{"product_id":"hollywood-by-sam-wasson-9780571366958","title":"Hollywood","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssential . . . thrilling . . . invaluable.\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbsorbing . . . rippling with fun and atmosphere.\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003ci\u003eSight \u0026amp; Sound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHollywood's ultimate oral history.\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the archives of the American Film Institute comes a unique picture of what it was like to work in Hollywood from its beginnings to its present day. \u003cem\u003eHollywood: The Oral History\u003c\/em\u003e lets a reader 'listen in' on candid remarks from the biggest names in front of the camera - Bette Davis, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Jane Fonda, Harold Lloyd - and the biggest behind it - Frank Capra, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Jordan Peele, as well as the musicians, writers, sound men, editors, make-up artists, and even script timers, messengers, and publicists who shaped what was heard and seen on screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLegendary film scholar Jeanine Basinger and New York Times bestselling author Sam Wasson have undertaken the monumental task of weaving these thousands of hours of talk into a conversation that is lively, funny, insightful, historically accurate, and authentically honest in its portrait of workaday Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596588269804,"sku":"9780571366958","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/07a3eb8502a1243ac9b6b9522d435830.jpg?v=1777936001","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/hollywood-by-sam-wasson-9780571366958","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}