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A Siegel film : an autobiography

Title
A Siegel film : an autobiography / Don Siegel ; foreword by Clint Eastwood.
Author
Siegel, Don, 1912-1991.
Publication
London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1993.

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Description
xii, 500 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"Don Siegel was one of Hollywood's most controversial directors. Invasion of the Body Snatchers is one of the very few acknowledged science-fiction classics, and Magnum Force - with its catch-phrase 'Make my day' - has become part of our modern consciousness. Siegel's five-film collaboration with Clint Eastwood created a body of films that are as distinctive as they are different, and enriched the reputation of both of them. This autobiography has all the fun and energy one would expect from Don Siegel. From his first days as an assistant editor in the Warner Brothers cutting rooms, Siegel charts his rich and varied career. This is a wonderful book of reminiscences, told in a lively and vivid style, whose cast of characters includes John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen, Bogart and Bacall, studio head Jack Warner and other luminaries of the golden age of the Hollywood studios (including a fading film star called Ronald Reagan, whose last film, The Killers, was directed by Siegel). At the centre of the book is Siegel's relationship with Clint Eastwood, whose directing career was encouraged by Siegel, and who supplies an amusing and appreciative foreword to the book." -- Publisher.
Subject
  • Siegel, Don, 1912-1991
  • Siegel, Don, 1912-1991
  • Siegel, Don, 1912-
  • Siegel, Don
  • Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography
  • Motion picture producers and directors
  • Autobiografie
  • Filmregisseurs
  • Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Autobiography
  • Autobiographies.
  • Biographies.
ISBN
  • 0571162703
  • 9780571162703
  • 0571178316
  • 9780571178315
LCCN
94142059
OCLC
  • ocm29302583
  • 29302583
  • SCSB-2030435
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library