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The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Contributor(s): Sestero, Greg (Author), Bissell, Tom (Author)
ISBN: 1476730407     ISBN-13: 9781476730400
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
OUR PRICE:   $16.20  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Social Science | Popular Culture
Dewey: 791.437
LCCN: 2013008798
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (0.65 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
 
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Publisher Description:
Now a major motion picture--directed by and starring James Franco

From the actor who somehow lived through it all, a "sharply detailed...funny book about a cinematic comedy of errors" (The New York Times): the making of the cult film phenomenon The Room.

In 2003, an independent film called The Room--starring and written, produced, and directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit named Tommy Wiseau--made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles. Described by one reviewer as "like getting stabbed in the head," the $6 million film earned a grand total of $1,800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. Ten years later, it's an international cult phenomenon, whose legions of fans attend screenings featuring costumes, audience rituals, merchandising, and thousands of plastic spoons.

Hailed by The Huffington Post as "possibly the most important piece of literature ever printed," The Disaster Artist is the hilarious, behind-the-scenes story of a deliciously awful cinematic phenomenon as well as the story of an odd and inspiring Hollywood friendship. Greg Sestero, Tommy's costar, recounts the film's bizarre journey to infamy, explaining how the movie's many nonsensical scenes and bits of dialogue came to be and unraveling the mystery of Tommy Wiseau himself. But more than just a riotously funny story about cinematic hubris, "The Disaster Artist is one of the most honest books about friendship I've read in years" (Los Angeles Times).


Contributor Bio(s): Bissell, Tom: - Tom Bissell is the author of several books and a winner of the Rome Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He writes frequently for Harper's and The New Yorker.Sestero, Greg: - Greg Sestero is a French-American actor, producer, and writer. He costarred in the cult phenomenon The Room.