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4) Adaptation
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Blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche, "New Yorker" journalist Susan Orlean, Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother Donald. As Charlie struggles to adapt a best-selling book, he writes himself into the movie plot.
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Provides advice for budding screenwriters on how to handle the challenges of writing a Hollywood script and includes insider information on the most popular genres in Hollywood as well as references to 500 movie "cousins" to help guide the script writing process.
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"In Black Hollywood, photographer Carell Augustus has enlisted Black celebrities and performers from all areas of entertainment to recreate iconic scenes from classic Hollywood movies, television, and other media. The images illuminate the role of race in Hollywood history by re-imagining classic films with Black actors, renewing readers' appreciation of the past while celebrating the hottest Black stars of today and inspiring the artists of the future....
8) 101 movies to see before you grow up: be your own movie critic - the must-see movie list for kids
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The handbook for movie-lovers of all ages, helping both kids and parents choose classic and contemporary movies appropriate for the entire family -- publisher.
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A longtime industry insider and acclaimed Hollywood historian goes behind the scenes to tell the stories of 15 of the most spectacular movie megaflops of the past 50 years, such as Cleopatra, The Cotton Club, and Waterworld. He recounts, in every gory detail, how enormous hubris, unbridled ambition, artistic hauteur, and bad business sense on the parts of Tinsel Town wheeler-dealers and superstars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Clint Eastwood, and Francis...
15) The Disney films
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A chronological listing and analysis: includes Snow White and the seven dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi. Also includes live-action films eg 20,000 leagues under the sea.
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"How did Nigeria create the second largest movie industry in the world? Nollywood began in Nigeria in the 1990s and has grown into the second largest film industry in the world in the number of films produced annually, behind only Bollywood and ahead of Hollywood. Reporter Emily Witt travels to Nigeria to offer a vivid, rollicking tour of the industry today. She meets with young filmmakers and actors trying to break into the industry, covers start-ups...
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"Reel Culture" is packed full with quotes, characters, fun facts, and Hollywood "inside scoop" on the top films of our time including favorites like: Annie Hall, Psycho, A Clockwork Orange, The Wizard of Oz, Taxi Driver and many, many more! Learn what each film is about and why people make so much fuss about it.
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