James Robert Parish

Fiasco

A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops

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Produktbeschreibung

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 Ford Coppola, conspired to engender some of the worst films ever.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 162mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780471691594
• ISBN-10: 0471691593
• Artikelnr.: 20795094

Autorenporträt

James Robert Parish is a former entertainment reporter and publicist and the author of numerous books on Hollywood. He appears frequently as an expert on network and cable television documentaries like A&E's Biography and E! Television's True Hollywood Stories.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 Cleopatra (1963). 2 The Chase (1966). 3
Paint Your Wagon (1969). 4 The Wild Party (1975). 5 Popeye (1980). 6 The
Cotton Club (1984). 7 Shanghai Surprise (1986). 8 Ishtar (1987). 9 Last
Action Hero (1993). 10 Cutthroat Island (1995). 11 Showgirls (1995). 12
Waterworld (1995) and The Postman (1997). 13 Battlefield Earth: A Saga of
the Year 3000 (2000). 14 Town & Countr y (2001). Afterword. Appendix A:
Filmography. Appendix B: Hollywood Feature Films That Were Box-Office
Disappointments in Domestic Theatrical Release (1960-2004). Bibliography.
Index.