Fiasco A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops

Name: Fiasco A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops
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ISBN: 9780470098295

ISBN-10: 0470098295

ISBN-13: 9780470098295

Edition: 2006

Authors: James Robert Parish

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"A gleefully readable, well-researched study of hubris in Hollywood."-Publishers Weekly The only thing moviegoers love more than car crashes and explosions is watching a high-profile film go up in flames. Every season brings a number of financial disappointments, but it takes extraordinary circumstances for a screen project to become a truly iconic disaster like Ishtar or Waterworld. In the highly entertaining Fiasco, James Robert Parish goes behind the scenes to tell the in-depth backstory of the 15 top flops in Hollywood movie history, from Cleopatra and The Cotton Club to Battlefield Earth, Showgirls, and The Postman. Parish delivers all the gossip, the grosses, and the egregious ego…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Publication date: 2/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.34" wide x 8.64" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Cleopatra (1963)



The Chase (1966)



Paint Your Wagon (1969)



The Wild Party (1975)



Popeye (1980)



The Cotton Club (1984)



Shanghai Surprise (1986)



Ishtar (1987)



Last Action Hero (1993)



Cutthroat Island (1995)



Showgirls (1995)



Waterworld (1995) and The Postman (1997)



Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)



Town & Country (2001)


Afterword



Filmography



Hollywood Feature Films that were Box-Office Disappointments in Domestic Theatrical Release (1960-2004)


Bibliography


Index