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Bullets and Blood
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- By: Adam Roche
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
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The story of the Warner Brothers studio is the story of the American dream - an immigrant family who escaped a violent beginning, and arrived penniless in America....
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Incredible. Storytelling At It’s Finest.
- By S. Hopkins on 20-04-19
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A Universe of Horrors
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- By: Adam Roche
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Delving deep into the darkest corners of horror movies this series explores the highs and lows of the blood and gore genre following, in particular, the changing fortunes of Universal Horror....
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Boom!
- By Connie Ricci on 04-07-19
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The Adventures of Alfred Hitchcock
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- By: Adam Roche
- Length: 19 hrs and 35 mins
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In the 1920s, Alfred Hitchcock, the son of a shopkeeper, embarked on a career in the fledgling movie industry, and things were never the same again....
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Adam your work is amazing
- By S. Rifflart on 21-11-18
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Audrey: The Girl Before the Girl
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- By: Adam Roche
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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Audrey Hepburn became an instant Hollywood icon whose style and talent instantly captured the public’s imagination....
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A fascinating tale
- By Alex on 26-08-18
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Bullets and Blood
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- By: Adam Roche
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
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The story of the Warner Brothers studio is the story of the American dream - an immigrant family who escaped a violent beginning, and arrived penniless in America....
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Incredible. Storytelling At It’s Finest.
- By S. Hopkins on 20-04-19
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A Universe of Horrors
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- By: Adam Roche
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Delving deep into the darkest corners of horror movies this series explores the highs and lows of the blood and gore genre following, in particular, the changing fortunes of Universal Horror....
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Boom!
- By Connie Ricci on 04-07-19
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The Adventures of Alfred Hitchcock
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- By: Adam Roche
- Length: 19 hrs and 35 mins
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In the 1920s, Alfred Hitchcock, the son of a shopkeeper, embarked on a career in the fledgling movie industry, and things were never the same again....
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Adam your work is amazing
- By S. Rifflart on 21-11-18
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Audrey: The Girl Before the Girl
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- By: Adam Roche
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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Audrey Hepburn became an instant Hollywood icon whose style and talent instantly captured the public’s imagination....
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A fascinating tale
- By Alex on 26-08-18
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Women vs Hollywood
- The Fall and Rise of Women in Film
- By: Helen O'Hara
- Narrated by: Helen O'Hara
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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The dawn of cinema was a free-for-all, and there were women who forged ahead in many areas of filmmaking....
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thoroughly recommend
- By Amazon Customer on 16-04-21
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Hunting Witches with Walt Disney
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- By: Adam Roche
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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Once upon a time... Hollywood went to war with itself. In the mid-1930s, Communism began to find its way into the film capital of the world....
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Surprisingly Good!
- By Simon on 19-09-18
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Sex in Monochrome
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- By: Adam Roche
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
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Guiding us through Hollywood’s varying views and use of sex in its pictures, Adam Roche takes us back to 1921 when Hollywood's fascination with sex is seemingly unstoppable....
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Oh Yes!!!
- By Connie Ricci on 04-07-19
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The Game is Afoot
- The Secret History of Hollywood
- By: Adam Roche
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
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In 1939, 20th Century Fox teamed Basil Rathbone with Nigel Bruce in their lavish production of The Hound Of The Baskervilles and Hollywood introduced one of the most enduring detectives to the world of film....
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Fascinating story of some well-loved characters
- By Derrick on 19-12-18
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The Office
- The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History
- By: Andy Greene
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Holter Graham, P.J. Ochlan, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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The untold stories behind The Office, one of the most iconic television shows of the 21st century, told by its creators, writers, and actors....
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The narration is horrible
- By J on 11-04-21
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Taking Shape
- Developing Halloween from Script to Scream
- By: Dustin McNeill, Travis Mullins
- Narrated by: Christian Francis
- Length: 13 hrs
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Silver Shamrock. Thorn. White Horses. It’s all in here. Join authors Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins for a deep dive into the evolution of Halloween’s vast mythology....
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Behind the Horror
- True Stories that Inspired Horror Movies
- By: Dr Lee Mellor
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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Unearth the terrifying and true tales behind some of the scariest Horror movies to ever haunt our screens, including the Enfield poltergeist case that was retold in The Conjuring 2 and the serial killer who inspired Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the Lambs....
