Down and Dirty Pictures
Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film
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Candid, penetrating and controversial, Down and Dirty Pictures is a must-read for anyone interested in the film world.
©2004 Peter Biskind (P)2008 Brilliance Audio, Inc.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Like talking about movies with a friend
- De Shawn Inmon en 05-30-19
De: Brian Raftery
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The Comedians
- Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy
- De: Kliph Nesteroff
- Narrado por: Kliph Nesteroff
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
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In The Comedians, comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life characters, forgotten stars, mainstream heroes and counterculture iconoclasts. Based on over 200 original interviews and extensive archival research, Nesteroff's groundbreaking work is a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped, and changed American culture over the past 100 years.
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Performance issues
- De E. A. Smith en 09-02-19
De: Kliph Nesteroff
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Robert Altman
- The Oral Biography
- De: Mitchell Zuckoff
- Narrado por: Robert Altman, Warren Beatty, Cher, y otros
- Duración: 18 h y 5 m
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Robert Altman - visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend - comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.
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Enthralling!
- De Wise & Careful Shopper en 10-17-10
De: Mitchell Zuckoff
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Seinfeldia
- How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything
- De: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
- Narrado por: Christina Delaine
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
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Comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld never thought anyone would watch their silly little sitcom about a New York comedian sitting around talking to his friends. NBC executives didn't think anyone would watch either, but they bought it anyway, hiding it away in the TV dead zone of summer. But against all odds, viewers began to watch, first a few and then many, until nine years later nearly 40 million Americans were tuning in weekly.
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This bad narration is making me thirsty...
- De Audio Gra Gra en 10-06-16
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Confessions of a Puppetmaster
- A Hollywood Memoir of Ghouls, Guts, and Gonzo Filmmaking
- De: Charles Band, Adam Felber
- Narrado por: Charles Band, Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Duración: 8 h y 23 m
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Zombies, aliens, a little skin, lots of gore - and even more laughs - the cinematic universe of Charles Band is legendary. From the toilet-invading creatures of Ghoulies to the time-travelling bounty hunter in Trancers to the pandemic-crashed Corona Zombies, Band has spent four decades giving B-movie lovers exactly what they love. In Confessions of a Puppetmaster, this congenial master of Grindhouse cinema tells his own story, uncut.
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Great story and narration
- De Jerry en 08-21-23
De: Charles Band, y otros
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The Garner Files
- A Memoir
- De: James Garner, Jon Winokur
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
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After suffering physical abuse at the hands of his stepmother, James Garner left home at fourteen. He became Oklahoma's first draftee of the Korean War and was awarded with two Purple Hearts before returning to the United States and settling in Los Angeles to become an actor. Working alongside some of the most renowned celebrities, including Julie Andrews, Marlon Brando, and Clint Eastwood, Garner became a star in his own right, despite struggles with stage fright and depression.
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What a disappointment.
- De Linda en 11-14-11
De: James Garner, y otros
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Steve McQueen
- A Biography
- De: Marc Eliot
- Narrado por: Marc Eliot
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
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One of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and '70s with now-classics such as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, and Bullit, Steve McQueen is renowned as one of the most exciting actors ever to come out of Hollywood. Now, in Steve McQueen: A Biography, best-selling author Marc Eliot gives unique insight into McQueen's life, from his films to his three marriages, many affairs, and struggles with addictions.
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Snooze
- De Cill en 10-27-11
De: Marc Eliot
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Can I Go Now?
- The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent
- De: Brian Kellow
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 13 h y 6 m
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A lively and colorful biography of Hollywood's first superagent - one of the most outrageous showbiz characters of the 1960s and 1970s, whose clients included Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Faye Dunaway, Michael Caine, and Candice Bergen. Before Sue Mengers hit the scene in the mid-1960s, talent agents remained quietly in the background. But staying in the background was not possible for Mengers.
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A little long.
- De Doris en 11-29-15
De: Brian Kellow
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I Want My MTV
- The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
- De: Craig Marks, Rob Tannenbaum
- Narrado por: Luke Daniels
- Duración: 20 h y 38 m
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It was a pretty radical idea - a channel for teenagers, showing nothing but music videos. It was such a radical idea that almost no one thought it would actually succeed, much less become a force in the worlds of music, television, film, fashion, sports, and even politics. But it did work. MTV became more than anyone had ever imagined. I Want My MTV tells the story of the first decade of MTV, the golden era when MTV's programming was all videos, all the time, and kids watched religiously to see their favorite bands, learn about new music, and have something to talk about at parties.
