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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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Invisible woman : a novel / by Lief, Katia,1959-author.;
"In Invisible Woman, a dangerous secret held for too long between estranged best friends rises to the surface, and a long marriage comes apart with devastating consequences. Joni Ackerman's decision to raise children, 25 years ago, came at a steep cost. She was then a pioneering filmmaker, one of the few women to break into the all-male Hollywood club of feature film directors. But she and her husband Paul had always wanted a family, and his ascending career at a premier television network provided a safety net. Now they've recently transplanted to Brooklyn so that Paul can launch a major East Coast production studio, when a scandal rocks the film industry and forces Joni to revisit a secret from long ago involving her friend Val. Joni is adamant that the time has come to tell the story, but Val and Paul are reluctant, for different reasons. As the marriage frays and the friends spar about whether to speak up, Joni's struggles with isolation in a new city, and old resentments about the sacrifices she made on her family's behalf start to boil over. She takes solace, of sorts, in the novels of Patricia Highsmith--particularly the masterpiece Strangers on a Train, with its duplicitous characters and their murderous impulses--until the lines between reality and fantasy become blurred. Invisible Woman is at once a literary thriller about the lies we tell each other (and ourselves), and a powerful psychological examination of friendship, marriage, and motherhood"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Best friends; Friendship; Marriage; Motion picture industry; Scandals; Secrecy; Sexual harassment of women; Women;
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Picture in the sand / by Blauner, Peter,author.;
"'On rare occasions I read a book that reminds me of why I fell in love with storytelling in the first place. This is such a book.'--Stephen King. Peter Blauner's epic Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather's passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson's life in a post-9/11 world. When Alex Hassan gets accepted to an Ivy League university, his middle-class Egyptian-American family is filled with pride and excitement. But that joy turns to shock when they discover that he's run off to the Middle East to join a holy war instead. When he refuses to communicate with everyone else, his loving grandfather Ali emails him one last plea. If Alex will stay in touch, his grandfather will share with Alex--and only Alex--a manuscript containing the secret story of his own life that he's kept hidden from his family, until now. It's the tale of his romantic and heartbreaking past rooted in Hollywood and the post-revolutionary Egypt of the 1950s, when young Ali was a movie fanatic who attained a dream job working for the legendary director Cecil B. DeMille on the set of his epic film, The Ten Commandments. But Ali's vision of a golden future as an American movie mogul gets upended when he is unwittingly caught up in a web of politics, espionage, and real-life events that change the course of history. It's a narrative he's told no one for more than a half-century. But now he's forced to unearth the past to save a young man who's about to make the same tragic mistakes he made so long ago"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959; Ikhwān al-Muslimūn; Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1956); College students; Egyptian Americans; Family secrets; Grandparent and child; Jihad; Letters; Motion picture industry; Motion pictures; Terrorism;
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Silent as the grave / by Bowen, Rhys,author.; Broyles, Clare,author.;
In 'Silent as the Grave', the 21st entry in the 'Molly Murphy' mystery series, retired detective Molly Murphy Sullivan goes undercover on the set of a movie when their special effects start to malfunction, and eventually turn deadly. With rumours of a feud between studios, could these malfunctions be sabotage?
