Box office poison : Hollywood's story in a century of flops
Robey, Tim2024
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Click and Collect for Box office poison : Hollywood's story in a century of flops"From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Box Office Poison tells a hugely entertaining alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops. What can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public's appetite--or lack of it--and the circumstances that saw such flops actually made? Away from the canon, this is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures"-- Provided by publisher.
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Author:
Robey, Tim, author
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, [2024]©2024
Collation:
334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
PrefaceIntolerance (1916)Queen Kelly (1929)Freaks (1932)Sylvia Scarlett (1935)The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)Land of the Pharaohs (1955)Doctor Dolittle (1967)Sorcerer (1977)Dune (1984)The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)Nothing but Trouble (1991)The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)Cutthroat Island (1995)Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)Babe: Pig in the City (1998)Supernova (2000)Rollerball (2002)The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)Gigli (2003)Catwoman (2004)Alexander (2004)A Sound of Thunder (2005)Speed Racer (2008)Synecdoche, New York (2008)Pan (2015)Cats (2019)Afterword.
ISBN:
9780571381203 (hbk)9780571381203
Dewey class:
791.43750973791.437
LC class:
PN1995.9.E9
Language:
English
BRN:
572033
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Leisure | 791.437 ROB | Available |
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