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Kartonierter Einband
Untertitel:
Rocky, The Karate Kid and Other Underdogs
Autor:
Larry Powell, Tom Garrett
Erscheinungsdatum:
05.12.2013
Informationen zum Autor Larry Powell is a professor of communication studies at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. He is the author or coauthor of several books and articles. Klappentext The life and work of American director John G. Avildsen is thoroughly examined in this detailed filmography and critical study. Each of the most significant films made by the Oscar-winning Avildsen is given a separate chapter, including such critical successes as Joe and Save the Tiger, and box-office blockbusters Rocky and its sequels and the Karate Kid series. The authors' observations on these and other titles--some well known, others less familiar--are enhanced by extensive production notes, and by commentary from John G. Avildsen himself. Cinema historian Jean Bodon of Sam Houston State University provides a foreword. Zusammenfassung "Each of the most significant films made by the Oscar-winning John G. Avildsen is given a separate chapter. The authors' observations on these and other titles--some well known! others less familiar--are enhanced by extensive production notes! and by commentary from Avildsen. Noted cinema historian Jean Bodon! of Sam Houston State University! provides the foreword"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsForeword by Jean BodonPreface 1. The Early Career 2. Joe: Speed Freaks versus the Silent Majority 3. Cry Uncle: Returning (Already) to His Roots 4. The Stoolie: At Odds with the Star 5. Save the Tiger: Knocking on the Door of the Academy Awards 6. Fore Play: Sex Comedies That Didn't Work 7. W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings: John Avildsen vs. Burt Reynolds 8. Rocky: A Work of Inspiration 9. Saturday Night Fever: Missing Out on a Blockbuster10. Slow Dancing in the Big City: A Former Sexploitation Director Tackles Romance11. The Formula: Avildsen and Marlon Brando12. Neighbors: The Dif cult Becomes the Impossible13. A Night in Heaven14. The Karate Kid15. The Karate Kid Part II: Let the Sequels Begin16. Happy New Year17. For Keeps18. Lean on Me: Good Guys Don't Always Win19. The Karate Kid Part III20. Rocky V: The End of the Line?21. The Power of One22. 8 Seconds23. Inferno (Desert Heat)EpilogueFilmographyNotesBibliographyIndex...
Klappentext
The life and work of American director John G. Avildsen is thoroughly examined in this detailed filmography and critical study. Each of the most significant films made by the Oscar-winning Avildsen is given a separate chapter, including such critical successes as Joe and Save the Tiger, and box-office blockbusters Rocky and its sequels and the Karate Kid series. The authors' observations on these and other titles--some well known, others less familiar--are enhanced by extensive production notes, and by commentary from John G. Avildsen himself. Cinema historian Jean Bodon of Sam Houston State University provides a foreword.
Zusammenfassung
"Each of the most significant films made by the Oscar-winning John G. Avildsen is given a separate chapter. The authors' observations on these and other titles--some well known, others less familiar--are enhanced by extensive production notes, and by commentary from Avildsen. Noted cinema historian Jean Bodon, of Sam Houston State University, provides the foreword"--
Inhalt
Table of Contents
Foreword by Jean Bodon
Preface
1. The Early Career
2. Joe: Speed Freaks versus the Silent Majority
3. Cry Uncle: Returning (Already) to His Roots
4. The Stoolie: At Odds with the Star
5. Save the Tiger: Knocking on the Door of the Academy Awards
6. Fore Play: Sex Comedies That Didn't Work
7. W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings: John Avildsen vs. Burt Reynolds
8. Rocky: A Work of Inspiration
9. Saturday Night Fever: Missing Out on a Blockbuster
10. Slow Dancing in the Big City: A Former Sexploitation Director Tackles Romance
11. The Formula: Avildsen and Marlon Brando
12. Neighbors: The Dif cult Becomes the Impossible
13. A Night in Heaven
14. The Karate Kid
15. The Karate Kid Part II: Let the Sequels Begin
16. Happy New Year
17. For Keeps
18. Lean on Me: Good Guys Don't Always Win
19. The Karate Kid Part III
20. Rocky V: The End of the Line?
21. The Power of One
22. 8 Seconds
23. Inferno (Desert Heat)
Epilogue
Filmography
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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