| Robert Altman: The Oral Biography Contributor(s): Zuckoff, Mitchell (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307387917 ISBN-13: 9780307387912 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Television - Direction & Production |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2011378015 |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 5.33" W x 7.99" (1.19 lbs) 576 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Robert Altman--visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend--comes roaring to life in this rollicking oral biography. After an all-American boyhood in Kansas City, a stint flying bombers in World War II, and jobs ranging from dog tattoo entrepreneur to television director, Robert Altman burst onto the scene in 1970 with M*A*S*H. He reinvented American filmmaking, and went on to produce such masterpieces as McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville, The Player, Short Cuts, and Gosford Park. In Robert Altman, Mitchell Zuckoff has woven together Altman's final interviews; an incredible cast of voices including Meryl Streep, Warren Beatty, Paul Newman, among scores of others; and contemporary reviews and news accounts into a riveting tale of an extraordinary life. |