Robert Altman
Author: Zuckoff, Mitchell
ISBN: 9780307387912
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 07 Dec 2010
Pages: 576
Format: Paperback / softback
The definitive oral biography of a Hollywood icon- Robert Altman. VINTAGE. I>/I>BR>BR>p>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 i>M*A*S*H/i>. He reinvented American filmmaking, and went on to produce such masterpieces as i>McCabe Mrs. Miller, Nashville/i>, i>The Player, Short Cuts,/i> and i>Gosford Park/i>. In i>Robert Altman/i>, 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./p>
ISBN: 9780307387912
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 07 Dec 2010
Pages: 576
Format: Paperback / softback
The definitive oral biography of a Hollywood icon- Robert Altman. VINTAGE. I>/I>BR>BR>p>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 i>M*A*S*H/i>. He reinvented American filmmaking, and went on to produce such masterpieces as i>McCabe Mrs. Miller, Nashville/i>, i>The Player, Short Cuts,/i> and i>Gosford Park/i>. In i>Robert Altman/i>, 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./p>
