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1	Take One more books like this by Karen Kingsbury add to wishlist Two unknown producers struggle to fulfill their dreams to change lives through the power of film. With millions of investors' dollars on the line, everything starts to fall apart and they realize they may be in over their heads. Is it possible to beat the odds and make a movie unlike anything ever done before? Or, will they lose everything in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Lipstick Jungle more books like this by Candace Bushnell add to wishlist SEX IN THE CITY author Candace Bushnell aims for a slightly older audience and shifts her central focus from personal relationships to professional success with this juicy (and definitely still sexy) chronicle of the daily ups and downs of three ambitious women in their 40s balancing high-powered careers (in fashion, magazine publishing, and film) ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Kid Stays in the Picture more books like this by Robert Evans add to wishlist As film mogul and all-around Hollywood bad boy Robert Evans memorably states at the outset of his revelatory memoir, THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE: "There are three sides to every story: yours...mine...and the truth." With that disclaimer in mind, we're off on a breathless ride. In a dizzyingly short period, ladies' pants salesman Evans is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Silver Needle Murder more books like this by Laura Childs add to wishlist When the Charleston Film Festival opens with the real-life murder of a famous director, Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is pulled into an investigation as perilous as any big-screen thriller. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.57! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player more books like this by Robert Rodriguez add to wishlist The film-maker Robert Rodriguez describes how he made "El Mariachi" for $7000, demonstrating many ways in which a film-maker can do for nothing what professionals spend thousands of dollars doing without a second thought. see all copies from $4.50! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Shadow and Light more books like this by Jonathan Rabb add to wishlist When an executive at the renowned Ufa film studios is found dead, it falls to Nikolai Hoffner, a chief inspector in the Kriminalpolizei, to investigate. With the help of Fritz Lang and Alby Pimm, Hoffner finds this case taking him into the treacherous underbelly of Berlin. see all copies from $2.91! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Quentins more books like this by Maeve Binchy add to wishlist Quentins is a Dublin restaurant, and when filmmaker Ella Brady arrives to do a documentary on the place, she finds out more than she bargained for. Maeve Binchy brings back some of her old characters and creates many new ones to tell the story of a restaurant and the people behind it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Stewart Sisters Trilogy more books like this by JoAnn Ross add to wishlist Washington, D.C., investigative reporter Laurel Stewart heads for Somersett, South Carolina, and joins forces with sexy local detective Joe Gannon to investigate the bizarre disappearance of her best friend. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.52! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Hot Target more books like this by Suzanne Brockmann add to wishlist Recurring characters Cosmo Richter and FBI agent Jules Cassidy appear in this work of romantic suspense by bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann, championing gay rights as well as saving the life of a woman in peril. Navy SEAL Cosmo is on leave so that he can look after his mother, injured in an accident. As she begins to heal, her obsessive ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood more books like this by Neal Gabler add to wishlist It might seem an ironic fact that Hollywood, which churned out the dreams and fantasies that helped shape mainstream American culture, was built largely by the efforts and visions of a few Eastern European Jewish immigrants. These men--Adolph Zucker, the Warner brothers, Louis B. Mayer, Harry Cohn, Carl Laemmle, and William Fox--may be long gone ... see all copies from $3.02! new only from $10.75! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	You or Someone Like You more books like this by Chandler Burr add to wishlist This remarkable debut novel by an acclaimed "New York Times" writer is at once an odyssey through classic literature and a heartbreakingly real portrait of a marriage as it unravels. see all copies from $4.99! new only from $13.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light more books like this by Patrick McGilligan add to wishlist A portrait of the filmmaker traces his career and numerous works, noting his role in the establishment of industry standards and the characteristics most associated with his persona, while offering insight into his private, professional, and family life. see all copies from $3.20! new only from $12.46! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again more books like this by Julia Phillips add to wishlist The Academy Award-winning girl-wonder producer of The Sting, Taxi Driver, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind strips Hollywood to its core--the drugs, the deals, the decadence, the rises and falls--in a memoir reminiscent of Haywire. Phillips names names and gives the real deal on Hollywood's biggest stars, on screen and behind the scenes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Dark Roots and Cowboy Boots more books like this by Luann McLane add to wishlist The author of "Hot Summer Nights" offers a "Sex in the City" for small-town Southern gals, who like their ice cold and their men red hot in this story of a Tennessee girl who clashes--then sizzles--with a Hollywood producer in town to scout locations for his new movie. