Ain't it Cool? (TPB): Kicking Hollywood's Butt

by HarryKnowles (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.26

  Harry Knowles is the iconoclast founder of the movie newsbuzz Website, aintitcool.com . Used by over 1.5 million users daily, the site is a resource as to what is and isn't happening in the film industry, sneak previews, hunches, and unreliable gossip. Ain't It Cool? is the story of how Harry, a college dropout weaned on films and bedridden by an accident, started the Web site from his bedroom in Austin, Texas. In just four years he has crashed the insider world of Hollywood to become one of the most powerful and feared men in show business, with fans such as Bruce Willis and Quentin Tarantino. Spies report to Harry from movie sets and test screenings, he analyzes their comments, lambasts the industry on a regular basis and defends the viewer's right not to be forced to watch trash, but also leads site visitors to films they might never have guessed would be the gems they are.Using his own story as a springboard for his life-long obsession with films and how they're made - the good, the bad, and the ugly - Ain't It Cool? is the story of a movie geek getting a place at Hollywood's most exclusive table. The book includes lists of top ten and worst ten movies of all time, and to