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The Most Entertaining Book of the Year
- De David en 10-24-12
De: Craig Marks, y otros
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Orson Welles's Last Movie
- The Making of The Other Side of the Wind
- De: Josh Karp
- Narrado por: Keith Szarabajka
- Duración: 8 h y 24 m
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In the summer of 1970, legendary but self-destructive director Orson Welles returned to Hollywood from years of self-imposed exile in Europe and decided it was time to make a comeback movie. It was about a legendary self-destructive director who returns to Hollywood from years of self-imposed exile in Europe. Welles swore it wasn't autobiographical.
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Engaging and human portrait of Welles
- De TrevorTrujillo en 06-20-20
De: Josh Karp
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Dynomite!
- Good Times, Bad Times…Our Times - A Memoir
- De: Jimmie Walker, Sal Manna
- Narrado por: Jimmie Walker
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
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>Born into the violence of South Bronx ghetto life, the comic pioneer of TV’s Good Times fame offers a hilarious and politically charged review of his career as one of television’s first hugely successful Black stars. From opening for the Black Panthers and getting his first Tonight Show spot to becoming the first “Black” TV sitcom star, having comedians David Letterman and Jay Leno writing jokes for him, recording number-one comedy albums, and opening for rock n’ roll bands in 50,000 seat stadiums, Walker’s career hit all the highs.
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An transparent story of a socially but funny American icon.
- De John Lucasey en 05-08-21
De: Jimmie Walker, y otros
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Razzle Dazzle
- The Battle for Broadway
- De: Michael Riedel
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 16 h y 40 m
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Razzle Dazzle is a provocative, no-holds-barred narrative account of the people, money, and power that reinvented an iconic quarter of New York City, turning its gritty back alleys and sex shops into the glitzy, dazzling Great White Way - and bringing a crippled New York from the brink of bankruptcy to its glittering glory.
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Too long and boring in spite of a vibrant subject
- De harry rohme en 03-04-18
De: Michael Riedel
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Great Dish, Sketchy Analysis
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The Last Action Heroes opens in May 1990 in Cannes, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone waltzing together, cheered on by a crowd of famous faces. After years of bitter combat, the world’s biggest action stars have at last made peace. In this wildly entertaining account of the golden age of the action movie, Nick de Semlyen charts Stallone and Schwarzenegger’s carnage-packed journey from enmity to friendship against the backdrop of Reagan’s America and the Cold War.
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Robert Evans' The Kid Stays in the Picture is universally recognized as the greatest, most outrageous, and most unforgettable show business memoir ever written. The basis of an award-winning documentary film, it remains the gold standard of Hollywood storytelling. An extraordinary raconteur, Evans spares no one, least of all himself. The Kid Stays in the Picture is sharp, witty, self-aggrandizing, and self-lacerating in equal measure.
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Not even close to unabridged
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A terrific look behind the curtain
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The Big Picture
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In the past decade, Hollywood has endured a cataclysm on a par with the end of silent film and the demise of the studio system. Stars and directors have seen their power dwindle, while writers and producers lift their best techniques from TV, comic books, and the toy biz. The future of Hollywood is being written by powerful corporate brands like Marvel, Amazon, Netflix, and Lego, as well as censors in China. Ben Fritz chronicles this dramatic shakeup with unmatched skill, bringing equal fluency to both the financial and entertainment aspects of Hollywood.
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Who is overseeing the audio part of this project?
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DisneyWar
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DisneyWar is an enthralling tale of one of America's most powerful media and entertainment companies, the people who control it, and those trying to overthrow them. It tells a story that - in its sudden twists, vivid, larger-than-life characters, and thrilling climax - might itself have been the subject of a Disney classic - except that it's all true.
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Really interesting story... No ending.
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Best. Movie. Year. Ever.
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- De: Brian Raftery
- Narrado por: George Newbern
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From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999 - arguably the most groundbreaking year in American cinematic history.
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Like talking about movies with a friend
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De: Brian Raftery
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Box Office Poison
- Hollywood's Story in a Century of Flops
- De: Tim Robey
- Narrado por: Tim Robey
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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.
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Sloppy book seems sleazier than its subjects
Peter Biskind delivers another juicy read, and that goes a long way, even if the book seems relentlessly one-track-minded about painting Harvey Weinstein and Robert Redford in the most unflattering possible light. Biskind must have decided what he wanted to hear before going into any interview, so his extensive reporting merely corroborates his opening thesis -- that Harvey's a boor and Redford's a control freak.
