Reel Facts Unbelievable Stuff About Famous Film Stars And Movies That Really Happened

Author : Jeff Lenburg
Publisher : Moonwater Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780996320689

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Reel Facts: Unbelievable Stuff About Famous Film Stars and Movies That Really Happened by Jeff Lenburg Pdf

ONLY IN HOLLYWOOD COULD THINGS THIS UNBELIEVABLE HAPPEN As any actor, producer, director, or screenwriter can attest, working in the movie business isn't easy. After Jack Nicholson filmed his first screen test for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, studio mogul Louis B. Mayer politely told him afterwards: "I don't know what we can use you for, but if we ever do need you, we'll need you real bad." In the late 1960s, Paul, John, George, and Ringo–better known as The Beatles–were set to star in a movie version of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings, until Tolkien objected over the loudness of their music. Steven Spielberg snubbed Charlton Heston for the lead role in Jaws believing his "save the day" disaster movie performances would overshadow the movie's real star–the killer shark. In prepping for his role of the psychotic Vietnam veteran-turned cab driver in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, Robert De Niro obtained a New York taxicab driver's license and learned how to drive a cab working 12-hour shifts and picking up passengers for a New York cab company. What does this unbelievable stuff have in common? Scores of these and other tantalizing tidbits and scintillating stories that really happened to famous film stars and in the movies are meticulously detailed in one fun, fact-filled volume, REEL FACTS. This fascinating, full-color copiously illustrated treasury offers an inside the Hollywood grapevine look at it all—classic movie star rejections, remarkable movie ideas that misfired (or the greatest movies never made), amazing extremes actors have undertaken in preparing for film roles, unforeseen calamities that disrupted or delayed movies in production, fantastic film foolery perpetrated in popular movies on audiences, notable casting mishaps, the worst screen kissers, and much more. For avid movie lovers and film buffs alike, this entertaining chronicle shows filmdom's favorite stars and movies in general like you have never seen them before.

Author : Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1663608199

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Last Lecture by Perfection Learning Corporation Pdf

Author : Cobbett Steinberg
Publisher : Vintage Books USA
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039226126

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Reel Facts by Cobbett Steinberg Pdf

Author : Stephen C. Wood,J. David Pincus
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786413891

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Reel Baseball by Stephen C. Wood,J. David Pincus Pdf

Not only are movies and baseball two of America's favorite pastimes, they are integral parts of our culture. Small wonder that the two frequently merge in Hollywood's use of baseball themes, jargon, and icons. This work on baseball in the movies is organized into four sections examining different aspects of the cultural intersection between film and baseball. In the first three sections--"Baseball in Baseball Films," "Babe Ruth and the Silver Screen," and "Baseball in Non-Baseball Films"--essays by scholars in various disciplines cover such topics as symbols, the role of family, baseball as a facilitator of violence, and the American mythos. The fourth section consists of interviews with directors (such as Ron Shelton and Penny Marshall), actors (Kevin Costner, James Belushi), and baseball personnel (broadcaster Vin Scully, coach Rod Dedeaux) who have worked in baseball films. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Jamie Frater
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781612433356

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Listverse.com's Epic Book of Mind-Boggling Top 10 Lists by Jamie Frater Pdf

A collection of crazy-but-true facts, peculiar occurrences, despicable crimes, bizarre records, unbelievable creatures, and many more shocking oddities. Delving into the shocking side of pop culture, science and history, Listverse.com’s Epic Book of Mind-Boggling Top 10 Lists offers a wealth of fascinating reading with over 200 lists and more than 2,000 interesting facts, including: • Alien Artifacts • Creepy Urban Legends • Bizarre Murder Weapons • Horrific TV Accidents • Outrageous Rock Tales • Twisted Circus Acts • Terrifying Villains • Crazy-but-True Movie Plots • Dirty CIA Operations • Monstrously Evil Babysitters • Strange Hamburger Facts • Animal Freaks of Nature • Mind-Blowing Technologies

