Robert Altman:the oral biography

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zuckoff Mitchell
Published: Alfred A. Knopf,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xiii, 560 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780307267689 (alk. paper)
0307267687 (alk. paper)
Index Number: K837
CLC: K837.125.78
Call Number: K837.125.78/Z943
Contents: Includes filmography and index.
Act I: 1925-1969. Kansas City -- Into the river -- 307th Bomber Group -- Making pictures -- The Calvin company -- The delinquents -- California -- Kathryn -- Cheese -- No milk -- Countdown -- Act II: 1970-1980. M*A*S*H -- After M*A*S*H -- Mccabe -- Fatherhood I -- Mirrors -- Split, California -- Nashville -- Diamond cutter -- Active verbs -- Scotty -- Popeye -- Act III: 1981-2006. The wilderness -- "I made this" -- The player -- Short cuts -- Heart in a cooler -- Mr. A and the women -- Home stretch -- Fatherhood II -- Boots on -- Not a tragedy.
Mitchell Zuckoff--who was working with visionary director Robert Altman on his memoirs before he died--weaves the Hollywood legend's final interviews, an incredible cast of voices, and contemporary reviews and news accounts, into a riveting tale of an extraordinary life.