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- True west : Sam Shepard's life, work, and times / by Greenfield, Robert,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An intimate portrait of the iconic playwright, actor, and director Sam Shepard, whose wide-ranging and enduring body of work places him at the center of the American canon, from an award-winning biographer. True West is the story of an American icon, a lasting portrait of Sam Shepard as he really was, revealed by those who knew him best. This sweeping biography charts Shepard's long and complicated journey from a small town in southern California to his standing as an internationally known playwright and movie star. The son of an alcoholic father, Shepard crafted a public persona as an authentic American archetype: the loner, the cowboy, the drifter, a stranger in a strange land. Despite his great critical and financial success, he seemed, like so many of his characters, to remain perpetually dispossessed. Much like Robert Greenfield's biographies of Jerry Garcia and Timothy Leary, this book delves deeply into Shepard's life as well as the ways in which his work illuminates it. True West takes readers through the world of downtown theater in lower Manhattan in the early sixties, the jazz scene at the Village Gate, fringe theatre in London in the seventies, Bob Dylan's legendary Rolling Thunder tour, the making of classic films like Zabriskie Point, Days of Heaven, and The Right Stuff, and Broadway productions of Buried Child, True West, and Fool for Love. For this definitive biography, Greenfield interviewed dozens of people who knew Shepard well, many of whom had never before spoken on the record about him. While exploring his relationships with Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Jessica Lange across the long arc of his brilliant career, Greenfield makes the case for Shepard not just as a great American writer but a unique figure who first brought the sensibility of rock 'n' roll to serious theater"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017.; Actors; Dramatists, American;
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- Fool for Love. by Altman, Robert,film director.; Dean Stanton, Harry,actor.; Basinger, Kim,actor.; Quaid, Randy,actor.; Shepard, Sam,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Harry Dean Stanton, Kim Basinger, Randy Quaid, Sam ShepardOriginally produced by MGM in 1985.Cowboy drifter Eddie (Sam Shepard) reconnects with May (Kim Basinger), the love of his life, in a seedy desert motel even though she's taken up with a new boyfriend (Randy Quaid). But that's not the only threat to their rekindled passion. A mysterious old man (Harry Dean Stanton) also harbors a secret so dark and forbidden, it could destroy Eddie and May's love forever. Based on Shepard's own award-winning play and directed by seven time Academy Award® nominee Robert Altman.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Western films.; Drama.; Motion pictures.;
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- Killing Them Softly. by Dominik, Andrew,film director.; Mendelsohn, Ben,actor.; Pitt, Brad,actor.; Gandolfini, James,actor.; Liotta, Ray,actor.; Jenkins, Richard,actor.; Shepard, Sam,actor.; McNairy, Scoot,actor.; Entertainment One Films Canada Inc (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ben Mendelsohn, Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, Sam Shepard, Scoot McNairyOriginally produced by Entertainment One Films Canada Inc in 2012.Brad Pitt delivers an explosive performance as Jackie Cogan, an enforcer for the Mob in Andrew Dominik's gritty yet stylish crime thriller KILLING THEM SOFTLY. Cogan must restore order in the criminal economy after a Mob protected card game is heisted by a group of inexperienced crooks. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival**. "*Jolting, suspenseful, full of twisted sympathy for its goons' row of characters, and wickedly amusing to boot, Killing Them Softly summons up the ghosts of Goodfellas and a whole nasty tradition of crime pics.*" - Steven Rea, ***The Philadelphia Inquirer***Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Action and adventure films.; Crime.; Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).; War films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.;
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- Paris, Texas. by Wenders, Wim,film director.; Stanton, Harry Dean,1926-actor.; Stockwell, Dean,1938-actor.; Kinski, Nastassja,1960-actor.; Kanopy (Firm);
Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1984.New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (Wings of desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Sam Shepard. Paris, Texas follows the mysterious, nearly mute drifter Travis (a magnificent Harry Dean Stanton, whose face is a landscape all its own) as he tries to reconnect with his young son, living with his brother (Dean Stockwell) in Los Angeles, and his missing wife (Nastassja Kinski). From this simple setup, Wenders and Shepard produce a powerful statement on codes of masculinity and the myth of the American family, as well as an exquisite visual exploration of a vast, crumbling world of canyons and neon.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Families; Fathers;
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