Author : Matt Green
Publisher : Matt Green
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Celebrity Biographies - The Amazing Life of Joel Kinnaman - Famous Actors by Matt Green Pdf

Ever wondered how Joel Kinnaman rose to stardom? His birth name is Charles Joel Nordström, but in the world of acting, he is famous as Joel Kinnaman. Guy, derivation from Scandinavian countries, double nationality, won the heart of Hollywood Joel Kinnaman is the ideal man for every woman. High, well built, with green eyes, is certainly something that what Hollywood needs to have, but in addition to his charming looks Joel Kinnaman exudes uniqueness and curious spirit. He has childhood that was not easy, but it is nonetheless grown into a bright star. For more interesting facts you must read his biography. Grab Your Biography book now!

Author : Dave Hill
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780698136755

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Dave Hill Doesn't Live Here Anymore by Dave Hill Pdf

With his signature matter-of-fact humor, comedian and musician Dave Hill explores his increasingly close relationship with his recently widowed father in a series of painfully funny essays you will want to read again and again by the fire, at the beach, in a truck stop men’s room, or just about anywhere. It’s your call, really. These days, Dave has just the right amount of spare time to write books at home, preferably in his underwear, but things weren’t always perfect. When he found himself pushing thirty while still living with his parents in Cleveland, unsuited for anything but what an “employment expert” vaguely called a career in “art, music, writing, or entertainment,” he decided to visit some friends in New York for the weekend and never left. However, getting his life together wasn’t as easy as he’d hoped, and even an illegally subletted, rent controlled fifth-floor walk-up studio apartment with a (for the most part) working toilet wasn’t glamorous enough to erase the fact that his four siblings were all married with steady jobs and actual human offspring. And in recent years, Dave’s father had grown tired of loaning him cash and living alone in the empty family home, neither of which made much sense to Dave, but whatever. Through the process of his father’s eventual move to a retirement community, Dave and his dad bonded over the things in life that really matter: scorching-hot rock jams, the gluten allergy craze, eighteen-wheelers, Italian food (pizza and spaghetti), and whatever else could possibly be left after that. Meanwhile, Dave discovered his late-blooming manhood via experiences as disparate and dangerous as a visit to a remote Mexican prison, where he learned that people everywhere love the Eagles, and a martial arts class that pushed his resolve and his groin to their limit. In Dave Hill Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Hill’s voice is sharp, carefree, laced with just the right amount of profanity, and he is—seemingly despite himself—deeply empathetic as he portrays a difficult time in his family’s life and grows up just enough to realize that maybe he and his dad aren’t so different after all.

Author : Anne Nicholson Weber
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780878301867

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Upstaged by Anne Nicholson Weber Pdf

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Bryan Senn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476645032

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Ski Films by Bryan Senn Pdf

Skiing in movies, like the sport itself, grew more prevalent beginning in the 1930s, when it was a pastime of the elite, with depictions reflecting changes in technique, fashion and social climate. World War II saw skiing featured in a dozen films dealing with that conflict. Fueled by postwar prosperity, the sport exploded in the 1950s--filmmakers followed suit, using scenes on snow-covered slopes for panoramic beauty and the thrill of the chase. Through the free-spirited 1960s and 1970s, the downhill lifestyle shussed into everything from spy thrillers to beach party romps. The extreme sports era of the 1980s and 1990s brought snowboarding to the big screen. This first ever critical history of skiing in film chronicles a century of alpine cinema, with production information and stories and quotes from directors, actors and stuntmen.

Author : Various
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781630081096

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Creepy Archives Volume 20 by Various Pdf

Creepy, the quintessential horror comics anthology from Warren Publishing, always delivered a heaping helping of horror! In this deluxe hardcover, which collects issues #94 through #98, you'll find uncanny fables of magical children, shocking tales of extraterrestrial encounters, and barbaric stories of warrior apes! Top talents like Frank Frazetta, Carmine Infantino, Bernie Wrightson, John Severin, Bruce Jones, and others contribute to this volume, which also includes all original letters columns, text pieces, and ads--as well as a new foreword by Eisner Award-winner Jonathan Case (Green River Killer, The Creep, Eerie Comics)!

