Norbert Aping

The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy

A Study of the Chaotic Making and Marketing of Atoll K

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The remarkable story behind the planning, development and marketing of Laurel and Hardy's ill-received final film, Atoll K, has been little explored. Details on the script development, cast, crew, locations, and even basic information on running times and release dates have been sketchy at best since the film's 1951 release. This work reconstructs the circumstances surrounding this unusual international co-production (Atoll K was a French-Italian film with English-speaking stars). Through lost documents detailing the film's production and funding, previously unreleased behind-the-scenes photos, and a rare interview with French movie star Suzy Delair, the author explores the continuous changes to the film's script during its chaotic production and the final marketing of the film's many different versions (Atoll K was also released as Robinson Crusoeland in the United Kingdom and as Utopia in the United States). Several appendices detail alternative sequences and cut scenes in various versions of the film and include French box-office reports from 1951 to 1952 as well as a complete filmography.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9780786433025
• ISBN-10: 0786433027
• Artikelnr.: 23403181

Autorenporträt

Norbert Aping is a judge and district court director and Doctor of Media Culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Foreword by Glenn Mitchell     
Introduction     
Part I: The Production of Atoll K     
1. Preparations     
2. On the Way to the Script     
3. On the Way to Shooting     
4. At Last a Script!     
5. Shooting Begins in Marseilles     
6. Shooting on the Côte d'Azur and in the Studio La Victorine     
7. In the Paris Studio     
8. The Editing     
Part II: Atoll K on the Market     
9. The French Version of Atoll K     
10. The Italian Version Atollo K     
11. The English-Language Version of Atoll K, Robinson Crusoeland     
12. Utopia in the United States of America     
13. Atoll K throughout the World     
14. The German Version of Atoll K, Dick und Doof erben eine Insel     
Appendix 1. Filmography     
Appendix 2. Information in Opening Credits and Distributors' Data     
Appendix 3. Alternative Sequences     
Appendix 4. Scenes Cut from the 100-Minute Version     
Appendix 5. French Box-Office Reports, 1951-1952     
Chapter Notes     
References     
Index