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He defined an era and still helps define a nation, Michael Caine is a cult figure, an icon and a cinematic heavyweight, who has given some of the greatest big-screen performances on either side of the Atlantic. This book is a celebration, documentation, and fascinating insight into the performances that made that icon-the story behind the roles, the reactions, the influences, and-in some cases-the backlash, plus quotes from the man himself on his...
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In this interdisciplinary volume, contributors analyze the expression of Latina/o cultural identity through performance. With music, theater, dance, visual arts, body art, spoken word, performance activism, fashion, and street theater as points of entry, contributors discuss cultural practices and the fashoning of identity in Latino/a communities throughout the US. Examining the areas of crossover between Latin and American cultures gives new meaning...
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An artist of the air re-creates his six-year plot to pull off an act of incomparable beauty and imagination. One late-summer day, a feat of unimaginable audacity was perpetrated on the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The year was 1974. A hundred thousand people gathered on the ground to watch in awe as twenty-four-year-old high wire artist Philippe Petit made eight crossings between the all-but-completed towers, a quarter mile above the earth,...
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Oscar-winning director David Lean was responsible for some of the most enduring images in British cinema, including the romantic clinches between Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson in “Brief Encounter” and Pip's memorable dash across the marshes in “Great Expectations”. Lean became renowned for his visual epics, painting the cinematic screen in such films as “The Bridge on the River Kwai”, “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Doctor Zhivago”....
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Get the Summary of Kyle Scheele's How to Host a Viking Funeral in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "How to Host a Viking Funeral" by Kyle Scheele is a narrative about the author's personal journey of self-discovery and letting go of the past. Scheele decides to mark the end of his twenties with a Viking funeral, constructing a massive cardboard ship to symbolize the transition. Despite initial skepticism from his...
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Benny Hill is the best known and best loved British comedian on world television-from the USA to the Pacific Rim. Feted for his unique brand of coy awareness, innuendo and saucy songs-but seemingly out of favour in his homeland before his death-Benny Hill can now be rated as having had one of the foremost careers in comedy. Robert Ross tracks Hill's career through the landmark Independent Television specials, early parody sketches for the BBC, film...
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On The Town... High Society... From Here to Eternity... The Man with The Golden Arm... Guys and Dolls... The Manchurian Candidate... Van Ryan's Express... The films of Frank Sinatra are startling in their diversity and sheer range. Musicals, comedies, thrillers, war films, intense dramas, sagas of small-town America. In “The Frank Sinatra Film Guide”, Daniel O'Brien provides detailed information on all of Sinatra's movies, co-stars, collaborators...
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Bienvenidos a la Edad de Oro de Hollywood, una celebración de las películas y las personas involucradas en esas películas, desde la década de 1920 hasta la década de 1960.
Nuestra intención es publicar esta revista electrónica trimestralmente: invierno, primavera, verano, otoño, etcétera. Nuestra superestrella de invierno de 2022 es Gene Tierney. En nuestro artículo sobre Gene puedes leer sobre sus películas, su vida personal y sus luchas...
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Stand-Up Stories brings you tales that you will not find anywhere else, all told by someone who made a living headlining clubs across the country for 16 years. It is the ultimate insider's look backstage. The glimpses into the world of comedy will have you laughing out loud from cover to cover.
The 1980s were the golden age of stand-up comedy, the first time that professional funny people from television came to stages in towns all across America....
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The latest fabulous edition of Memory Lane is the Summer 2022, Issue 215 (publication date: 4th February 2022). Features in this issue include Eric Whitley and Teddy Joyce, Ernest Ritte, Dance Bands at the 1938 Empire Exhibition, Duke Ellington in the UK, Sam Browne, Ord Hamilton, Jan Ralfini, Sid Buckman and Syd Kyte. Additionally, there are CD reviews, readers' letters and plenty more. As usual this issue is profusely illustrated.
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Get the Summary of Dave Itzkoff's Robin in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Robin" by Dave Itzkoff is a comprehensive biography of Robin Williams, tracing his life from a lonely childhood in Michigan to his rise as a comedic genius and his tragic death. Williams grew up in a wealthy family, with a practical father and a whimsical mother, both of whom influenced his complex character. Despite frequent relocations...
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50%-FRAUENQUOTE IN DER THEATERREGIE: DAS ENDE DER KUNST? Als die Leiterin des renommierten Berliner Theatertreffens Yvonne Büdenhölzer im Jahr 2019 die 50%-Frauenquote einführte, wurde sie scharf kritisiert. Schließlich verleitet die Quote geradezu reflexhaft zum Widerspruch: Trifft die eingeladenen Regisseurinnen nicht der Generalverdacht, dass sie es nur aufgrund der Frauenquote ins Rampenlicht geschafft haben? Ist bei so einer Vorgabe sogar...
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Animation-Art and Industry is an introductory reader covering a broad range of animation studies topics, focusing on both American and international contexts. It provides information about key individuals in the fields of both independent and experimental animation, and introduces a variety of topics relevant to the critical study of media-censorship, representations of gender and race, and the relationship between popular culture and fine art. Essays...
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Unleash the magic of your very own theatre! Dive into the exhilarating world of stagecraft, where your unique skills and creativity come alive. Whether it's musicals, plays, or pantomimes, with the right guidance and collaboration, your vision can become a reality. Everyone possesses a unique talent; it's time to harness yours. This book is your roadmap, drawing from personal experiences to navigate the highs and lows of theatre life. Whether you...
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Get the Summary of Richard Ayoade's Ayoade on Top in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Ayoade on Top" by Richard Ayoade is a detailed critique of the 2003 film "View from the Top," starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Ayoade humorously likens reading his book to an airplane journey, as he delves into the film's narrative and its personal impact on him. He describes his meticulous preparation for watching the film and defends...
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What do we mean by the term "animation" when we are discussing film? Is it a technique? A style? A way of seeing or experiencing "a world" that has little relation to our own lived experience of "the world"? In Animated Worlds, contributors reveal the astonishing variety of "worlds" animation confronts us with. Essays range from close film analyses to phenomenological and cognitive approaches, spectatorship, performance, literary theory, and digital...
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Rosie Taravella's "Let's Put on a Show" offers a retrospective collection of her plays from the 1990s, a testament to her unique talent for character-driven humor and truthful narratives. The anthology includes "Pa's Funeral," a comedic exploration of a family unraveled by the patriarch's death and unexpected surprises he leaves behind. "Rose's Bowl-O-Rama" flips the lives of bowling alley workers and patrons when an advertising agency considers them...
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The screenplay edition of the major motion picture adaptation, starring Maggie Smith, of Alan Bennett's acclaimed story "The Lady in the Van"
From acclaimed author and playwright Alan Bennett, whose smash hit The History Boys won a Tony Award for Best Play, comes the screenplay of The Lady in the Van-soon to be a major motion picture starring Dame Maggie Smith.
The Lady in the Van is the true story of Bennett's experiences with an eccentric homeless...
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Cet ouvrage est consacré à la danse cobra des femmes de la communauté kalbeliya, dans le Rajasthan, en Inde, une danse de plus en plus populaire qui a remplacé la pratique traditionnelle maintenant interdite des charmeurs de cobras. Parées d'atours inspirés des cobras et accompagnées sur scène de musiciens professionnels, les danseuses exécutent une gestuelle rappelant celle du dangereux reptile. Ce changement a bouleversé les rles économiques...
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