Author : Various
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-10
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781630081164

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Eerie Archives Volume 18 by Various Pdf

Eerie Archives Volume 18 celebrates the unique horror work of Richard Corben. In addition to running some of the best Corben shorts from the seventies, this volume also includes a new interview between Corben and longtime collaborator José Villarrubia! Horror masters Bruce Jones, Bernie Wrightson, and Alex Nino also contribute!Collects Eerie #86-#89! * Exclusive new Richard Corben interview!

Author : David Williams
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003-03-24
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780773570887

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Imagined Nations by David Williams Pdf

In Imagined Nations David Williams explores works by authors such as Alistair MacLeod, Michael Ondaatje, and Timothy Findley, examining the ways in which these writers show how our sense of time and space and our sense of personal and national identities have been altered by changes in modes of communication. He discusses how they have dramatized a series of shifts from the oral clan to the nation of the book (Alistair MacLeod), from print-nationalism to radio-confederacy (Wayne Johnston), and from print-stasis to an electronic space of flows (Michael Ondaatje). Some writers have resisted the threat of filmic images to print-formed communities (Timothy Findley, Guy Vanderhaeghe), while others have sought release from the prison of print (Hubert Aquin), or attempted to infiltrate cyberspace in the border war against globalization (William Gibson). Building on the work of Harold Innis, Williams joins other Canadians such as Marshall McLuhan, Ronald Deibert, and Gerald Friesen in extending and clarifying our understanding of the way differing media environments predispose us to imagine unique forms of political community.

Author : C. C. Chapman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118416624

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Amazing Things Will Happen by C. C. Chapman Pdf

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen Amazing Things Will Happen offers straightforward advice that can be put into action to improve your life. Through personal anecdotes from the author's life, and interviews of successful individuals across several industries, this book demonstrates how to achieve success, in all aspects of life, through hard work and acts of kindness. Split into five sections, this book details how to begin the self-improvement journey. Explains how to cope with the situation you are currently in, and how to make the most of it until you can break free Shares exercises and practices that can help define your goals and how to set realistic tasks to reach them Helps you to navigate the seas of doubters and obstacles to get to where you want to be Ensures that you help others, once you have reached your goals Each of us has different goals in life, but everyone wants to succeed, and have as much fun as possible along the way. Amazing Things Will Happen shows how to get on this path to success.

Author : Cary Bates
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-23
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781621159544

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Creepy Archives Volume 19 by Cary Bates Pdf

Death lurks after every page turn! An unbelievable lineup of creators fills this volume. Shiver at the work of Frank Frazetta, Russ Heath, Carmine Infantino, John Severin, Bernie Wrightson, Bruce Jones, Richard Corben, and many others—and enjoy all original fan pages and a new introduction by writer Jack Butterworth (Creepy, Taboo)! Collects Creepy magazines #89-#93.

Author : Tom Dowd
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136071423

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Storytelling Across Worlds by Tom Dowd Pdf

Don’t restrict your creative property to one media channel. Make the essential leap to transmedia! From film to television to games and beyond, Storytelling Across Worlds gives you the tools to weave a narrative universe across multiple platforms and meet the insatiable demand of today’s audience for its favorite creative property. This, the first primer in the field for both producers and writers, teaches you how to: * Employ film, television, games, novels, comics, and the web to build rich and immersive transmedia narratives * Create writing and production bibles for transmedia property * Monetize your stories across separate media channels * Manage transmedia brands, marketing, and rights * Work effectively with writers and producers in different areas of production * Engage audiences with transmedia storytelling Up-to-date examples of current transmedia and cross-media properties accompany each chapter and highlight this hot but sure-to-be enduring topic in modern media.