Robert Altman:the oral biography
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Published: |
Alfred A. Knopf,
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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. |