Hong Kong Babylon; An Insider's Guide to the Hollywood of the East
by Dannen, Fredric (With Barry Long & Barry Long.)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 078686267X
- ISBN 13
- 9780786862672
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Hyperion [0-7868-6267-X] 1997, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 412pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Notes, photographs, appendices. The spine is lightly bumped at the top and bottom. "In Hong Kong Babylon, the award-winning journalist Fredric Dannen and the notes cineast Barry Long present a comprehensive look at the Hollywood of the East. In a richly entertaining overview of the Hong Kong cinema and its history, Dannen portrays the actors who risk their lives performing dangerous stunts and explosive martial arts feats; he also details the world of Hong Kong movie producers". Locale: Hong Kong; Hong Kong. (Movies, Cinema/Film, Cinema/Film, Directors, Martial Arts, Movies, Producers, Producers, Reference).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 154018
- Title
- Hong Kong Babylon; An Insider's Guide to the Hollywood of the East
- Author
- Dannen, Fredric (With Barry Long & Barry Long.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 078686267X
- ISBN 13
- 9780786862672
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Movies, Cinema/Film, Cinema/Film, Directors, Martial Arts, Movies, Producers, Producers, Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Entertainment;
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