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The boy who loved Batman : a memoir : the true story of how a comics-obsessed kid conquered Hollywood to bring the Dark Knight to the silver screen / Michael E. Uslan.
Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.U85 A3 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Uslan, Michael, 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Uslan, Michael, 1951-.
- Uslan, Michael.
- Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- United States.
- Television producers and directors--United States--Biography.
- Television producers and directors.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 257 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- [Second edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Meet the man whose life-long quest to reclaim the true, cool soul of Batman wonderfully transformed today's comic book movies. Growing up outside of Asbury Park, New Jersey, Michael Uslan was obsessed with comic books. He'd be the first to grab the latest issues off the shelves of the three local comic book stores, including four copies of the now legendary Fantastic Four #1. His favorite superhero was the brooding, crime-fighting vigilante, Batman. Despising the campy 1960s TV show, Uslan became determined to bring the real Batman (dark, serious, burdened by a tragic past) to the silver screen. Undeterred by Hollywood's initial lackluster response, after a ten-year human endurance contest in which every major movie studio turned him down, Uslan went on to become Executive Producer on every modern Batman film, beginning with Tim Burton's widely hailed Batman in 1989 to Christopher Nolan's celebrated Dark Knight trilogy and well beyond. Warmly told and inspiring, Uslan's remarkable story is a testament both to the profound imaginative power of comic book heroes and the tenacity of the New Jersey boy determined to bring one of them to life. This second edition includes a special foreword and afterword by Uslan, bringing us up to date on everything Batman.
- Contents:
- The secret origin of Michael Uslan, Comicbookman!
- Just imagine! Team-ups and sidekicks!
- Paul and Michael...brother, power, the geek!
- Batman and Robin's dirty secret!
- Batman begins...for me!
- A campy Batman on TV. "Holy shit!"
- The comic book club
- no girls allowed!
- Pros and cons and con artists!
- "And then there were none!"
- Good-bye Smallville! Hello Metropolis!
- The world's first college professor of comic books!
- I was a teenage Junior Woodchuck!
- Plan B. A strange costume for Batman and Robin, a strange choice for me!
- Life is not a comic book!
- I know what evil lurks in the hearts of men!
- Going backward? Me, Mr. Mxyzptlk, and a Toyota!
- Raging bullshit on a "Rocky" road!
- Ben and me, the world's finest producer team!
- Blackest night: the ten-year human endurance contest!
- Infinite crisis! The human endurance contest continues!
- It's the stuff dreams are made of!
- After The Dark Knight, the brightest day!
- The road taken, the road not taken!
- Super-epilogue to the second edition.
- ISBN:
- 1684351065
- 9781684351060
- OCLC:
- 1105147754
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