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How did Leonardo Di Caprio become a hero on The Beach?Why would the droids lose control in Star Wars?What persuaded Mad Max to become Hamlet?Who made Long John Silver's parrot dread Treasure Island?Was there a curse on The Exorcist?How did Harrison Ford’s quick-thinking profit Raiders Of The Lost Ark?From the earliest black-and-white flickers to the most recent big-screen blockbusters, the history of filmmaking is littered with remarkable but true tales of the unexpected.Behind the scenes on more than three hundred films, this entertaining survey covers over a hundred years of cinema history. It's a story of disastrous stunts, star temperaments, eccentric animals, Hollywood rivalries, unexplained deaths, casting coups and bizarre locations.Spanning the silents through the Golden Age to today's effects-packed films, Quentin Falk, film critic of the Sunday Mirror and editor of the BAFTA magazine, Academy, reveals an astonishing collection of strange-but-true stories.
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Strangest: Cinema's Strangest Moments, Quentin Falk
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- Released
- 2003
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- Title
- Strangest: Cinema's Strangest Moments
- Subtitle
- Extraordinary But True Tales From The History Of Film
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Quentin Falk
- Publisher
- Robson Books
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 326
- ISBN10
- 1861056737
- ISBN13
- 9781861056733
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, 20th century, Filmthema, 21st Century, Actors and Actresses, Performing Arts
- Rating
- 3.55 out of 5
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- How did Leonardo Di Caprio become a hero on The Beach?Why would the droids lose control in Star Wars?What persuaded Mad Max to become Hamlet?Who made Long John Silver's parrot dread Treasure Island?Was there a curse on The Exorcist?How did Harrison Ford’s quick-thinking profit Raiders Of The Lost Ark?From the earliest black-and-white flickers to the most recent big-screen blockbusters, the history of filmmaking is littered with remarkable but true tales of the unexpected.Behind the scenes on more than three hundred films, this entertaining survey covers over a hundred years of cinema history. It's a story of disastrous stunts, star temperaments, eccentric animals, Hollywood rivalries, unexplained deaths, casting coups and bizarre locations.Spanning the silents through the Golden Age to today's effects-packed films, Quentin Falk, film critic of the Sunday Mirror and editor of the BAFTA magazine, Academy, reveals an astonishing collection of strange-but-true stories.