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A long time ago in a cutting room far, far away ... : my fifty years editing Hollywood hits-- Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's day off, Mission: impossible, and more / Paul Hirsch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hirsch, Paul, 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture editors--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture editors.
- Motion pictures--Editing.
- Motion pictures.
- Hirsch, Paul, 1945-.
- Hirsch, Paul.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 362 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates (chiefly color) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, 2021.
- Summary:
- This book "provides a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most influential films of the last fifty years as seen through the eyes of Paul Hirsch, the Oscar-winning film editor ... Hirsch breaks down his career movie by movie, offering a riveting look at the decisions that went into creating some of cinema's most iconic scenes. He also provides behind-the-scenes insight into casting, directing, and scoring and intimate portraits of directors, producers, composers, and stars."--Dust jacket flap.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. My First Hit: Carrie
- 2. Ten Years Earlier
- 3. My First Feature Film
- 4. Back to Trailers
- 5. My Next Big Break: Benny
- 6. Phantom and Its Horrors
- 7. Obsession
- 8. Star Wars
- 9. The Fury
- 10. King of the Gypsies and Home Movies
- 11. The Empire Strikes Back
- 12. Blow Out
- 13. The Black Is Back
- 14. Footloose in L.A.
- 15. Protocol
- 16. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- 17. The Secref of My Success
- 18. Planes, Trains & Automobiles
- 19. Steel Magnolias
- 20. I Become a Studio Bigwig
- 21. Falling Down
- 22. The Trouble with Trouble
- 23. Mission: Impossible
- 24. Mighty Joe Young
- 25. Mission to Mars
- 26. Pluto Nash
- 27. Lean Times
- 28. Ray
- 29. A Fallow Stretch
- 30. Back to the Big Time
- 31. The Elder Statesman.
- Notes:
- "A Cappella book."
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781641605243
- 1641605243
- OCLC:
- 1179257572
- Publisher Number:
- 99988450809
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