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Hits, flops, and other illusions : my fortysomething years in Hollywood  Cover Image Book Book

Hits, flops, and other illusions : my fortysomething years in Hollywood / Ed Zwick.

Zwick, Edward, (author.).

Summary:

"This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show Thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, gives a dishy, behind-the-scenes look at working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood." --Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1668046997
  • ISBN: 9781668046999
  • Physical Description: 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes filmography.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Taking note -- An origins story : Claire, Nina, Marshall, and the AFI, 1975 -- The learn-as-you-earn school of filmmaking : Family, 1978-1980 -- The year of loving dangerously : Special Bulletin and thirtysomething, 1982-1991 -- The anxiety of influence : Drawing Fire and About Last Night, 1985-1986 -- In search of glory : Glory, 1989 -- The nobility of failure : Leaving Normal, 1991 -- Julia, Harvey, and the bard : Shakespeare in Love, 1991-1998 -- The griefs of a man's life : Legends of the Fall and My So-Called Life, 1993-1994 -- Heroes : Courage Under Fire, 1996 -- Politics, pop culture, and pyrrhic victory : The Siege, 1998 -- A war won and lost : Traffic, 2000 -- If at first : Once and Again, 2000 -- Gaijin : The Last Samurai, 2003 -- The child is the jewel : Blood Diamond, 2006 -- Shadows of valiant ancestors : Defiance, 2008 -- In sickness and in health : Love & Other Drugs, 2010 -- Onward : Pawn Sacrifice, Jack Reacher, Trial by Fire, 2012-2020.
Subject: Zwick, Edward.
Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography.
Television producers and directors > United States > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Sage Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Baker Haines Branch 791.430233092 .Z98h 2024 (Text) 37814003645083 NON-FICTION - NEW Available -
Hood River County Library 791.43092 ZWI 2024 (Text) 33892100976100 Adult Non-Fiction Available -


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