The rollicking, hilarious and surprising history of the making of Caddyshack, and a portrait of the comedy geniuses who made it happen. Caddyshack is everyone's favorite summer comedy, a classic snobs vs slobs story of working class kids and the white collar buffoons that make them carry their golf bags in the hot summer sun. The making of Caddyshack is even crazier, and funnier, than the film, as a ragtag group of party animal filmmakers descend on a Florida country club to shoot the movie over one very memorable summer. Full of unshared anecdotes, unpublicized challenges, and untold stories of infighting and dysfunction, this is an eye-opening narrative about one of the most interesting, surreal, and dramatic Hollywood productions there's ever been. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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In the summer of 1982, eight science fiction films were released within six weeks of one another. E.T., Tron, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, The Thing, and Mad Max: The Road Warrior changed the careers of some of Hollywood's now biggest names-altering the art of movie-making to this day. In The Future Was Now, Chris Nashawaty recounts the riotous genesis of these films, featuring an all-star cast of Hollywood luminaries and gadflies alike: Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Nicholas Meyer, George Miller, and more. Taken as a whole, these films show a precarious turning-point in Hollywood history, when baffled film executives finally began to understand the potential of high-concept films with a rabid fanbase, merchandising potential, and endless possible sequels. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Nashawaty, Chris.
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It's 1975 and the comic book industry is struggling, but Carmen Valdez doesn't care. She's an assistant at Triumph Comics, which doesn't have the creative zeal of Marvel nor the buttoned-up efficiency of DC, but it doesn't matter. Carmen is tantalizingly close to fulfilling her dream of writing a superhero book. That dream is nearly a reality when one of the Triumph writers enlists her help to create a new character, which they call 'The Lethal Lynx,' Triumph's first female hero. But her colleague is acting strangely and asking to keep her involvement a secret. And then he's found dead, with all of their scripts turned into the publisher without her name. Carmen is desperate to piece together what happened to him, to hang on to her piece of the Lynx, which turns out to be a runaway hit. But that's complicated by a surprise visitor from her home in Miami, a tenacious cop who is piecing everything together too quickly for Carmen, and the tangled web of secrets and resentments among the passionate eccentrics who write comics for a living. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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By Segura, Alex.
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Annie Bustamante is a cultural force like none other: an acclaimed filmmaker, an author, a comic book artist known for one of the all time best super-hero comics in recent memory. But she's never been able to tackle her longtime favorite superhero, the Lethal Lynx. Only known to the most die-hard comics fans and long out of print, the rights were never available-until now. But Annie is skeptical of who is making the offer: Bert Carlyle's father started Triumph Comics, and has long claimed ownership of the Lynx. When she starts getting anonymous messages urging her not to trust anyone, Annie's inner alarms go off. Even worse? Carlyle wants to pair her with a disgraced filmmaker for a desperate media play. Yet, for the first time since she started reading a tattered copy of The Legendary Lynx #1 as a kid, she feels a pure, creative spark. The chance to tell a story her way. She's not about to let that go. Even if it means uncovering the dark truth about the character she loves. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Segura, Alex.
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