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Book Hollywood the Hard Way

Download or read book Hollywood the Hard Way written by Patti Dickinson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the dangers and adventures of a 20-year-old cowboy's fifty-day journey from Guthrie, Oklahoma, to Hollywood on a Osage Indian pony, carrying only a Colt revolver and a few belongings.

Book Easy Street  the Hard Way

Download or read book Easy Street the Hard Way written by Ron Perlman and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The candid, revealing, hilarious, and inspiring memoir of the iconic star of the Hellboy movies, Beauty and the Beast, and Sons of Anarchy

Book The Hard Way

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark 'Billy' Billingham
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-08-06
  • ISBN : 9781471186769
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book The Hard Way written by Mark 'Billy' Billingham and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A searing, raw and honest memoir of television's greatest SAS veteran. Sergeant Major Mark 'Billy' Billingham recounts his life, twenty-seven years of military service as an elite soldier, and new-found fame on the hugely successful Channel Four series SAS: Who dares Wins.

Book The Hard Way on Purpose

Download or read book The Hard Way on Purpose written by David Giffels and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author and journalist David Giffels explores the meaning of identity and place, hamburgers, hard work, and basketball in this collection of wry, irreverent essays reflecting on the many aspects of Midwestern culture and life from an insider’s perspective. In The Hard Way on Purpose, David Giffels takes us on an insider’s journey through the wreckage and resurgence of America’s Rust Belt. A native who never knew the good times, yet never abandoned his hometown of Akron, Giffels plumbs the touchstones and idiosyncrasies of a region where industry has fallen, bowling is a legitimate profession, bizarre weather is the norm, rock ’n’ roll is desperate, thrift store culture thrives, and sports is heartbreak. Intelligent, humorous, and warm, Giffels’s linked essays are about coming of age in the Midwest and about the stubborn, optimistic, and resourceful people who prevail there.

Book Hollywood the Hard Way

Download or read book Hollywood the Hard Way written by Patti Dickinson and published by Bitterroot Mountain Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2015-09-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fifteen-hundred-mile horseback ride to win a bet, to prove a point, to honor tradition?

Book Tales from Development Hell

Download or read book Tales from Development Hell written by David Hughes and published by Titan Books (UK). This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compulsively readable journey into the area of film-making where all writers, directors and stars fear to tread: Development Hell, the place where scripts are written, actors hired and sets designed... but the films rarely actually get made! Whatever happened to Batman versus Superman? Why have there been so many scripts written over the years for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas's still in development Indiana Jones 4? Why was Lara Croft's journey to the big screen so tortuous, and what prevented Paul Verhoeven from filming what he calls "one of the greatest scripts ever written"? Why did Ridley Scott's Crisis in the Hot Zone collapse days away from filming, and were the Beatles really set to star in Lord of the Rings? All these lost projects, and more, are covered in this major new book, which features many exclusive new interviews with the writers and directors involved.

Book Full Tilt

    Book Details:
  • Author : Neal Shusterman
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2012-02-21
  • ISBN : 1439115257
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Full Tilt written by Neal Shusterman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of roller-coaster twists and turns, Neal Shusterman's page-turner is an Orpheus-like adventure into one boy's psyche. Sixteen-year-old Blake and his younger brother, Quinn, are exact opposites. Blake is the responsible member of the family. He constantly has to keep an eye on the fearless Quinn, whose thrill-seeking sometimes goes too far. But the stakes get higher when Blake has to chase Quinn into a bizarre phantom carnival that traps its customers forever. In order to escape, Blake must survive seven deadly rides by dawn, each of which represents a deep, personal fear--from a carousel of stampeding animals to a hall of mirrors that changes people into their deformed reflections. Blake ultimately has to face up to a horrible secret from his own past to save himself and his brother--that is, if the carnival doesn't claim their souls first!

Book The Hard Way on Purpose

Download or read book The Hard Way on Purpose written by David Giffels and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores the meaning of identity and place, hamburgers, hard work, and basketball in this collection of ... essays reflecting on the many aspects of Midwestern culture and life from an insider's perspective" --

Book Nothing Lasts Forever  Basis for the film Die Hard

Download or read book Nothing Lasts Forever Basis for the film Die Hard written by Roderick Thorp and published by Graymalkin Media. This book was released on 2012-12-17 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High atop a Los Angeles skyscraper, an office Christmas party turns into a deadly cage-match between a lone New York City cop and a gang of international terrorists. Every action fan knows it could only be the explosive big-screen blockbuster Die Hard. But before Bruce Willis blew away audiences as unstoppable hero John McClane, author Roderick Thorp knocked out thriller readers with the bestseller that started it all. A dozen heavily armed terrorists have taken hostages, issued demands, and promised bloodshed — all according to plan. But they haven’t counted on a death-defying, one-man cavalry with no shoes, no backup, and no intention of going down easily. As hot-headed cops swarm outside, and cold-blooded killers wield machine guns and rocket launchers inside, the stage is set for the ultimate showdown between anti-hero and uber-villains. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good fight... to the death. Ho ho ho!