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Down and Dirty Pictures
- Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film
- By: Peter Biskind
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 23 hrs and 30 mins
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Candid, penetrating and controversial, Down and Dirty Pictures is a must-read for anyone interested in the film world....
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Want to know about Indie films? A must listen
- By Duncan on 07-04-13
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As You Wish
- Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
- By: Cary Elwes, Joe Layden, Rob Reiner - foreword
- Narrated by: Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film....
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almost as funny & heartwarming as the film itself
- By emma on 25-10-15
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Amusing Ourselves to Death
- Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
- By: Neil Postman
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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In this eloquent and persuasive book, Neil Postman examines the deep and broad effects of television culture on the manner in which we conduct our public affairs....
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Brilliant book read far too fast
- By discerning reader on 14-03-17
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I'm Judging You
- The Do-Better Manual
- By: Luvvie Ajayi
- Narrated by: Luvvie Ajayi
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Comedian, activist, and hugely popular culture blogger at AwesomelyLuvvie.com Luvvie Ajayi serves up necessary advice for the masses in this hilarious book of essays....
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What an insightful book!
- By Temi on 26-09-18
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Hatchet Job
- By: Mark Kermode
- Narrated by: Mark Kermode
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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The UK's most trusted (and scathing) film reviewer asks: who needs the professionals now that everyone's a critic....
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Perfectly acceptable book from the Good Doctor
- By Ian on 17-02-15
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The Secret History of Star Wars
- By: Michael Kaminski
- Narrated by: Josh Robert Thompson
- Length: 24 hrs and 59 mins
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Michael Kaminski presents the true history of how Star Wars was written, from its beginnings as a science fiction fairy tale to its development over three decades into the epic we now know....
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Essential for Star Wars fans
- By Malcolm on 07-11-14
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The Late Shift
- Letterman, Leno, & the Network Battle for the Night
- By: Bill Carter
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
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Based on in-depth reporting and interviews with those involved, and updated with a new introduction by the author, The Late Shift is a blow-by-blow account of the fight that ensued as stars, agents, and executives maneuvered for control of the most profitable program in TV history....
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Great narration. Great book.
- By Sean Jackson on 06-01-21
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If Chins Could Kill
- Confessions of a B Movie Actor
- By: Bruce Campbell
- Narrated by: Bruce Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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Life is full of choices. Right now, yours is whether or not to buy the autobiography of a mid-grade, kind of hammy actor....
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Groovy: the 2010 edition
- By Katherine on 05-07-15
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Best. Movie. Year. Ever.
- How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
- By: Brian Raftery
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999 - arguably the most groundbreaking year in American cinematic history....
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Fantastic 1990s analysis and nostalgia
- By Amazon Customer on 16-06-19
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Taking Shape II
- The Lost Halloween Sequels
- By: Dustin McNeill, Travis Mullins
- Narrated by: Christian Francis
- Length: 21 hrs and 16 mins
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Authors Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins are back to bring you an inside look at 24 lost Halloween sequels you never saw on the big screen! Learn about these fascinating unmade visions direct from their creators, many of whom have never spoken publicly on the subject before....
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The Queer Art of Failure
- By: Jack Halberstam
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives - to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism....
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Warner Bros
- The Making of an American Movie Studio
- By: David Thomson
- Narrated by: David Thomson
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Warner Bros charts the rise of an unpromising film studio from its shaky beginnings in the early 20th century through its ascent to the pinnacle of Hollywood influence and popularity....
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Amazing.
- By WEP on 30-10-20
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We Promised You a Great Main Event
- An Unauthorized WWE History
- By: Bill Hanstock
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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In We Promised You a Great Main Event, longtime sports journalist Bill Hanstock pulls back the curtain to give a smart fan’s account of WWE and Vince McMahon’s journey to the top....
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OK but too many pot shots
- By Amazon Customer on 22-10-20
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Confidential Confidential
- The Inside Story of Hollywood's Notorious Scandal Magazine
- By: Samantha Barbas
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America's first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars' secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network of tipsters to root out stars' sexual affairs, drug use, and sexuality....
