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| The Peter Cushing Companion |
| author: |
David Miller |
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1-903111-45-5 |
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248x187mm, paperback |
| pages: |
192 |
| published: |
December 2002 |
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£15.95 |
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Peter Cushing was an unforgettable presence in cult cinema of the fifties, sixties and seventies, and remains one Britain's best-loved film stars. Cushing made a huge impact in the groundbreaking television adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four, and went on to find international fame as Baron Frankenstein and Doctor Van Helsing in the most acclaimed films from the Hammer house of horror. During his lengthy career, Cushing also played Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes and Grand Moff Tarkin, the villain of the original Star Wars.
Author David Miller has written a definitive guide to the stage and screen career of a legendary star, drawing upon conversations with Cushing's friends and colleagues, archive material held by the BBC and Hammer Film Productions and previously unpublished letters from Cushing himself. This in-depth research forms the basis for a revealing re-assessment of the career and achievements of this much admired and very private actor.Revised new edition
"If you only read a single volume about this irreplaceable actor, The Peter Cushing Companion should be that one" - Fangoria magazine
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| The Pinewood Story |
| authors: |
Gareth Owen with Brian Burford |
| ISBN: |
1-903111-09-9 |
| format: |
270x195mm, hardback |
| pages: |
208 |
| published: |
25 May 2000 |
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£19.95 |
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Pinewood has led the way in film production since the mid-1930s. Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, David Lean, Michael Powell, Ridley Scott and Billy Wilder are just some of the distinguished directors who have looked to pinewood for the production of some of their best-known films. The studio is also home to the legendary series of the Carry On and James Bond movies, almost all of which have been shot at the 90-acre faculty that nestles in the Buckinghamshire countryside.
This is the authorised history of Pinewood, based on the archive material held by its owners, past and present, and the memories of legendary stars and technicians whose work has contributed to the studios' global reputation. Authors Gareth Owen and Brian Burford take the reader inside Pinewood with 200 stills, many of them previously unpublished, that illustrate the growth of the studio. The Pinewood Story offers an intriguing behind-the-scenes glimpse of some of the best-known films and television programmes ever made. |
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All of Pink Floyd's seventies albums are a barometer of Britain's changing moods, as an age of optimism gave way to angst and apprehension.
As the group evolved from the Flower Power world of their late-sixties music through the era-defining Dark Side of the Moon to the acerbic, late-seventies attitudes of The Wall, they became arguably the only British rock act to straddle the cultural divide between the swinging sixties and the post-punk seventies.
In Pink Floyd's The Wall, Jeff Bench and Daniel O'Brien describe the making of The Wall - both the album and the film - and place it in the context of the changes in music and society which the album reflected. The book contains scores of rare colour and black-and-white illustrations, including exclusive shots of the 1980 and 1990 live performances. |
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Endlessly dissected by critics and fans alike, The Prisoner is regarded by many as the finest television drama series ever produced. Now, for the first time, Prisoner expert Robert Fairclough has gathered together and annotated the original shooting scripts for the series, which include a number of intriguing differences from the episodes as broadcast.
This acclaimed book also includes a number of rare stills, a foreword by Prisoner screenwriter Lewis Greifer, a short biography of the show's story editor George Markstein and the unused script 'The Outsider'. |
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