King Of Comedy

Author : Shawn Levy
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312132484
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King of Comedy written by Shawn Levy and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1996 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Jerry Lewis, discussing his varied career as a performer, director, fundraiser, and standard-setting comedian, and looking at the private man and the forces that drive him.

Author : Geoff King
Publisher : Wallflower Press
ISBN 13 : 9781903364352
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Film Comedy written by Geoff King and published by Wallflower Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comedy is one of the most popular forms in film. But what exactly is film comedy and what might be the basis of its widespread appeal? This book takes a multi-perspective approach to answering these questions.

Author : Richard Schickel
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307388794
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conversations with Scorsese written by Richard Schickel and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Richard Schickel as the canny and intelligent guide, these conversations take us deep into Scorsese's life and work. He reveals which films are most autobiographical, and what he was trying to explore and accomplish in other films.

Author : Mack Sennett
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595091199
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King of Comedy written by Mack Sennett and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-04-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Mack Sennett, one the world’s most influential entertainers. Based on interviews with Mr. Sennett and persons associated with the master comedian, King of Comedy begins with Sennett’s birth on January 17, 1880 in a province of Quebec. The story invites the reader to follow Sennett through his childhood, his many entertainment experiences, his personal life highlighted by his relationship with Mabel Normand, his creation of masterpieces such as Keystone Cops and his discoveries of unforgettable entertainers such as Charlie Chaplin. As he states in his final chapter, Mack Sennett strives to, “…tell about the comedies and how we made them, and about the funny fellows and the pretty girls who acted in them. They are a lost breed. Their like may never, walk, tumble, or pratt-fall again.” And the same holds true for the likes of a man such as Mack Sennett.

Author : Bob Odenkirk
Publisher : McSweeney's
ISBN 13 : 1940450667
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Load of Hooey written by Bob Odenkirk and published by McSweeney's. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bob Odenkirk is a legend in the comedy-writing world, winning Emmys and acclaim for his work on Saturday Night Live, Mr. Show with Bob and David, and many other seminal TV shows. This book, his first, is a spleen-bruisingly funny omnibus that ranges from absurdist monologues (“Martin Luther King, Jr’s Worst Speech Ever”) to intentionally bad theater (“Hitler Dinner Party: A Play”); from avant-garde fiction (“Obituary for the Creator of Madlibs”) to free-verse poetry that's funnier and more powerful than the work of Calvin Trillin, Jewel, and Robert Louis Stevenson combined. Odenkirk's debut resembles nothing so much as a hilarious new sketch comedy show that’s exclusively available as a streaming video for your mind. As Odenkirk himself writes in “The Second Coming of Jesus and Lazarus,” it is a book “to be read aloud to yourself in the voice of Bob Newhart.”

Author : Glenn Kenny
Publisher : Phaidon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714868028
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert De Niro: Anatomy of an Actor written by Glenn Kenny and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The finest book on De Niro yet." – The Film Stage Best known for gangster films, Robert De Niro (b.1943) has led a rich and varied career that encompasses crime movies, musicals, comedies, period pieces and action flicks. His breakout role in Martin Scorcese?s Mean Streets (1973) sparked a decades-long collaboration with the director that included Taxi Driver in 1976 and The King of Comedy in 1983. Oscar winner for Best Actor in Raging Bull (1980), he was awarded the prestigious role of jury president at Cannes in 2011. Anatomy of an Actor titles are comprehensive studies on the craft of the world’s greatest actors, through the analysis of ten of their most iconic roles. The authors examine why and how these famous actors have become some of the most respected and influential in the film world. Each title is divided into ten chapters, each one dedicated to a specific role, and is fully documented with film stills, set photographs, and film sequences. This innovative and beautiful series on actors is accessible to enthusiastic moviegoers as well as serious cinephiles, fans and those who want to become actors.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The king of comedy written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A funny thing happens to talk show host Jerry Langford on his way to the studio... Kidnapped by stand-up comedian Rupert Pupkin and his wacky sidekick, Langford is forced to give Pupkin a shot at the big time by allowing the struggling comic to perform his routine on Langford's show." -- Container. | Performed by Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Tony Randall, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard. | Production designer Boris Leven; Music production by Robbie Robertson; Executive producer Robert Greenhut; Written by Paul D. Zimmerman; Produced by Arnon Milchan; Directed by Martin Scorsese. | Special features: Featurette; Theatrical trailer | In English with subtitles in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, English for the hearing impaired. | Region 4, PAL. | Rated PG: Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers. Note: adult themes.

Author : Paul D. Zimmerman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The King of Comedy written by Paul D. Zimmerman and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Shawn Levy
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250122600
Total Pages : 912 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King of Comedy written by Shawn Levy and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shawn Levy's fascinating biography King of Comedy - the product of vast research and interviews with contemporaries, admirers, foes, and even, briefly, Lewis himself - traces the story of a man who defines High American Show Biz. At points along the time line of his career, Lewis has been the highest-paid performer in history in film, on television, and (in 1995!) on Broadway. With partner Dean Martin, he was half of the most successful comedy duo of all time. He was the first director who debuted in talkies to direct himself. He was a direct, acknowledged influence on giants from Woody Allen to Lenny Bruce to David Letterman to Jim Carrey. He is a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, has raised over $1 billion in charity, and was once nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. And, since the 1950s, he has been one of the most recognized faces on earth. For almost that long, though, people have argued over what Jerry Lewis means. Is he a talented comedian or a grotesque mimic? A startlingly original director or a pretender to Chaplin's throne? A multifaceted entertainer or a megalomaniacal egoist? A tireless champion of the disabled or a tireless self-promoter who has confused America's charitable impulses with affection for him as a performer?

Author : Roger Ebert
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459605985
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scorsese by Ebert written by Roger Ebert and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roger Ebert wrote the first film review that director Martin Scorsese ever received - for 1967's I Call First, later renamed Who's That Knocking at My Door - creating a lasting bond that made him one of Scorsese's most appreciative and perceptive commentators. Scorsese by Ebert offers the first record of America's most respected film critic's en...