The films of George Roy Hill [Period of Adjustment, Toys in the Attic, The World of Henry Orient, Hawaii, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Slaughterhouse Five, The Great Waldo Pepper, Slap Shot, A Little Romance, The World According to Garp, The Little Drummer Girl, Funny Farm, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting]
by Horton, Andrew, 1944- ; Newman, Paul, 1925-2008. photos with Williams, Robin, 1951-2014, Paul Newman, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, Tony Franciosa, Dean Martin, Yvette Mimieux, Geraldine Page, Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker Marie Spaeth, Max von Sydow, Julie Andre
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New York : Columbia University Press, 1984, 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. xvi, 203 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm ; ISBN: 0231059043 (alk. paper); 9780231059046 (alk. paper); National Library: 023-10590; B85-27177; GB8-52717 LCCN: 84-5834 ; LC: PN1998.A3; Dewey: 791.43/0233/0924 ; OCLC: 10558799 ; Filmography: pages 177-183 ; foreword by Paul Newman ; lack cloth in nicked photographic dustjacket ; "Traces the career of the American director, examines each of his films, and discusses the themes and style of his work In this fascinating and entertaining book Andrew Horton provides the first comprehensive portrait of Hill's entire career " ; "As late as 1976, George Roy Hill was the first and only director to have two films on the all-time top ten box office hits: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting (both starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman). A filmmaker with a diverse background in music, drama and television, Hill proved to be a popular storyteller in a variety of genres. His films are tied to important American themes and reflect an ironic, bittersweet vision of life. The book begins with a discussion of the way Hill's films often make their most important statements on the subtextual level. The stories entertain, but the subtext is often disturbing, contradictory, unresolved. Hill felt that all of his major characters create an environment, a fantasy, an illusion, and then go on to make it happen. It continues by tracing the thematic characteristics that are consistent with Hill's depiction of protagonists who create their own environments and then attempt to inhabit them. Then, individual chapters study in detail the art, craft and style of each of his films, including Period of Adjustment, Toys in the Attic, The World of Henry Orient, Hawaii, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Slaughterhouse Five, The Great Waldo Pepper, Slap Shot, A Little Romance, The World According to Garp, The Little Drummer Girl, Funny Farm, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting" ; Andrew Horton is the Jeanne H. Smith Professor of Film and Video Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He is an award-winning screenwriter who has written for American, Greek, New Zealand, Russian, Hungarian, and Norwegian productions. ; "As I get older, I get more didactic. I say what I really think. I don't hide ideas like Easter eggs for people to find. Now, if I have an idea, when something becomes clear to me, I don't embed it in a novel; I simply write it out in an essay as clearly as I can?"--George Roy Hill ; photos of Robin Williams, Paul Newman, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, Tony Franciosa, Dean Martin, Yvette Mimieux, Geraldine Page, Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker Marie Spaeth, Max von Sydow, Julie Andrews, Robert Redford, Michael Sacks, Michael Ontkean, Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonius Bernard, John Lithgow, Glenn Close, Mary Beth Hurt ; FINE/VG.
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- The films of George Roy Hill [Period of Adjustment, Toys in the Attic, The World of Henry Orient, Hawaii, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Slaughterhouse Five, The Great Waldo Pepper, Slap Shot, A Little Romance, The World According to Garp, The Little Drummer Girl, Funny Farm, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting]
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- Horton, Andrew, 1944- ; Newman, Paul, 1925-2008. photos with Williams, Robin, 1951-2014, Paul Newman, Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, Tony Franciosa, Dean Martin, Yvette Mimieux, Geraldine Page, Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker Marie Spaeth, Max von Sydow, Julie Andre
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- ISBN 10
- 0231059043
- ISBN 13
- 9780231059046
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- New York : Columbia University Press, 1984
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Cinema films; Directing; Hill, George Roy - Critical studies According to Garp actors American audience barnstorming becomes beginning Billy Pilgrim Billy's Butch and Sundance Butch Cassidy camera captures cast characters Charlie cinema comedy comic
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