Rebels on the Backlot Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System

Name: Rebels on the Backlot Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System
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ISBN: 9780060540173

ISBN-10: 0060540176

ISBN-13: 9780060540173

Edition: 2005

Authors: Sharon Waxman

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'Rebels on the Backlot' profiles six movie directors of the 1990s & looks at their signature productions: Quenton Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights), David Fincher (Fight Club), Steven Soderbergh (Traffic), Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich), & David O. Russell (Three Kings).

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 1/25/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.29" tall
Weight: 1.540

Sharon Waxman is a Hollywood correspondent for the New York Times and previously was a correspondent for the Washington Post covering the entertainment industry. She lives in southern California with her family.




Quentin Tarantino discovers Hollywood : Steven Soderbergh gets noticed, 1990-1992



Spanking and Flirting; chewing on Pulp fiction, 1992-1995



Hard times on Hard Eight; flirting with the Indies; Schizopolis, the experiment, 1994-1995



New line hits a bump in the road; Paul Thomas Anderson starts to Boogie; Steven Soderbergh hits Traffic, 1996



David Fincher takes on Fight Club, 1996



The essence of Malkovich; making Boogie Nights, 1996



Pulling punches on Fight Club; pulling strings for Malkovich; Magnolia blooms, 1997



Shooting the real Malkovich; Warner Brothers anoints Three Kings; getting Traffic out of a jam, 1998



Casting Three Kings - George Clooney tries harder, the shoot - war breaks out, 1998



1999 : a banner year, Fight Club agonies, fox passes on Traffic



Releasing John Malkovich; testing Three Kings; trimming Magnolia, 1999



Fight Club fallout; the fruits of violence, 1999



Casting Harrison Ford; movie stars rule; making Traffic the Schizopolis way, 2000