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Married Lovers more books like this by Jackie Collins add to wishlist Three high-powered Hollywood couples, two hot affairs, and a devastating murder change forever the players' lives, in Collins's latest "New York Times"-bestselling page-turner. This edition features an all-new Santangelo story. Martin's Press. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook more books like this by Roger Ebert add to wishlist America's favorite movie critic assesses the year's films from "Brokeback Mountain" to "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007" includes every review by Ebert written in the 30 months from January 2004 through June 2006--about 650 in all. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters more books like this by Elisabeth Robinson add to wishlist A 30-something producer named Olivia is deep into a film version of DON QUIXOTE, and things are not going well. Then her beloved sister gets cancer. As she struggles in Hollywood to get her movie off the ground, her life is punctuated by trips to the small Ohio town where her sister is dying. The movie prospers, her love life falters, her sister ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And-Rock-N-Roll Generation Saved Hollywood more books like this by Peter Biskind add to wishlist An account of the Hollywood filmmaking scene of the 1970s. In the era before blockbusters like "Jaws" and "Star Wars" made Hollywood studios focus on making huge movies with wide appeal, directors were treated like superstars, and given free reign to indulge themselves, creatively and otherwise. Directors like Peter Bogdanovich, William Friedkin, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Conversations with Wilder more books like this by Cameron Crowe add to wishlist Over his seven decades in the director's chair, Billy Wilder masterminded some of Hollywood's most enduring and well-crafted films, among them SUNSET BOULEVARD, THE APARTMENT, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, and SOME LIKE IT HOT. Known for being cagey and guarded in interviews, Wilder finally opens up here in a conversation with the director Cameron Crowe ... see all copies from $2.38! new only from $64.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood more books like this by Rudolph Grey add to wishlist Rereleased to coincide with Ed Wood, a Tim Burton movie based on the book, this authoritative underground biography brings to life the renegade filmmaker who broke new ground in absurd supernatural horror and campy suspense. The author recalls the '50s, when the invasion of movie houses by monsters became a national youth craze. 140 photos. see all copies from $5.51! new only from $52.75! \| first editions
21 view cover	Woody Allen: A Biography more books like this by Eric Lax add to wishlist The definitive biography and national best seller, now back in print and fully updated.. When it first appeared in 1991, Eric Lax's splendid biography, written with nineteen years of access to Woody Allen, was universally hailed as the definitive portrait of a film genius. The next year, as Allen's long relationship with Mia Farrow disintegrated ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Unruly Life of Woody Allen: A Biography more books like this by Marion Meade add to wishlist In this unauthorized biography of Woody Allen, acclaimed biographer Marion Meade accuses the controversial filmmaker of stooping to unscrupulous means in order to finance his films and of manipulating the media, his family, and his adoring fans. Meade also analyzes the "Woody-Mia Scandal" and Allen's failed marriages. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood more books like this by Thomas R King, Tom King add to wishlist Complex, contentious, and blessed with the ability to find the next big talent, David Geffen has left his mark on American popular culture. This traditional biography is also a business success story that chronicles how the self-educated Brooklyn boy, son of a brassiere maker, rose to become one of the richest men in America. Photo insert. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968 more books like this by Andrew Sarris add to wishlist Andrew Sarris is one of the most influential film critics in American history, the man behind the concept of "auteur theory," in which cinema was organized as a history of individuals and their signature styles. Writing for the Village Voice throughout the 1960s, Sarris verbally sparred with New York's other leading critic, the biting and ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $10.75! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Herzog on Herzog more books like this by Paul Cronin (Editor), Dr. Werner Herzog add to wishlist This text consists of a set of career-length interviews with the German genius once hailed by Francois Truffaut as "the most important film director alive". Most of what we have heard about Werner Herzog is untrue. The sheer number of false rumours and downright lies disseminated about the man and his films is truly astonishing. Yet Herzog's body ... see all copies from $7.07! new only from $7.54! \| first editions \| SVS

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