Still, it's fun to hear all that dirt, even if (in Harvey's case) it amounts to little more than chain smoking, binge eating and verbal abuse, invariably followed up with some form of apology a day later. There's none of the "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" sleaze here, even though Harvey's reputation is surrounded by revolting abuse-of-power anecdotes in real life (guess the lawyers couldn't clear that stuff).
Phil Gigante gives a lively performance to the material, taking greater care to capture the voices of his characters (back-woods Billy Bob Thornton, the Redford drawl, the belligerent Harvey, etc.) than the pronunciation of their names (David Linde, for instance, features prominently and is always called "Lind" rather than "Lind-ee"). He botches many of the names, but then, Biskind's loose with his facts, and that's a far graver transgression.
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The Rise and Fall of Indie Film
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This book is a must read for any fan of Miramax and/or Sundance.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Down and Dirty Pictures?
The Weinstein stories are incredible.
What does Phil Gigante bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Phil Gigante's range as a storyteller is perfect and his representations of the parties involved in the narrative are spot on!
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Miramax Sucks, Sundance Blows
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This is a revelation.
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- Morgan
- 06-08-11
Fascinating...but a terrible narrator.
It's an impressive collection of "inside" stories from all sources regarding the rise of Sundance and Miramax. The only knock is that, since it's a kind of oral history, there are many different voices of remarkable people throughout. My apologies to the narrator, but I found his takes on the likes of Spike Lee, Matt Damon and many others to be silly, distracting, and occasionally insulting.
Once you get past that it's a fascinating look into the independent film culture and the origins of some of Hollywood's biggest names and companies.
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- 11-21-17
If you liked independent movies from the nineties, Check this out.
There’s a little too much detail, but lots of insight to the independent movie business and what jerks/assholes the Weinstein’s were before any sex assaults.
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- charlotte
- 05-19-15
Enthralling history of 90s cinemas
Would you consider the audio edition of Down and Dirty Pictures to be better than the print version?
Yes, I love the narrator and he does great accents
Who was your favorite character and why?
Billy Bob Thornton and Harvey Weinstein threatening to stab each other forks
What does Phil Gigante bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Voices,
Any additional comments?
Please more Peter Biskind books especially Gods and Monsters or My lunches with Orson Welles
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- Josephblu
- 08-23-23
The Dirt on Weinstein ; and pretentious Redford
The author must be sitting somewhere saying "Told you so!".
It's easy to listen to. It gave me a much greater respect for how brave Rose McGowan had to be standing up to Weinstein. kudos to Farrow telling the story too. This author did a great job making you feel like you were following them down a dark rabbit hole of the independent films industry. Danger on all sides....
Enjoy, I know I did.
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- natalie
- 08-26-14
For the independent film lover!
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This is an incredibly insightful book about the inner workings of Miramax and Sundance. It is a little like seeing how sausage is made, as it takes some of the glamour out of the movies you love.
The accents that Phil Gigante does for each player range from unobtrusive to hilariously awful. It's something you can listen past, but each time Matt Damon or Spike Lee "spoke", I burst out laughing. This is a small distraction, however. The book is over 23 hours long and when it ended, I immediately started it again. If you have interest in independent or smaller movies, you will find this book completely entertaining.
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- todd
- 04-06-12
Excellent
Would you consider the audio edition of Down and Dirty Pictures to be better than the print version?
I don't know.
What other book might you compare Down and Dirty Pictures to and why?
I don't know.
What does Phil Gigante bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
See my review below.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It was excellent.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook. It’s ironic that the men behind some of the most thoughtful, critically acclaimed independent films of the 90s (The Crying Game, Shakespeare in Love, The English Patient, etc) - the Weinstein brothers, are at base a couple of bullies. It’s also ironic that independent film icon, Robert Redford, used his influence at Sundance to take promising projects (A River Runs Through It and Quiz Show) away from other Sundance filmmakers . Although some might complain that author Biskind portrays the Weinsteins and Redford negatively, there is no lack of evidence for his point of view. He names names; it’s good, solid journalism. Phil Gigante’s narration is excellent. He gives dozens of people distinctive voices, and his characterizations of Harvey and Bob Weinstein are particularly memorable
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- 04-25-17
not as good as EASY RIDERS...
A very listenable book with a good vocal performance. The book, unlike its predecessor EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS, focuses not on indie cinema so much as on Miramax and Harvey Weinstein in particular. The stories about Harvey, while interesting, are repetitive and rather draining.
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- Robert M. Downey
- 12-14-22
High Gossip
A great insight into the secret machinations of the movie biz. I’d recommend it to anyone interested in how the great films of the 90s and early 2000s made it to the silver screen.
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