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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
- Title
- 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.
- Author
- Hirsch, Paul, 1945-
- Publication
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, 2021.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 362 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates (chiefly color) : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm
- 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Note
- "A Cappella book."
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- My first hit: Carrie -- Ten years earlier -- My first feature film -- Back to trailers -- My next big break: Benny -- Phantom and its horrors -- Obsession -- Star Wars -- The Fury -- King of the Gypsies, and Home Movies -- The Empire Strikes Back -- Blow OUt -- The black is back -- Footloose in L.A. -- Protocol -- Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- The Secret of My Success -- Planes, Trains & Automobiles -- Steel Magnolias -- I become a studio bigwig -- Falling Down -- The trouble with Trouble -- Mission: Impossible -- Mighty Joe Young -- Mission to Mars -- Pluto Nash -- Lean times -- Ray -- A fallow stretch -- Back to the big time -- The elder statesman -- Postscript.
- Call Number
- MWES (Hirsch, P.) 21-3348
- ISBN
- 9781641605243
- 1641605243
- LCCN
- 2019014536
- OCLC
- 1179257572
- Author
- Hirsch, Paul, 1945- author.
- Title
- 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.
- Publisher
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Edition
- First paperback edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- MWES (Hirsch, P.) 21-3348