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Fascinating story
- By LanaLeigh on 11-04-20
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And on That Bombshell
- Inside the Madness and Genius of TOP GEAR
- By: Richard Porter
- Narrated by: Richard Porter, Ben Elliot
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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For 13 years, 22 series and 175 shows, Richard Porter was script editor of Top Gear, from the first faltering pilot episode in 2002 until the very last show presented by Jeremy Clarkson.....
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Interesting but it feels like it was rushed
- By Adam Buckler on 22-11-15
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The Music of James Bond
- By: Jon Burlingame
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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The story of the music that accompanies the cinematic adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life drama....
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An interesting journey through the music of Bond
- By Film fan on 02-02-20
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Elizabeth Taylor
- By: David Bret
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
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At 1.28 a.m. on Wednesday, 23 March 2011, just three weeks after celebrating her 79th birthday, the biggest star Hollywood has ever known died....
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surprisingly good
- By Deb on 02-04-14
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The Top Gear Story
- By: Martin Roach
- Narrated by: Jerome Pride
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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This is the full story of the unstoppable rise of Clarkson, Hammond, May and The Stig – and how they have transformed an ordinary programme about cars into one of the most famous and best-loved TV programmes of the 21st century....
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Absolute waste of time and money
- By Tony on 14-10-13
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The Coen Brothers
- By: Adam Nayman
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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From such cult hits as Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski to major critical darlings Fargo, No Country for Old Men, and Inside Llewyn Davis, Ethan and Joel Coen have cultivated a bleakly comical, instantly recognizable voice in modern American cinema....
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Dark Star
- A Biography of Vivien Leigh
- By: Alan Strachan
- Narrated by: Alasdair Buchan
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
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Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the 20th century. As Scarlett O’Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivotal roles in cinema history. Yet she was also a talented theatre actress with West End and Broadway plaudits to her name....
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Too long...
- By MRS M R SOUTO on 17-10-20
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Sex and the City and Us
- By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
- Narrated by: Joy Osmanski
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Sex and the City and Us is the story of how a columnist, two gay men and a writers’ room full of women used their own poignant, hilarious, and humiliating stories to launch a cultural phenomenon...
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Melissa Explains It All
- Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life
- By: Melissa Joan Hart
- Narrated by: Melissa Joan Hart
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
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The frank and witty memoir from Melissa Joan Hart, the star of Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch - a cultural icon for a generation....
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I love MJH but..
- By laura rosalind holton on 08-01-20
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Steven Spielberg
- A Life in Films
- By: Molly Haskell
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller, Jo Anna Perrin
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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"Everything about me is in my films," Steven Spielberg has said. Taking this as a key to understanding the hugely successful moviemaker, Molly Haskell explores Spielberg's works....
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excellent although the biographer is to Freudian
- By Jikan Myshkin on 25-03-18
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
- How the Sex-Drugs-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
- By: Peter Biskind
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 23 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook follows the wild ride that was Hollywood in the 70s - an unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll and a climate where innovation reigned supreme....
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Hard Hitting and often Difficult...
- By Colin on 09-11-17
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Stanley Kubrick and Me
- Thirty Years at His Side
- By: Emilio D'Alessandro, Filippo Ulivieri, Simon Marsh - translator
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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This intimate portrait by his former personal assistant and confidante reveals the man behind the legendary filmmaker - for the first time....
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A wonderful memoir about an incredible filmmaker!
- By Paul Ray on 16-03-18
New Releases
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Picturing Peter Bogdanovich
- My Conversations with the New Hollywood Director
- By: Peter Tonguette
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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In 1971, Newsweek heralded The Last Picture Show as "the most impressive work by a young American director since Citizen Kane." Indeed, few filmmakers rivaled Peter Bogdanovich's popularity over the next decade. Riding the success of What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Bogdanovich became a bona fide celebrity, making regular appearances in his own movie trailers, occasionally hosting late-night television shows, and publicly advocating for mentors John Ford and Howard Hawks.
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When Women Invented Television
- The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today
- By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women - each an independent visionary - saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch TV today.
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Ethel of the Barrymores
- A One-Woman Play in Two Acts
- By: Michael B. Druxman
- Narrated by: Samantha Albert
- Length: 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The Barrymores were “The Royal Family of Broadway”, and Ethel Barrymore was their queen. Along with her brothers, Lionel and John, she was a legendary presence in the theatre and in motion pictures during the first half of the 20th century. In fact, the Barrymores and the Drews were a theatrical family that dated back many generations.