Book Suicide The Hard Way  And Other Tales From The Innerzone

Download or read book Suicide The Hard Way And Other Tales From The Innerzone written by Christopher Alan Broadstone and published by BCP/Texas POĒtrope. This book was released on 2021-07-14 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you love POE, BARKER and THE TWILIGHT ZONE, you'll love "SUICIDE THE HARD WAY"! SUICIDE THE HARD WAY: And Other Tales From The Innerzone –– collects 7 never-before-released stories of the macabre from CHRISTOPHER ALAN BROADSTONE, horror filmmaker (3 DEAD GIRLS!) and novelist (PUZZLEMAN). Each tale lures us down twilight byways instinctively sped-through and discounted by most, but never explored. Within these stories, however, we become lost, meandering onto backstreets and alleyways –– stumbling through the grim reality of introspection that always leads to a terrifying, nihilistic, and often brutal look into the soul: the Innerzone. Continuing this theme, SUICIDE THE HARD WAY also includes Broadstone's 3 screenplays for his award-winning short films, SCREAM FOR ME (Best Short Film: New York City Horror Film Festival), MY SKIN! (Best Horror Short Category: Shriekfest Film Festival [L.A.]), and HUMAN NO MORE (Best Horror Short: The Indie Gathering [O.H.]). These films, anthologized as the DVD 3 DEAD GIRLS! (available on Amazon), are explored in-depth by film critic MATTHEW SANDERSON in his original essay for this printing, titled: MADNESS AND MEANING. To bring even greater insight to Broadstone's filmmaking process, is the production diary kept by reviewer/filmmaker LEE BAILES, while working as Assistant Camera and BTS videographer on the set of HUMAN NO MORE. First published on the website THE RUMOUR MACHINE, it is now available here, titled: THE MAKING OF HNM: How An Englishman Spent His Summer In An L.A. Basement. (Active links to Film Music and Additional Film Info are also included in the Kindle version of this book.) Completing SUICIDE THE HARD WAY is a section compiling 32 of Broadstone's previously unpublished dark, introspective lyrics and poetry, some if which are interpolated into his films, and many others of which are lyrics for music recorded and performed by his heavy grunge/rock band, THE JUDAS ENGINE. (Active links to Downloadable Music are also included in the Kindle version of this book.) SUICIDE THE HARD WAY: And Other Tales From The Innerzone is an ambitious work that chronicles all facets of Christopher Alan Broadstone's creative career: writer, poet/lyricist, musician, and filmmaker. CONTENTS: Preface by Rick Wildridge Foreword by Lee Bailes SHORT STORIES –– Little Jimmy Combat / Hellbound Hillary / Smileys' Grave / On Strike / Suicide The Hard Way / Scream For Me / Roseblood 3 SHORT SCREENPLAYS –– Foreword by Michael Laimo –– Madness And Meaning: A Filmic Essay by Matthew Sanderson –– Screenplay Key –– Scream For Me (Adapted) / My Skin! / Human No More –– The Making of HNM by Lee Bailes –– Kindle edition includes active links throughout to Film Music and Additional Film Info. LYRICS & POETRY –– About The Lyrics & Poetry by C.A. Broadstone –– The Black Cab / Blood & Love / Broken Arm / Can I Kill It / Care And Feeding Of Suspension Bridges / Charlie Asleep / Color Of Flame / Concret. Dirt. / Cut / Dig In / Earth Machine / Endless / Goodbye In The World Again / Heaven Missed / I Am A Wall / In The Moonlight / Killer In A Jar / Little Darkness / Misanthropia / My Skin / My Swim / Never On My Hands / Night Before Never / No Misunderstanding / Scorpion Ocean / Snow / Soul In A Hole / Squirm / Thrush / Tongue / World Scream / Y –– Kindle edition includes active links throughout to Downloadable Music.

