George Clooney / Paul McDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDonald, Paul, 1963- author.

Contributor:

British Film Institute, issuing body.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

Film stars

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clooney, George.

Criticism and interpretation.

Clooney, George--Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vi, 207 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2019.

Summary:

"Paul McDonald's study of the actor-filmmaker George Clooney traces the star's career, from his role in the hit television medical drama ER to his dual screen persona, allowing him to move seamlessly from commercial hits such as Out of Sight (1998) and Ocean's Eleven (2001) to more offbeat roles in such films as Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). McDonald also considers Clooney's political activism and his roles in such explicitly political films as Three Kings (1999) and Syriana (2005), as well as his work as a producer of films including Argo (2012) and as director of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002); Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) and Suburbicon (2017) among others. McDonald places Clooney in the context of the Hollywood star system, considering the argument that Clooney's star persona has many similarities with that of Classical Hollywood movie stars such as Cary Grant, but also addresses Clooney as a very 21st century transmedia celebrity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Clooney and modern Hollywood

Cross-media stardom: television/film

Performing stardom: actor/star

Flexible stardom: independence/Hollywood

Actorvist stardom: entertainment/politics

Conclusion: "the last movie star".

Notes:

"First published in Great Britain 2019 by Bloomsbury on behalf of the British Film Institute."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781844574940

1844574946

OCLC:

1050143763