The dirty movie book : a no-holds-barred, searing, blistering exposé of the corrupt, bloated underbelly of the film industry : guaranteed to be absolutely fact-free / John Brosnan and Leroy Mitchell

Bib ID:
6859680
Format:
Book
Author:
Brosnan, John, author
Description:
  • London : Grafton Books, 1988
  • ©1988
  • 207 pages ; 18 cm.
ISBN:
  • 9780586069448 (paperback)
  • 0586069445 (paperback)
Series:
A Grafton paperback original.
Summary:

The Dirty Movie Book exposes the best-kept secrets of the stars, offers fascinating insights into how your favourite movies were made (and some that never were) and gives some extremely unusual suggestions for programming your very own film festivals. Learn about cunning stuntment and much else besides. The Dirty Movie Book reveals all - and provides careers advice for those wishing to enter the cinema (without paying.)

Full contents:
  • A guide to film credits
  • How to be a screenwriter
  • Do-it-yourself film festivals
  • DIY film festival no. 1 : underground films
  • The movie star anatomy quiz
  • The Willy Awards!
  • Recommended film books
  • The making of Sand Wars - the epic that never was
  • DIY film festival no. 2 : under-the-weather films
  • Shock horror revelations about the stars!!!
  • Eighty-one quick and easy pocket reviews of famous films
  • Second thoughts
  • DIY film festival no. 3 : food films
  • Sex in the cinema
  • Songs from the cinema quiz
  • Every bloody boring Australian film you've ever seen rolled into one
  • A transcription of a tape recording found in Wardour Street
  • DIY film festival no. 4 : alcoholic films
  • How to be a stuntman
  • Violence in the cinema
  • DIY film festival no. 5 : carpentry films
  • The story of Saint David
  • Chunnel!!! The great British disaster movie
  • Double bills
  • A guide for overseas visitors on going to a British cinema
  • DIY film festival no. 6 : underwear films
  • Actagrams
  • How to be a film editor
  • A guide to film critics' jargon
  • Movies that the directors want to forget about, but can't...
  • A behind-the-scenes look at a James Bond script conference
  • A consumer's guide to British drive-ins
  • DIY film festival no. 7 : sex films
  • Whatever happened to...?
  • How to be a director
  • Filmagrams
  • DIY film festival no. 8 : Shakespearean films for sailors
  • The role of condoms in the cinema
  • Dr Frankensex
  • DIY film festival no. 9 : animal films
  • Clues to actagrams
  • Clues to filmagrams
  • Answers to the movie star anatomy quiz
  • Answers to the songs from the cinema quiz
  • Answers to actagrams
  • Answers to filmagrams.
Subject:
Other authors/contributors:
Mitchell, Leroy, author
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