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Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player Paperback - 1996

by Robert Rodriguez

In Rebel Without a Crew, screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film, El Mariachi, on a shoestring budget. This is both one man's remarkable story and an essential guide for anyone who has a celluloid story to tell and the dreams and determination to see it through.


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In Rebel Without a Crew, famed independent screenwriter and director Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Sin City 2, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids) discloses all the unique strategies and original techniques he used to make his remarkable debut film, El Mariachi, on a shoestring budget. This is both one man's remarkable story and an essential guide for anyone who has a celluloid story to tell and the dreams and determination to see it through.  Part production diary, part how-to manual, Rodriguez unveils how he was able to make his influential first film on only a $7,000 budget.  Also included is the appendix, 'The Ten Minute Film Course,” a tell-all on how to save thousands of dollars on film school and teach yourself the ropes of film production, directing, and screenwriting.
 

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Robert Rodriguez is an independent screenwriter and director of more than fifteen feature films.  He pioneered the “Mariachi-style” and “One-man film crew” styles of filmmaking, and is the founder of the production company, Troublemaker Studios.  Some of Rodriguez’ films include Sin City, Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, The Faculty, Sharkboy and Lavagirl , Spy Kids , Planet Terror, and Machete.  He has collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on From Dusk Till Dawn and Grindhouse. 

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  • Title Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
  • Author Robert Rodriguez
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition, 7th
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Plume Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-09-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780452271876 / 0452271878
  • Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.12 x 5.42 x 0.81 in (20.62 x 13.77 x 2.06 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion picture producers and directors -, Rodriguez, Robert
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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ROBERT RODRIGUEZ is an independent screenwriter and director of more than fifteen feature films. He pioneered the "Mariachi-style" and "one-man film crew" styles of filmmaking, and is the founder of the production company, Troublemaker Studios. Some of Rodriguez's films include Sin City, Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, The Faculty, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Spy Kids, Planet Terror, and Machete. He has collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on From Dusk Till Dawn and Grindhouse.
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