDRIC ; KIESLOWSKI, KRZYSZTOF ; LYNCH, DAVID ; MALICK, TERRENCE ; Pasolini, Pier Paolo ; ROSSELLINI, ISABELLA ; SCORSESE, MARTIN ; SCOTT, RIDLEY ; STONE, OLIVER ; TRAN, ANH HUNG ; WEIR, PETER ; Wenders, Wim ; WONG KAR-WAI ; YOUNG, SEAN ; ZHANG, YIMOU ; ANDERSSON, BIBI ; AUDRAN, STEPHANE ; DUVALL, SHELLY ; GIDLEY, PAMELA ; JANDA, KRYSTYNA ; KANESHIRO, TANESHI ; LEUNG, TONY ; LIN, BRIGITTE ; KROTKI FILM O MILOSCI (PL, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) ; KILL ME AGAIN (US, John Dahl, 1989) ; AH FEI ZHENG ZHUANG (HK, Wong Kar-Wei, 1991) ; HIMMEL UBER BERLIN, DER (GW/FR, Wim Wenders, 1987) ; ADJUSTER, THE (CN, Atom Egoyan, 1991) ; BELLE NOISEUSE, LA (FR, Jacques Rivette, 1991) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BLOWUP (UK/IT, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, THE (NE/FR, Peter Greenaway, 1989) ; DAYS OF HEAVEN (US, Terrence Malick, 1978) ; JFK (US, Oliver Stone, 1991) ; LAST SEDUCTION, THE (US, John Dahl, 1994) ; LIEBESTRAUM (US, Mike Figgis, 1991) ; MCCABE AND MRS MILLER (US, Robert Altman, 1971) ; CZLOWIEK Z MARMURA (PL, Andrzej Wajda, 1977) ; ONE FALSE MOVE (US, Carl Franklin, 1991) ; PERSONA (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1966) ; PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975) ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) ; DAHONG DENGLONG GAOGAO GUA (CC/HK/TZ, Zhang Yimou, 1991) ; DESERTO ROSSO, IL (IT/FR, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964) ; SHINING, THE (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1980) ; STALKER (UR, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979) ; TROIS COULEURS: BLEU (FR, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993) ; TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (US, David Lynch, 1992) ; WILD AT HEART (US, David Lynch, 1990) ; XICH LO (FR/V, Tran Anh Hung, 1995) Summary: "'Contemporary cinema' is a major study of key developments in the cinema over the last thirty years. It reworks Pasolini's landmark concept of 'the cinema of poetry' to look at the transformation of film form in its encounter with society, the sacred, the subjective and the presence of the camera. In the 1970s, the influential forms of a cinema of poetry are analysed in key features by Altman, Herzog, Malick, Scorsese, Weir, Von Trotta and Tarkovsky while in the 1980s and 1990s the emergence of new filmmakers has meant a diffusion of different cinemas of poetry using new techniques and new poetries. Of key importance here is the work of Kieslowski, Lynch, Egoyan, Campion, Greenaway, Zhang Yimou, Tran Anh Hung and Wong Kar-Wai, as well as the reinvention of science fiction and film noir in American genre."
Taken from back cover.Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0748608362(pbk.) : No priceLON: 13772409ID2: 291
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Easy riders, raging bulls : how the sex-drugs-and-rock-'n'-roll generation saved Hollywood / Peter Biskind New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
Call No: 71(73) BISAuthor: Biskind, Peter Place: New York, NYPublisher: Simon & SchusterPubDate: 1998PhysDes: 506 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: HOLLYWOOD ; USA. 1970's ; COLUMBIA PICTURES ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX ; UNIVERSAL PICTURES ; WARNER BROS. ; ZOETROPE STUDIOS ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; ASHBY, HAL ; BEATTY, WARREN ; BEGELMAN, DAVID ; BLATTY, WILLIAM PETER ; BOGDANOVICH, PETER ; BRANDO, MARLON ; BROWN, DAVID ; BURSTYN, ELLEN ; CALLEY, JOHN ; CHRISTIE, JULIE ; COPPOLA, ELEANOR ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; DE NIRO, ROBERT ; DE PALMA, BRIAN ; DILLER, BARRY ; EVANS, ROBERT ; FONDA, PETER ; FRIEDKIN, WILLIAM ; GEFFEN, DAVID ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; HOPPER, DENNIS ; IRVING, AMY ; KAEL, PAULINE ; KIDDER, MARGOT ; LUCAS, GEORGE ; LUCAS, MARCIA ; MILIUS, JOHN ; NEWMAN, DAVID ; NICHOLSON, JACK ; PENN, ARTHUR ; PHILLIPS, JULIA ; PLATT, POLLY ; POLANSKI, ROMAN ; RAFELSON, BOB ; SCHNEIDER, BERT ; SCHRADER, LEONARD ; SCHRADER, PAUL ; SCORSESE, MARTIN ; SHEPHERD, CYBILL ; SIMPSON, DON ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; SYLBERT, RICHARD ; TANEN, NED ; TOWNE, ROBERT ; WEINTRAUB, SANDRA ; YABLANS, FRANK ; ZANUCK, RICHARD ; AMERICAN GRAFFITI (US, George Lucas, 1973) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977) ; EXORCIST, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1973) ; GODFATHER, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) ; HEAVEN'S GATE (US, Michael Cimino, 1980) ; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) ; LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE (US, Peter Bogdanovich, 1971) ; MCCABE AND MRS MILLER (US, Robert Altman, 1971) ; M*A*S*H (US, Robert Altman, 1969) ; MEAN STREETS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1973) ; PAPER MOON (US, Peter Bogdanovich, 1973) ; PERSONAL BEST (US, Robert Towne, 1982) ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) ; REDS (US, Warren Beatty, 1981) ; SHAMPOO (US, Hal Ashby, 1975) ; SORCERER (US, William Friedkin, 1977) ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ; SUGARLAND EXPRESS, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1974) ; TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-482) and index; Filmography: p. [447]-448ISBN: 0684809966LON: 98002919; 13698645
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Filmmakers on filmmaking : the American Film Institute seminars on motion pictures and television. volume 1 / edited by Joseph McBride Los Angeles Boston: J.P. Tarcher Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Co., c1983.
Call No: 802 FIL vol.1Author: McBride, Joseph CorpAuthor: American Film InstituteEdition: 1st edPlace: Los Angeles BostonPublisher: J.P. Tarcher Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Co.PubDate: c1983PhysDes: ports. ; 24 cmSubject: WALLIS, HAL B. ; ZANUCK, RICHARD ; BROWN, DAVID ; BERGMAN, INGMAR ; WILDER, BILLY ; POITIER, SIDNEY ; BALL, LUCILLE ; HOWE, W.J. ; PLATT, POLLY ; BEATTY, WARREN ; BOGDANOVICH, PETER ; SILVER, JOAN MICKLIN ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; DIAMOND, I. A. L. ; ROSENMAN, LEONARD ; FIELDS, VERNA ; SYLBERT, ANTHEA ; MENGERS, SUE ; EAST OF EDEN (US, Elia Kazan, 1955) ; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) ; SHAMPOO (US, Hal Ashby, 1975) ; TARGETS (US, Peter Bogdanovich, 1968) Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexesISBN: 0874772664 (v. 1) : $15.95 (per vol.); 0874772672 (v. 2); 0874772494 (pbk. : v. 1) : $7.95 (per vol.); 0874772508 (pbk. : v. 2)LON: 2606290
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The films of Warren Beatty / by Lawrence J. Quirk Secaucus, N.J.: Citadel Press, 1979.
Call No: 81BEA QUIAuthor: Quirk, Lawrence J Edition: 1st edPlace: Secaucus, N.J.Publisher: Citadel PressPubDate: 1979PhysDes: 222 p. : ill. ; 29 cmSubject: BEATTY, WARREN ISBN: 0806506709 : $14.95LON: 79000480; 1360883
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The Fondas : a hollywood dynasty / Peter Collier New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1991.
Call No: 82FON COLAuthor: Collier, Peter Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: G.P. Putnam's SonsPubDate: c1991PhysDes: 336 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: ACTORS. USA ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; BARDOT, BRIGITTE ; BEATTY, WARREN ; FONDA, BRIDGET ; FONDA, HENRY ; FONDA, JANE ; FONDA, PETER ; HAYDON, TOM ; LANE, NATHAN ; NICHOLSON, JACK ; Stewart, James ; STRASBERG, LEE ; Sullavan, Margaret ; SELZNICK, DAVID O. ; SUTHERLAND, DONALD ; VADIM, ROGER ; WAYNE, JOHN ; ZANUCK, DARRYL F. ; BARBARELLA (FR/IT, Roger Vadim, 1967) ; CHINA SYNDROME, THE (US, James Bridges, 1979) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969) ; KLUTE (US, Alan J. Pakula, 1971) ; ON GOLDEN POND (US, Mark Rydell, 1981) ; SCANDAL (UK, Michael Caton-Jones, 1989) ; SHAG (UK, Zelda Barron, 1988) Notes: Includes index.ISBN: 0399135928Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Scenes from a revolution : the birth of the new Hollywood / Mark Harris Edinburgh: Canongate, 2008.