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Murphy, Molly (Fictitious character); Motion picture industry; Murder; Sabotage; Women private investigators;
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The roaring days of Zora Lily : a novel / by Salazar, Noelle,author.;
"2023, The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. A costume conservator is preparing an exhibition featuring movie costumes from the 1920s to present day. As she gingerly places a gown once worn by Greta Garbo on a mannequin, she discovers another name hidden beneath the designer's label, leaving her to wonder -- who is Zora Lily? 1924, Seattle. Poverty-stricken Zora Hough spends her days looking after her younger siblings while sewing up holes and fixing hems for clients to bring in extra money ... But at night, as she lies in the bed she shares with one of her three sisters, she secretly dreams of becoming a designer like Coco Chanel and Jeanne Lanvin"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Costume design; Costume; Motion picture industry; Women tailors;
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Super Size Me. by Spurlock, Morgan,film director.; Spurlock, Morgan,actor.; Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Morgan SpurlockOriginally produced by Samuel Goldwyn Films in 2004.Oscar-nominated director Morgan Spurlock's social experiment in fast-food gastronomy sees him attempting to subsist uniquely on food from the McDonald's menu for an entire month. In the process his weight balloons, his energy level plummets and he experiences all sorts of unexpected -- and terrifying -- side effects. He also examines the corporate giant's growing role in the lives of American consumers and explores its methods of indoctrinating young people and its contribution to America's obesity epidemic.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Food industry and trade.; Instructional films.; Sociology.; Social sciences.; Documentary films.; Corporations.; Obesity.; Food.; Nutrition.; Motion pictures.;
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From Scratch. by Moscow, David,actor.; Dark Star Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
David MoscowOriginally produced by Dark Star Pictures in 2020.Follows actor, adventurer and urbanite David Moscow on his adventure of making meals from scratch. He teams up with various friends to hunt, gather, forage, fish, grow and then prepare and cook a meal.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Food industry and trade.; Instructional films.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Travel.; Cooking.; Food.; Reality television programs.;
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Once upon a time in ... Hollywood [videorecording] / by DiCaprio, Leonardo,actor.; Heyman, David,1961-film producer.; McIntosh, Shannon,film producer.; Pitt, Brad,1963-actor.; Robbie, Margot,1990-actor.; Hirsch, Emile,1985-actor.; Russell, Kurt,actor.; Fanning, Dakota,1994-actor.; Perry, Luke,1966-2019,actor.; Sweeney, Sydney,1997-actor.; Tarantino, Quentin,film director,film producer,screenwriter,film producer.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Sydney Sweeney, Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Timothy Olyphant, Dakota Fanning, Dreama Walker, Al Pacino, Kurt Russell, Damian Lewis, Luke Perry, Emile Hirsch.As the sun prepares to set on Hollywood's Golden Age, fading TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) attempts to revive his career, and he and longtime stunt double and pal Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) find themselves crossing paths with actress Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) and several members of the Manson Family.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Buddy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Tate, Sharon, 1943-1969; Fromme, Lynette Alice, 1948-; Watson, Charles, 1945-; Motion picture industry; Stunt performers; Male friendship; Television actors and actresses;
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Once upon a time in ... Hollywood [videorecording] / by DiCaprio, Leonardo,actor.; Heyman, David,1961-film producer.; McIntosh, Shannon,film producer.; Pitt, Brad,1963-actor.; Robbie, Margot,1990-actor.; Hirsch, Emile,1985-actor.; Russell, Kurt,actor.; Fanning, Dakota,1994-actor.; Perry, Luke,1966-2019,actor.; Sweeney, Sydney,1997-actor.; Tarantino, Quentin,film director,film producer,screenwriter,film producer.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Sydney Sweeney, Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Timothy Olyphant, Dakota Fanning, Dreama Walker, Al Pacino, Kurt Russell, Damian Lewis, Luke Perry, Emile Hirsch.As the sun prepares to set on Hollywood's Golden Age, fading TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) attempts to revive his career, and he and longtime stunt double and pal Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) find themselves crossing paths with actress Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) and several members of the Manson Family.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Buddy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Tate, Sharon, 1943-1969; Fromme, Lynette Alice, 1948-; Watson, Charles, 1945-; Motion picture industry; Stunt performers; Male friendship; Television actors and actresses;
For private home use only.
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Country Life Vlog: The Rustic Table. by Syndicado (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Syndicado in 2024.A journey through Azerbaijani village life, showcasing heartwarming traditions, farm-to-table cooking, and the serene beauty of rural living.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Food industry and trade.; Instructional films.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Europe, Eastern.; Cooking.; Food.; Reality television programs.;
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