Steven Spielberg : Unauthorised Biography

Baxter, John

ISBN 10: 0006384447 / ISBN 13: 9780006384441

Published by Collins, UK, 1997

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Medium Trade Paperback. 457 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 1997. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Steven Spielberg is one of the most successful film-makers in history. His hits include "Jaws", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "ET: The Extra-Terrestrial", "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List". This biography charts Spielberg's career from his boyhood 8mm home movies to the epic sweep of "Schindler's List" and beyond. It tells the story of his unhappy adolescence on the fringes of American society to his present unrivalled position of power. It also gives the story of modern Hollywood and of the "Movie Brat" generation of directors - Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, John Milius and Brian de Palma - all of them Spielberg's colleagues, collaborators and friends. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0006384447. ISBN/EAN: 9780006384441. Inventory No: 23071035.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Steven Spielberg : Unauthorised Biography
• Publisher: Collins, UK
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006384447
• ISBN 13: 9780006384441
• Binding: Medium Trade Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography & Autobiography

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Synopsis

Steven Spielberg is one of the most successful film-makers in history. His hits include "Jaws", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "ET: The Extra-Terrestrial", "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List". This biography charts Spielberg's career from his boyhood 8mm home movies to the epic sweep of "Schindler's List" and beyond. It tells the story of his unhappy adolescence on the fringes of American society to his present unrivalled position of power. It also gives the story of modern Hollywood and of the "Movie Brat" generation of directors - Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, John Milius and Brian de Palma - all of them Spielberg's colleagues, collaborators and friends.

About the Author

John Baxter is a film critic, novelist, biographer and broadcaster, whose books on the cinema include ‘The Hollywood Exiles’, ‘The Cinema of John Ford’, and highly praised biographies of Ken Russell, Fellini, Bunuel, ‘Steven Spielberg’ and ‘Stanley Kubrick’. His biography of ‘Woody Allen’ was published by HarperCollins in November 1998.