Call No: 71 (73) HARAuthor: Harris Mark Place: EdinburghPublisher: CanongatePubDate: 2008PhysDes: 490 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: COLUMBIA PICTURES ; CRITICISM ; CRITICS ; DIRECTORS. USA ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; HOLLYWOOD IN FILMS ; JAMES BOND IN FILMS ; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX ; WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS ; ALLEN, WOODY ; ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO ; ASHBY, HAL ; BANCROFT, ANNE ; BEATTY, WARREN ; BENTON, ROBERT ; BERGMAN, INGRID ; BLAKE, ROBERT ; BRANDO, MARLON ; BURTON, RICHARD ; CAINE, MICHAEL ; CARON, LESLIE ; CUKOR, GEORGE ; COLLINS, JOAN ; CONNERY, SEAN ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; CORMAN, ROGER ; DANIELS, WILLIAM ; DAVIS, SAMMY, Jr. ; DAY, DORIS ; DUNAWAY, FAYE ; DUVALL, ROBERT ; FELLINI, FEDERICO ; FLEISCHER, RICHARD ; FONDA, JANE ; FRANKOVICH, MIKE ; GODARD, JEAN-LUC ; HARRISON, REX ; HENRY, BUCK ; HEPBURN, KATHARINE ; HOFFMAN, DUSTIN ; NEWMAN, DAVID ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; CAMELOT (US, Joshua Logan, 1967) ; CLEOPATRA (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1963) ; COOL HAND LUKE (US, Stuart Rosenberg, 1967) ; DOCTOR DOLITTLE (US, Richard Fleischer, 1967) ; GRADUATE, THE (US, Mike Nichols, 1967) ; GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (US, Stanley Kramer, 1967) ; KAEL, PAULINE ; IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (US, Norman Jewison, 1967) Summary: In this book, Mark Harris looks at 1967, and marks it as a pivotal moment in Hollywood's history: the shift from studio -generated epics, westerns and musicals, such as "Doctor Doolitle"to the director-centred European aesthetic seen in "Bonnie & Clyde" and "The Graduate". It was the birth of the New Hollywood. The book look at five films made in this year- "Bonnie & Clyde", "In the heat of the night", "Doctor Doolittle" "The Graduate" and "Guess who's coming to dinner" from the. first draft of the scripts to the impact of their release. The author interviews most of the actors in volved in the making of these films and presents a book about Hollywood and the United States at a critical juncture in their history. [Taken from the cover]Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [432]-438) and index.ISBN: 9781847671028ID2: 277
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Scratch an actor : confessions of a Hollywood columnist London: W. H. Allen, 1970 [1969].
Call No: 802.27 GRAAuthor: Graham, Sheilah Place: LondonPublisher: W. H. AllenPubDate: 1970 [1969]PhysDes: 295 p., 24 plates. ports. 23 cmSubject: STREISAND, BARBRA ; GRANT, CARY ; TRACY, SPENCER ; HEPBURN, KATHARINE ; SINATRA, FRANK ; BRANDO, MARLON ; ANDREWS, JULIE ; HAMILTON, GEORGE ; SELLERS, PETER ; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH ; MONROE, MARILYN ; BEATTY, WARREN ; LOREN, SOPHIA ; LANCASTER, BURT ; DOUGLAS, KIRK ; FONDA, HENRY ; FONDA, JANE ; FONDA, PETER ; Reagan, Ronald ; CAINE, MICHAEL ; CONNERY, SEAN ; COOPER, GARY ; GARBO, GRETA ; BOGART, HUMPHREY Notes: Originally published under title: Confessions of a Hollywood columnistISBN: 0491004227LON: 96708
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The selected letters of Elia Kazan / Albert J. Devlin and Marlene J. Devlin New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
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Shadows on the past : studies in the historical fiction film / Leger Grindon Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994.
Call No: 741 GRIAuthor: Grindon, Leger, 1949 Place: PhiladelphiaPublisher: Temple University PressPubDate: 1994PhysDes: xii, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSeries: Culture and the moving imageSubject: HISTORICAL FILMS ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA ; REVOLUTION AND THE CINEMA. FRANCE ; ROSSELLINI, ROBERTO ; BEATTY, WARREN ; GRAMSCI, ANTONIO ; WANGER, WALTER ; REIGN OF TERROR (US, Anthony Mann, 1949) ; SENSO (IT, Luchino Visconti, 1954) ; PRISE DE POUVOIR PAR LOUIS XIV, LA (FR, Roberto Rossellini, 1966) ; MARSEILLAISE, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1938) ; REDS (US, Warren Beatty, 1981) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-244) and indexISBN: 1566391822 (pbk.) : $18.95; 1566391814 (alk. paper) : $44.95LON: 93033042; 10438205
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That old magic in Sydney Morning Herald [Spectrum] (22/04/2017) p.10
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Warren Beatty : a life and a story / David Thomson London: Secker & Warburg, 1987.