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Robert Altman and the Elaboration of Hollywood Storytelling
- By: Mark Minett
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert Altman and the Elaboration of Hollywood Storytelling reveals an Altman barely glimpsed in previous critical accounts of the filmmaker. This re-examination of his seminal work during the "Hollywood Renaissance" or "New Hollywood" period of the early 1970s (including M*A*S*H and Nashville) sheds new light on both the films and the filmmaker, reframing Altman as a complex, pragmatic innovator whose work exceeds, but is also grounded in, the norms of classical Hollywood storytelling rather than someone who rejected those norms in favor of modernist art cinema.
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A Long, Long Way
- Hollywood's Unfinished Journey from Racism to Reconciliation
- By: Greg Garrett
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From the beginning, American cinema has been both a powerful mythmaker and a social critic. D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, arguably the first feature film, shows us just how early in its history cinema had established its influence. Birth of a Nation famously portrayed the Ku Klux Klan in a favorable light, a portrayal that contributed to the modern resurgence of the group and brought racist depictions of African Americans imported from the minstrel show to the silver screen. In response, filmmakers of color have created nuanced and indelible portraits of race.
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Close-Up on Sunset Boulevard
- Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream
- By: Sam Staggs
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, a classic film noir and also a damning dissection of the Hollywood dream factory, evokes the glamour and ruin of the stars who subsist on that dream. It’s also one long in-joke about the movie industry and those who made it great - and who were, in turn, destroyed by it. One of the most critically admired films of the 20th century, Sunset Boulevard is also famous as silent-star Gloria Swanson’s comeback picture.
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Picturing Peter Bogdanovich
- My Conversations with the New Hollywood Director
- By: Peter Tonguette
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1971, Newsweek heralded The Last Picture Show as "the most impressive work by a young American director since Citizen Kane." Indeed, few filmmakers rivaled Peter Bogdanovich's popularity over the next decade. Riding the success of What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973), Bogdanovich became a bona fide celebrity, making regular appearances in his own movie trailers, occasionally hosting late-night television shows, and publicly advocating for mentors John Ford and Howard Hawks.
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When Women Invented Television
- The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today
- By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women - each an independent visionary - saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch TV today.
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Ethel of the Barrymores
- A One-Woman Play in Two Acts
- By: Michael B. Druxman
- Narrated by: Samantha Albert
- Length: 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The Barrymores were “The Royal Family of Broadway”, and Ethel Barrymore was their queen. Along with her brothers, Lionel and John, she was a legendary presence in the theatre and in motion pictures during the first half of the 20th century. In fact, the Barrymores and the Drews were a theatrical family that dated back many generations.
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Robert Altman and the Elaboration of Hollywood Storytelling
- By: Mark Minett
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert Altman and the Elaboration of Hollywood Storytelling reveals an Altman barely glimpsed in previous critical accounts of the filmmaker. This re-examination of his seminal work during the "Hollywood Renaissance" or "New Hollywood" period of the early 1970s (including M*A*S*H and Nashville) sheds new light on both the films and the filmmaker, reframing Altman as a complex, pragmatic innovator whose work exceeds, but is also grounded in, the norms of classical Hollywood storytelling rather than someone who rejected those norms in favor of modernist art cinema.
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A Long, Long Way
- Hollywood's Unfinished Journey from Racism to Reconciliation
- By: Greg Garrett
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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From the beginning, American cinema has been both a powerful mythmaker and a social critic. D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, arguably the first feature film, shows us just how early in its history cinema had established its influence. Birth of a Nation famously portrayed the Ku Klux Klan in a favorable light, a portrayal that contributed to the modern resurgence of the group and brought racist depictions of African Americans imported from the minstrel show to the silver screen. In response, filmmakers of color have created nuanced and indelible portraits of race.
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Close-Up on Sunset Boulevard
- Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream
- By: Sam Staggs
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, a classic film noir and also a damning dissection of the Hollywood dream factory, evokes the glamour and ruin of the stars who subsist on that dream. It’s also one long in-joke about the movie industry and those who made it great - and who were, in turn, destroyed by it. One of the most critically admired films of the 20th century, Sunset Boulevard is also famous as silent-star Gloria Swanson’s comeback picture.