Screen LibraryThe disaster artist : my life inside The room, the greatest bad movie ever made /
"In 2003, an independent film called The Room--starring and written, produced, directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit of indeterminate age and origin named Tommy Wiseau--made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles. Described by one reviewer as "like getting stabbed in the head,"...
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Simon & Schuster,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2014. ©2013 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"In 2003, an independent film called The Room--starring and written, produced, directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit of indeterminate age and origin named Tommy Wiseau--made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles. Described by one reviewer as "like getting stabbed in the head," the six-million-dollar film earned a grand total of $1800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. Ten years later, The Room is an international cult phenomenon. Thousands of fans wait in line for hours to attend screenings complete with costumes, audience rituals, merchandising, and thousands of plastic |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 270 pages : illustartions ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781476730400 : 9781451661194 1451661193 1476730407 |
| Index Number: | PN1997 |
| CLC: | K837.125.78 |
| Call Number: | K837.125.78/S494 |
| Contents: | The players -- "Oh, hi, Mark" -- La France a gagné -- "Do you have some secrets?" -- Tommy's planet -- "People are very strange these days" -- Too young to die -- "Where's my fucking money?" -- May all your dreams come true -- "You are tearing me apart, Lisa!" -- Do you have the guts to take me? -- "I'll record everything" -- I'm not waiting for Hollywood -- "Leave your stupid comments in your pocket" -- Highway of hell -- "God, forgive me" -- Don't be shocked -- This is my life. |