Call No: 81BEA THOAuthor: Thomson, David, 1941 Place: LondonPublisher: Secker & WarburgPubDate: 1987PhysDes: ix, 469 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: BEATTY, WARREN Notes: Includes index; Filmography: p. 450-453; Bibliography: p. 443ISBN: 043652015XLON: abn87223597; 5420292
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Warren Beatty / Jim Burke New York : Belmont Tower, 1976:
Call No: 81BEA BURAuthor: Burke, Jim Place: New York : Belmont Tower, 1976PhysDes: 182 p. ; 18 cmSubject: BEATTY, WARREN LON: abn98374954; 14237828
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What happens next : a history of American screenwriting / Marc Norman London: Aurum, 2007.
Call No: 802.24 NORAuthor: Marc Norman Edition: 2008Place: LondonPublisher: AurumPubDate: 2007PhysDes: 554 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmSubject: ACADEMY AWARDS ; BLACKLISTING. USA ; BEATTY, WARREN ; BOGART, HUMPHREY ; BRANDO, MARLON ; CHAYEFSKY, PADDY ; COLUMBIA PICTURES ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; DEMILLE, CECIL B. ; EDISON, THOMAS ALVA ; FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT ; GOLDWYN, SAMUEL ; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK ; MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF AMERICA ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; HUSTON, JOHN ; JONZE, SPIKE ; KEITEL, HARVEY ; KOCH, HOWARD ; KUBRICK, STANLEY ; LARDNER, RING, Jr. ; LOOS, ANITA ; MANKIEWICZ, HERMAN J. ; MANKIEWICZ, JOSEPH L. ; MILIUS, JOHN ; NICHOLSON, JACK ; PENN, ARTHUR ; PORTER, EDWIN S. ; SCHRADER, PAUL ; SOUTHERN, TERRY ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; STEWART, DONALD OGDEN ; TARANTINO, QUENTIN ; WEINSTEIN, HARVEY ; ZANUCK, DARRYL F. ; ZUKOR, ADOLPH ; AMERICAN GRAFFITI (US, George Lucas, 1973) ; ALTERED STATES (US, Ken Russell, 1980) ; BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915) ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969) ; INFORMER, THE (US, John Ford, 1935) ; RAIN PEOPLE, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1969) ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ISBN: 9781845133245
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Who killed Hollywood? : - and put the tarnish on tinseltown / Peter Bart Los Angeles, CA: Renaissance Books, c1999.
Call No: 210.31(73) BARAuthor: Bart, Peter Edition: 1st edSource: USPlace: Los Angeles, CAPublisher: Renaissance BooksPubDate: c1999PhysDes: 399 p. ; 24 cmSubject: HOLLYWOOD ; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA ; DIRECTORS. USA ; PRODUCERS. USA ; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA ; ACTORS ; BASS, RON ; BEATTY, WARREN ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; COSTNER, KEVIN ; EISNER, MICHAEL ; Gibson, Mel ; GODFATHER [...], THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972-) ; KATZENBERG, JEFFREY ; NICHOLS, MIKE ; NICHOLSON, JACK ; OVITZ, MIKE ; POLANSKI, ROMAN ; REDFORD, ROBERT ; RIFKIN, ARNOLD ; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; STALLONE, SYLVESTER ; WILDER, BILLY Summary: "Who killed hollywood? is a passionate love/hate letter to the film industry. In it, Peter Bart pulls together his best columns from Variety and GQ. He groups them, juxtaposes them, and interprets them, outlining in detail the history and inner workings of Hollywood. This could only be done by someone powerful enough to phone any star or head of studio and have his calls taken on the first ring. In story after story, Bart shows how the major studios haver diverted thie energies away from production of the shrewdly crafted pictures that once made the industry powerful. There isn't, for example, much range or innovation in the movies of salable objects- natural disasters, aliens, dinosaurs, ghosts, monsters, or any combination thereof. All are subjects easily parlayed into theme-park environments, action figures, video games, and clothing lines. Similarly, since Jaws twenty years ago, there's been a very short list of acceptable settings. The 1998 Academy Award nominations for best picture all went to films set in Elizabethian times or during World War II. A few years ago it looked as though Pulp Fiction and other independent films were going to save showbiz. Now independent producers like Miramax and New Line have been acquired by the conglomerates. Who and what will resurrect Hollywood? Peter Bart has the answers." - BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes indexISBN: 1580631169LON: 21362029
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