Alan J. Pakula: His Films And His Life
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Book Description
•Foreward by Harrison Ford
•Three-time Academy Award-winning writer/director/producer
•Interviews with Harrison Ford, Lauren Becall, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Kevin Kline, Candice Bergen, Donald Sutherland, and over 30 other film celebrities
To Kill a Mockingbird, All the President's Men, Sophie's Choice, Presumed Innocent. Alan J. Pakula was the creative force behind these great films and dozens more. Here at last is the definitive biography of this great film genius, based on interviews with more than forty friends, and unrestricted access to Pakula's own family and archives. Born in the Bronx, destined to take over the family printing business, Pakula instead began writing and acting in plays as a teenager and moved to Hollywood in the 1950s. Artistically driven, boundlessly inventive, hugely influential, Pakula has left an enduring film legacy.
About the Author
Jared Brown, former chair of the School of Theatre Arts at Illinois Wesleyan University, is the author of the highly acclaimed Zero Mostel: A Biography, The Fabulous Lunts, and Theatre in America During the Revolution, as well as numerous plays and essays. He lives in Bloomington, IL.
Alan J. Pakula: His Films And His Life,Jared Brown,Backstage Books,0823087999,1928-,Biography,Biography / Autobiography,Cinema/Film: Book,Entertainment & Performing Arts - General,Entertainment & Performing Arts - Movie Directors,Film & Video - Direction & Production,Individual Directors And Producers,Motion picture producers and directors,Pakula, Alan J.,,Performing Arts,United States
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