Hollywoodaholic

Author : A. Wayne Carter
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002-08-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595242146

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Hollywoodaholic by A. Wayne Carter Pdf

Everyone who has ever thought about writing or working in Hollywood will want to read this book. These are the personal and often outrageous adventures of a veteran screenwriter who has worked extensively for the major studios, as well as with major directors such as Richard Donner and James Cameron. There are abundant writing lessons to be learned here, but "life" lessons, as well. In fact, this story is about "getting over" Hollywood, more than just "getting into" Hollywood. Readers looking past the material or superficial (e.g., celebrity) for something more meaningful in their lives, will find this book truly uplifting."If you’re thinking of being a screenwriter, jamming all your possessions into a subcompact and driving cross-country, then it behooves you to read Carter’s experiences."Tim Clifton—Renaissance Magazine

Author : Carol Costa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611603132

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Take Me Out To The Love Game by Carol Costa Pdf

Four couples struggle with romance in Chicago while the Cubs and White Sox meet in the first ever city world series that ends with a miracle. Or was it just that lucky hat? The fun continues with other stories full of love and laughter including a delightful encounter with John Wayne.

Author : Blake Snyder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1615931716

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Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder Pdf

This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!

Author : David J. Schow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Outer limits (Television program : 1963-1965)
ISBN : 0966516907

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The Outer Limits Companion by David J. Schow Pdf

Author : Harlan Ellison
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497604681

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From the Land of Fear by Harlan Ellison Pdf

Eleven side trips to the dark edge of imagination by master storyteller Harlan Ellison, From the Land of Fear presents some of the author’s early work from his start in the late fifties. Here you can see a vibrant, imaginative young writer honing his craft and sowing the seeds of what would become his brilliant career, including the standout piece “Soldier,” a clever antiwar tale included both in short‐story form and as a screenplay for TV’s The Outer Limits. True Ellison fans will enjoy this collection as a chance to see the writer’s growth over time. As Roger Zelanzy says in his wonderful Introduction, “He is what he is because of everything he’s been up until the Now.”

Author : Bill Carter
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781101443422

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The War for Late Night by Bill Carter Pdf

Bill Carter, executive producer of CNN’s docuseries The Story of Late Night and host of the Behind the Desk: Story of Late Night podcast, details the chaotic transition of The Tonight Show from host Jay Leno to Conan O’Brien—and back again. In 2010, NBC’s CEO Jeff Zucker, had it all worked out when he moved Jay Leno from behind the desk at The Tonight Show, and handed the reins over to Conan O'Brien. But his decision was a spectacular failure. Ratings plummeted, affiliates were enraged—and when Zucker tried to put everything back the way it was, that plan backfired as well. No one is more uniquely suited to document the story of a late-night travesty than veteran media reporter and bestselling author, Bill Carter. In candid detail, he charts the vortex that sucked in not just Leno and O'Brien—but also Letterman, Stewart, Fallon, Kimmel, and Ferguson—as frantic agents and network executives tried to manage a tectonic shift in television’s most beloved institution.

Author : John Fawell
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780809326068

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Hitchcock's Rear Window by John Fawell Pdf

In the process of providing the most extensive analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window to date, John Fawell also dismantles many myths and clichés about Hitchcock, particularly in regard to his attitude toward women. Although Rear Window masquerades quite successfully as a piece of light entertainment, Fawell demonstrates just how complex the film really is. It is a film in which Hitchcock, the consummate virtuoso, was in full command of his technique. One of Hitchcock’s favorite films, Rear Window offered the ideal venue for the great director to fully use the tricks and ideas he acquired over his previous three decades of filmmaking. Yet technique alone did not make this classic film great; one of Hitchcock’s most personal films, Rear Window is characterized by great depth of feeling. It offers glimpses of a sensibility at odds with the image Hitchcock created for himself—that of the grand ghoul of cinema who mocks his audience with a slick and sadistic style. Though Hitchcock is often labeled a misanthrope and misogynist, Fawell finds evidence in Rear Window of a sympathy for the loneliness that leads to voyeurism and crime, as well as an empathy for the film’s women. Fawell emphasizesa more feeling, humane spirit than either Hitchcock’s critics have granted him or Hitchcock himself admitted to, and does so in a manner of interest to film scholars and general readers alike.

Author : Ken Levine
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1493674978

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Must Kill TV by Ken Levine Pdf

Emmy-winning CHEERS writer Ken Levine presents a brutally honest and hilarious satire on the television industry In order to keep his once-proud TV network afloat, beleaguered president Charles Muncie must keep his number one star happy. By killing his ex-girlfriend. What's more important? Human life or the Tuesday night line-up? Network television gets royally skewered in this fun, surprising, suspenseful romp. And there are no commercials!

Author : Mark Phillips,Frank Garcia
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 1475 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476610306

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Science Fiction Television Series by Mark Phillips,Frank Garcia Pdf

Whether rocketing to other worlds or galloping through time, science fiction television has often featured the best of the medium. The genre's broad appeal allows youngsters to enjoy fantastic premises and far out stories, while offering adults a sublime way to view the human experience in a dramatic perspective. From Alien Nation to World of Giants, this reference work provides comprehensive episode guides and cast and production credits for 62 science fiction series that were aired from 1959 through 1989. For each episode, a brief synopsis is given, along with the writer and director of the show and the guest cast. Using extensive research and interviews with writers, directors, actors, stuntmen and many of the show's creators, an essay about each of the shows is also provided, covering such issues as its genesis and its network and syndication histories.

Author : Kevin J. Anderson,Harlan Ellison
Publisher : Quadrillion Media LLC
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1581857004

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The Outer Limits by Kevin J. Anderson,Harlan Ellison Pdf

"Based on MGM's original TV series, now a scifi classic, our premier edition features new novelizations of some of the best loved episodes by international best-selling author and master story teller, Kevin J. Anderson."--Cover.

Author : Edward Marcus
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780956739803

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The Planetary Patriot by Edward Marcus Pdf

You have seen the rest now see the best, The Planetary Patriot is here! A fast pace action science fiction story set in this world and the world of tomorrow. With a real superhero. A black superman who is faster than light! Fighting for real truth and fighting for real justice. Fighting to save us all!

Author : MR Ken Levine,Ken Levine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Nineteen sixties
ISBN : 0615653529

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The Me Generation... by Me (Growing Up in the '60s) by MR Ken Levine,Ken Levine Pdf

The television and screenplay writer--and sportscaster--reflects on his youth in Woodland Hills, Calif.

Author : Gary Gerani,Paul H. Schulman
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036900848

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Fantastic Television by Gary Gerani,Paul H. Schulman Pdf

Text and more than 400 illustrations provide information on every science fiction and fantasy program that has been shown on television.

Author : Leo Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998-09-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521629411

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New Cambridge Advanced English Teacher's Book by Leo Jones Pdf

New Cambridge Advanced English places a strong emphasis on vocabulary, collocation and idiom. It includes CAE exam-style exercises but is suitable both for exam and non-exam candidates. This is a third edition, differing from the second edition by only one minor change in a reading passage.

Author : Mark Thomas McGee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015040346119

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Roger Corman by Mark Thomas McGee Pdf

Best remembered for his 60s Vincent Price/Edgar Allan Poe films and other cult classics, Corman dabbed in anything for a quick buck. But his films were often highly innovative and exciting. Each is covered here in depth; a biography of Corman is included, along with bios of his stock players--all profusely illustrated.