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how I learned to love the blockbuster and fear the bomb

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An edition of BOFFO! (2006)

Boffo!

how I learned to love the blockbuster and fear the bomb

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The formula for Hollywood success has long baffled even its greatest visionaries. For every blockbuster there are countless flops. Directors, producers, and actors who achieve great success with one film often suffer abject humiliation on the next. Here, journalist and former studio executive Bart reveals the backlot secrets behind the biggest hits and misses in film, television, and theater: how some projects with the biggest stars and budgets turned out to be bombs, and how unknowns overcame great adversity to make entertainment history. In so doing, Bart tells the history of pop culture itself. Bart offers his signature straight-shooting analysis of the silk purses and the sows' ears of the entertainment world.--From publisher description.

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Hyperion
Language
English
Pages
325

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Subjects
History, Motion pictures, Television programs, Theater, Blockbusters (Motion pictures), Motion picture industry
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United States
Times
20th century

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BOFFO!: HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THE BLOCKBUSTER AND FEAR THE BOMB
June 6, 2007, Miramax
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Cover of: Boffo!
Boffo!: how I learned to love the blockbuster and fear the bomb
2006, Hyperion
in English - 1st ed.
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BOFFO!: HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THE BLOCKBUSTER AND FEAR THE BOMB
June 14, 2006, Miramax
Hardcover in English
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Table of Contents

Heroes in capes : Batman (1989)
Abba strikes gold : Mamma mia! (1999)
Rashômon in Mafia land : The Godfather (1972)
Crime gets prime time : CSI (2000)
The Hobbit's big payday : The lord of the rings (2001)
Geek speak : The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Global beach party : Baywatch (1989)
Controlled reality : Real world (1992)
Feel-good felines : Cats (1981)
Queen of daytime : Oprah (1986)
Revenge of the king nerd : American graffiti (1973)
Archie's last laugh : All in the family (1971)
Kaleidoscope of the sixties : Easy rider/Hair (1969)
Alpine sing-along : The sound of music (1965)
Sword-and-sandal swan song : Ben-Hur (1959)
Caught in the shower : Psycho (1960)
Return of the "oater" : Gunsmoke (1955)
Saving the marriage : I love Lucy (1951)
Painful homecoming : The best years of our lives (1946)
As time goes by : Casablanca (1942)
Family time : Life with Father (1939)
Walt's folly : Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Fadeout for the LIttle Tramp : Modern times (1936)
Studio gorilla tactics : King Kong (1933)
Rule of the rustics : Tobacco Road/Abie's Irish Rose (1933/1922)
Hollywood in the trenches : The big parade (1925)
Jump-starting the epic : The birth of a nation (1915)

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-325)

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Library of Congress
PN1993.5.U6 B2979 2006, PN1995.9.B598 B378 2006

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Pagination
xxiv, 325 p., [32] p. of plates :
Number of pages
325

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17994069M
Internet Archive
boffohowilearned0000bart
ISBN 10
1401352162
ISBN 13
9781401352165
LCCN
2007296645
OCLC/WorldCat
70133887
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
324924

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