Book A Long  Long Way

    Book Details:
  • Author : Greg Garrett
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 2020
  • ISBN : 0190906251
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book A Long Long Way written by Greg Garrett and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hollywood films are perhaps the most powerful storytellers in American history, and their depiction of race and culture has helped to shape the way people around the world respond to race and prejudice. Over the past one hundred years, films have moved from the radically-prejudiced views of people of color to the depiction of people of color by writers and filmmakers from within those cultures. In the process, we begin to see how films have depicted negative versions of people outside the white mainstream, and how film might become a vehicle for racial reconciliation. Religious traditions offer powerful correctives to our cultural narratives, and this work incorporates both narrative truthtelling and religious truthtelling as we consider race and film and work toward reconciliation. By exploring the hundred-year period from The Birth of a Nation to Get Out, this work acknowledges the racist history of America, and offers the possibility of hope for the future"--

Book LIFE

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1942-10-26
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1942-10-26 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

Book Hollywood Drive

Download or read book Hollywood Drive written by Eve Light Honthaner and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hollywood Drive: What is Takes to Break in, Hang in & Make it in the Entertainment Industry is the essential guide to starting and succeeding at a career in film and TV. Written by a Hollywood insider, Eve Honthaner's invaluable advice will give those attempting to enter and become successful in the entertainment industry the edge they need to stand out among the intense competition." "Hollywood Drive goes beyond what it takes to get you foot in the door by offering you the tools, attitude, philosophy and road map you'll need to give yourself a good fighting chance at success - whether you're looking for you very first job or for a strategy to move your career to the next level. This book will allow you to proceed with your eyes wide open, knowing exactly what to expect."

Book The Road Movie Book

Download or read book The Road Movie Book written by Steven Cohan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Road Movie Book is the first comprehensive study of an enduring but ever-changing Hollywood genre, its place in American culture, and its legacy to world cinema. The road and the cinema both flourished in the twentieth century, as technological advances brought motion pictures to a mass audience and the mass produced automobile opened up the road to the ordinary American. When Jean Baudrillard equated modern American culture with 'space, speed, cinema, technology' he could just as easily have added that the road movie is its supreme emblem. The contributors explore how the road movie has confronted and represented issues of nationhood, sexuality, gender, class and race. They map the generic terrain of the road movie, trace its evolution on American television as well as on the big screen from the 1930s through the 1980s, and, finally, consider road movies that go off the road, departing from the US landscape or travelling on the margins of contemporary American culture. Movies discussed include: * Road classics such as It Happened One Night, The Grapes of Wrath, The Wizard of Oz and the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby Road to films * 1960's reworkings of the road movie in Easy Rider and Bonnie and Clyde * Russ Meyer's road movies: from Motorpsycho! to Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! * Contemporary hits such as Paris Texas, Rain Man, Natural Born Killers and Thelma and Louise * The road movie, Australian style, from Mad Max to the Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Book The Mythical West

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard W. Slatta
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2001-11-20
  • ISBN : 1576075885
  • Pages : 475 pages

Download or read book The Mythical West written by Richard W. Slatta and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-11-20 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cultural journey down memory lane showcases how major Western figures, events, and places have been portrayed in folk legends, art, literature, and popular culture. Ever since the days of the 49ers and George Armstrong Custer, the Old West has been America's most potent source of legend. But it is sometimes hard to separate fact from fiction. Did you know, for example, that Annie Oakley was a talented marksman who shot an estimated 40,000 rounds per year while practicing and performing for Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show in the late l800s? Or that many interpreters believe that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is not just a fairy tale, but also a Populist allegory? These are just two of the folk legends dissected and examined in this veritable cultural geography. The volume covers everything from billionaire Howard Hughes and composer Aaron Copeland to Aztlan (the legendary first city of the Aztecs) and Area 51, the top-secret U.S. Air Force base at Groom Lake, Nevada, that has fascinated UFO and conspiracy buffs.

Book Hollywood Divorces   Hollywood Wives  The New Generation

Download or read book Hollywood Divorces Hollywood Wives The New Generation written by Jackie Collins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-04-29 with total page 1169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood Divorces: Welcome to Jackie Collins' Hollywood, a world in which narcissism runs rampant and fidelity means not sleeping with anyone less attractive than your spouse. You will meet three strong, unforgettable women making their way along Hollywood's treacherous trail of divorce. Hollywood Wives: Power! Sex! Money! Fame! - the new Hollywood wives are back with a vengeance. Ambitious, young, smart and lethal, whatever they don't have, they want - and whatever these women want, they get.

Book U S A   the Hard Way

Download or read book U S A the Hard Way written by Roger W. Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: