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The golden hour : a story of family and power in Hollywood / by Specktor, Matthew,author.;
An exploration of the struggles between art and business in modern Hollywood. Matthew Specktor grew up in the film industry: the son of CAA superagent Fred Specktor, his childhood was one where Beau Bridges came over for dinner, Martin Sheen's daughter was his close friend, and Marlon Brando left long messages on the family answering machine. He would eventually work in Hollywood himself, first as a studio executive and later as a screenwriter. Now, Specktor blends memoir, cultural criticism, and narrative history to tell the story of the modern motion picture industry-illuminating the conflict between art and business over the last seventy-five years in Hollywood. Interweaving his own story with that of his father, mother (a talented screenwriter whose career was cut short), and figures ranging from Jack Nicholson to CAA's Michael Ovitz, Specktor reveals how Hollywood became a laboratory for the eternal struggle between art, labor, and capital. Beginning with the rise of Music Corporation of America in the 1950s, The Golden Hour lays out a series of clashes between fathers and sons, talent agents and studio heads, artists, activists, unions, and corporations. With vivid prose and immersive scenes, Specktor shows how Hollywood grew from the epicenter of American cultural life to a full-fledged multinational concern--and what this shift has meant for the nation's place in the world. At once a book about the movie business and an intimate family drama, The Golden Hour is a sweeping portrait of the American Century.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Specktor, Matthew; Executives; Motion picture industry; Screenwriters;
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Grey's anatomy. [videorecording] : life changes / by Chambers, Justin,actor.; Dempsey, Patrick,1966-actor.; Oh, Sandra,1971-actor.; Pickens, James,actor.; Pompeo, Ellen,actor.; Ramirez, Sara,actor.; Rhimes, Shonda.; Wilson, Chandra,1969-actor.; ABC Studios,publisher.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Disc 1. I must have lost it on the wind -- Puzzle with a piece missing -- Got to be real -- Only mama knows -- Bend and break.Disc 2. Don't let's start -- Could we start again, please? -- Risk -- Where do we go from here?.Disc 3. The bed's too big without you -- All I could do was cry -- The great pretender -- Staring at the end.Disc 4. The distance -- I feel the earth move -- Don't dream it's over -- With or without you -- When I grow up.Disc 5. Crazy love -- One flight down -- How to save a life -- She's leaving home.Disc 6. Time stops-- You're my home -- You're my home [Extended episode] -- Bonus features.Ellen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey, Justin Chambers, James Pickens Jr., Sandra Oh, Chandra Wilson, Jessica Capshaw, Sarah Drew, Jerrika Hinton, Camilla Luddington, Kevin McKidd, Sara Ramirez, Caterina Scorsone, Jesse Williams.Primetime television's most riveting hour hits new heights as secrets of the past come to light and critical choices shape the future. While Callie and Arizona examine their relationship, Dr. Herman delivers staggering news that will rock the hospital to its core. Meanwhile, Derek leaves Meredith to discover the ultimate truth, and Maggie's shocking announcement proves that blood is thicker than water.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) enhanced for 16x9 televisions, Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Interns (Medicine); Man-woman relationships; Medical television programs.; Residents (Medicine); Surgeons; Television programs.;
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Exodus [videorecording] : the real story / by Arts and Entertainment Network.; Lions Gate Films.;
History unlocks the truths and myths behind the world of epic heroes and villains. Examine the complex soul of the prophet Moses, who defeated the Pharaoh and the Egyptian army and led his people out of Egypt. See how Joshua's army infiltrated and destroyed Jericho from the inside out. Discover the stories of King Ramses II and such ancient marvels as the temple at Karnak and the rock temple at Abu Simbel.E.DVD, Widescreen & full screen presentions; 2.0 Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Moses (Biblical leader); Bible.; Documentary television programs.; Exodus, The.; Historical television programs.;
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Best possible place, worst possible time : true stories from a career in hollywood / by Sonnenfeld, Barry,author.;
"One-of-a-kind filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld tells stories only he can tell, from his blockbuster career with iconic actors, studio execs, and producers. His humor and insight provide an inside glimpse into how Hollywood really works, or how it doesn't. Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time delivers a cavalcade of sometimes baffling, often enlightening, and always funny stories about Sonnenfeld's many films and television shows. From battling with studio executives and producers to bad-script-solving on set to coaxing actors into finding the right light and talking faster, Sonnenfeld provides an entertaining master class in how to make commercial art in the face of constant human foible. Over four decades in Hollywood, the mega-franchises include The Addams Family and Men in Black; the critical favorites, Get Shorty and Pushing Daisies; the icons, Will Smith, John Travolta, and Michael Jackson; and the projects that got away, Forrest Gump, Ali, and anything starring Jim Carrey. The true stories escalate from surreal to outrageous to unbelievable. And then there's magic hour. But you'll never see Hollywood the same way again"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Sonnenfeld, Barry.; Cinematographers; Motion picture producers and directors;
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The four horsemen : the conversation that sparked an atheist revolution / by Hitchens, Christopher,author.; Dawkins, Richard,1941-author.; Harris, Sam,1967-author.; Dennett, D. C.(Daniel Clement),author.; Fry, Stephen,1957-writer of foreword.;
"At the dawn of the new atheist movement, the thinkers who became known as "the four horsemen," the heralds of religion's unravelling--Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett--sat down over cocktails for a filmed discussion. The video of the enthralling, path breaking evening that followed was released on YouTube and soon went viral. This is intellectual inquiry at its best: sincere and probing, funny and unpredictable, reminding us just how varied and colorful the threads of modern atheism are. Now, this landmark event is being published for the first time. The living participants, Dawkins, Harris, and Dennett, have all contributed new material to mark the evolution of their own thinking and highlight particularly resonant aspects of this epic exchange. Each of these men contends with the most fundamental questions of human existence as they challenge each other to articulate their own stance on god and religion, cultural criticism, spirituality without religion, debate with people of faith, and living an ethical life"--
Subjects: Hitchens, Christopher.; Dawkins, Richard, 1941-; Harris, Sam, 1967-; Dennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement); Atheism.;
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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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And don't f&%k it up : an oral history of RuPaul's drag race (the first ten years) / by Fernandez, Maria Elena,author.;
"The four-time winner of the Emmy for outstanding reality series, RuPaul's Drag Race never set out to win over conventional America or climb the ladder of mainstream pop culture success. Its first season was classic counterculture, developed and filmed while President G.W. Bush was in office but launched at a time when Obama fever was at a national high. Over thirteen years and about 160 drag queen contestants later, everything from its language and style has seeped into the culture, cementing its place in herstory, one tuck at a time. With viewers everywhere from the halls of Congress to Wall Street, from big cities to small towns, Drag Race has become a worldwide phenomenon. Told over its first ten years, encompassing the show's first 14 seasons, And Don't F&%k It Up tells a cultural history through the stories of the people who lived it: the creators of the show, the contestants, the crew, the judges, and even some key (famous) fans. It begins with RuPaul's 34-year friendship and business relationship with World of Wonder Productions, the entertainment company that helped launch him into superstardom, and later talked him into giving a drag reality show a chance. From there, it traces the evolution of the show--and its queens--through a decade of gag-worthy seasons, serving up all kinds of behind-the-scenes realness, from Ongina's decision to reveal her HIV+ status to the story behind Asia O'Hara's butterfly finale fiasco. With a history as shady and funny as it is dramatic and inspiring, RuPaul's Drag Race is a mirror reflecting the cultural and political mores of our time. Its meteoric rise to becoming a once-in-a-generation success story is explored here as never before, in intimate, exuberant, unfettered detail"--
Subjects: RuPaul, 1960-; RuPaul's drag race (Television program : 2009- ); Drag queens; Television personalities; Talent shows (Television programs);
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Godard Cinema. by Leuthy, Cyril,film director.; Godard, Jean-Luc,actor.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jean-Luc GodardOriginally produced by Kino Lorber in 2023.Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight as a cinematic rebel and symbol for the era’s progressive and anti-war youth. Sixty-two years and 140 films later, Godard is among the most renowned artists of all time, taught in every film school yet still shrouded in mystery. One of the founders of the French New Wave, political agitator, revolutionary misanthrope, film theorist and critic, the list of his descriptors goes on and on. GODARD CINEMA offers an opportunity for film lovers to look back at his career and the subjects and themes that obsessed him, while paying tribute to the ineffable essence of the most revered French director of all time.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Motion pictures.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.;
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The Method. by Piñeyro, Marcelo,film director.; Ozores, Adriana,actor.; Gómez, Carmelo,actor.; Fernández, Eduard,actor.; Noriega, Eduardo,actor.; Nimri, Najwa,actor.; Verbeke, Natalia,actor.; Latido Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Adriana Ozores, Carmelo Gómez, Eduard Fernández, Eduardo Noriega, Najwa Nimri, Natalia VerbekeOriginally produced by Latido Films in 2005.Seven candidates for a high executive position at a multinational company show up for a selection test in a skyscraper at the financial district. Among them, the most disparate personalities: the winner, the aggressive, the insecure, the critic, the indecisive…Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.; Detective and mystery films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Motion pictures--Latin America.; Motion pictures--Argentina.;
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Sweep It Up, Again. by Kroske, Gerd,film director.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 2006.Ten years have passed since director Gerd Kroske met the three Leipzig street sweepers in 1996. Their social decline is even more visible due to alcoholism and unemployment. While one of them has died, the others just live their lives. Kroske shows his protagonists with dignity and emphasizes their struggle against neglect and the loneliness inscribed in their faces. Critics called the documentary “an intense and bitter film about social coldness and lack of opportunity.” Part 3 of the long observation project known as the Sweep It Up trilogy.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; German language.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; History.;
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