Great Movie Stars 1:Golden Yea: v. 1 (The Great Movie Stars)

by David Shipman (Author)

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  Paperback
  1989

  $3.31

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  Paperback
  1993

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  This third volume of a reference work on the stars of cinema history focuses on the personalities of the modern era - both on and off the screen - and the state of the industry in the 1990s. Among those featured are Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Kim Basinger, Cher, Gerard Depardieu, Jodie Foster, Bob Hoskins, Madonna, Steve Martin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Maggie Smith, Denzel Washington, Sigourney Weaver and Robin Williams. For each artist there is a detailed career survey which includes the titles of all his or her films, and an analysis of critical and financial success. Quotes from contemporary reviews, salary figures and contract facts are woven into the biographies, as well as details of the roles that were rejected and the films that were never made. The author is programme consultant for the National Film Theatre in London, and a regular contributor to The Independent .

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  Hardcover
  1991

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  This third volume of The Great Movie Stars series brings the reader up-to-date on the major movie stars of contemporary Hollywood and European film making. These include the greats whose careers began a decade or so back, but who continue to draw crowds to the box office, such as Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, Maggie Smith. It also covers the infamous Hollywood Brat Pack - Christopher Lambert, Eddie Murphy, Madonna, Steve Martin, Robin Williams and Sylvester Stallone. For each star there is a detailed career survey including the titles of all the star's films, an analysis of its critical and financial success, contemporary reviews, salary figures and contract details. David Shipman has also written the companion volumes Great Movie Stars 1 and 2, The Story of the Cinema , The Good Film and Video Guide , and Movie Talk .