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9 to 5 (Movie novelization)
by Thom Racina. Based on screenplay by Colin Higins and Patricia Resnick. Condition: UNREAD 1980 Bantam Books paperback, first printing. Color movie stills both covers. Light tanning to page edges. Content: Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage in the grossest manner of the women who work with him. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own house they assume control of his department and productivity leaps, but just how long can they keep Hart tied up? The hilarious 1980 movie was directed by Colin Higgins and starred Lily tomlin, Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Sterling Hayden, and Peggy Pope. Not to be missed. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (Movie novelization)
by Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown. Based on their screenplay. B&W illustrations by James Victore & Joyce Houlihan. Condition: UNREAD 1989 Applause Theatre Books Trade Paperback, first printing. Light edgewear top front cover corner. Content: Reviewer: "Usually known for his dark fantasy for adults, here Gilliam made a light-hearted fantasy for children, which truly is endearing. Now, Gilliam, with the help of Charles McKeown, has turned the film into a novel. One thing I liked best about the film is that it was visually beautiful. Obviously, that is missing from the book. But still, the book is written with humor and intelligence, which makes it a good read, even if you've never seen the film. It can be read both by children (who will like the adventure), and by adults (who will respect the wit). Overall, this is a warmhearted tribute to fantasy, and is recommended whether or not you've seen the film." The 1989 movie was directed by Gillam and starred John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Charles McKeown, Uma Thurman, Jonathan Pryce, Sting, Robin Williams, and Andrew MacLachlan. [1 copy available]
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AUNT JULIA AND THE SCRIPTWRITER (The movie: Tune In Tomorrow)
by Mario Vargas Llosa. Translation from the Spanish by Farrar, Strauss. Cover art by Victor Gadino. Condition: UNREAD 1984 Avon Books Trade Paperback, 6th printing. Light tanning to page edges. Content: Comic novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, published asLa tia Julia y el escribidor in 1977. Vargas Llosa uses counterpoint, paradox, and satire to explore the creative process of writing and its relation to the daily lives of writers. One half of the story is an autobiographical account of an aspiring writer named Marito Varguitas, who falls in love with Julia, the divorced sister-in-law of his Uncle Lucho. Marito's success at writing and romance contrasts with the fortunes of Pedro Camacho, the protagonist of the other half of the story, who is a devoted but declining author of radio soap operas. The 1990 movie was directed by Jon Amiel and starred Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Gallagher, and Hope Lange. [1 copy available]
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BLAKE EDWARDS' THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (Movie novelization)
by Frank Waldman - from the screenplay by Frank Waldman and Blake Edwards. Condition: Acceptable to good only, 1976 Ballantine paperback, first edition. This is an old book that has not been treated well: the cover has a hinge crease with edgewear, diagonal crease bottom front corner, a very pale near-crease front cover. The interior is clean and tight, but tanning. A good reading copy; not a collectible. Content: An evil genius threatens a bizarre scientific holocaust. . .can this monster be Clouseau's former chief? Can Clouseau escape the bullets of the world's best assassins, and still keep an eye peeled for his dutiful but dangerous man servant, Cato? The 1976 movie stars Peter Sellers (of course), Herbert Lom, Colin Blakely, Leonard Rossiter, and Lesley-Ann Down. [1 copy available]
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THE BLUES BROTHERS (Movie novelization)
by Miami Mitch (who?). Screenplay by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis. 8 pages of B&W movie stills. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1980 Jove paperback, first edition, first printing. Small edgewear with pale shelfwear hinge crease. Light tanning to page edges. Content: If you don't know who the Blues Brothers are, then you really don't need this book. Where ya' been? Novelization based on Aykroyd-Landis screenplay with additional information. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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BORN YESTERDAY: A Comedy in Three Acts
by Garson Kanin. B&W Broadway production stills section & Judy Holliday on the cover. Condition: UNREAD 1973 Fireside hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), Book Club Edition. Light taning to white cover edges and spine. Interior clean & tight with NO tanning. Content: This is the story of the "ultra" dumb blonde who steps up to the challenge and becomes more than she dared to dream she could. Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn. Brock hires newspaperman Paul Verrall to see if he can soften her rough edges and make her more presentable in capital society. But Harry gets more than he bargained for as Billie absorbs Verall's lessons in U.S. history and not only comes to the realization that Harry is nothing but a two-bit, corrupt crook, but in the process also falls in love with her handsome tutor. Although there are two movies from this play, it is the 1950 version that is the best. Directed by George Cukor, the movie starred Judy Holliday (reprising her Broadway role), Broderick Crawford, William Holden, Howard St. John, Frank Otto, and Barbara Brown. Don't miss it! The updated 1993 movie version was directed by Luis Mandoki and starred Melanie Griffith, John Goodman, Don Johnson, Edward Herrmann, Max Perlich, the great Fred Dalton Thompson, and Benjamin C. Bradlee. This version is perfectly fine - Griffith does a great job, well, they all do, but the chemistry between William Holden and Holliday was fantastic. [1 copy available]
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COLD SASSY TREE
by Olive Ann Burns. Cover painting The Feed Store by Janis Price. Condition: UNREAD 1994 Delta Trade Paperback, 25th printing (c. 1999). Small edgewear with light tanning to page edges. Content: Not really a comedy and not really a drama - but still a great book and a great movie. This book is told by Willy Tweedy, a fourteen-year-old boy living in a small, turn-of-the-century Georgia town. Will's hero is his Grandpa Rucker, who runs the town's general store, carrying all the power and privilege thereof. When Grandpa Rucker suddenly marries his store's young milliner barely three weeks after his wife's death, the town is set on its ear. Will Tweedy matures as he watches his family's reaction and adjustment to the news. He is trapped in the awkward phase of rising to adult expectations - driving the first cars in town - while still orchestrating wild pranks and starting scandalous gossip through his childish bragging. He seeks the wisdom of his grandpa and has his eyes opened to southern "ways" under the tutelage of Grandpa's new Yankee wife, Miss Love. Still, Will "couldn't figure out...why in the heck she would marry the old man." But Miss Love's influence seems to be transforming Grandpa into a younger man, and the answer unfolds slowly and sweetly as Will Tweedy becomes the confidante and staunch defender of this unlikely couple. The lessons of life and death, of piousness and irreverence, form the basis of memorable characters and a story that is both difficult to put down and hard to leave. This 1989 made-for-TV (Turner) movie was directed by Joan Tewkesbury and starred Faye Dunaway, the fabulous Richard Widmark (in his last movie, I believe), Frances Fisher, Lee Garlington, John M. Jackson, and Neil Patrick Harris as Will Tweedy. Absolutely wonderful! Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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FOR PETE'S SAKE
by Bradford Street. Barbra Streisand cover. Condition: Very good, pre-read 1974 Avon Books paperback, first printing. Interior clean but tanning. Tiny edgewear. Content: They call her "Henry" - but her real name is Henrietta. And she'd do anything - but anything! - for her man. So when he decides to supplement his cabdriver's income by investing in the commodities market, Henry borrows the money from a loan shark, who becomes somewhat peeved when Henry is unable to pay him off in a week. So he sells her "contract" to the highest bidder, plunging her into a rollicking series of madcap misadventures, culminating in a one-woman cattle drive down the streets of Brooklyn. The 1974 movie starred Streisand, Michael Sarazin, Estelle Parsons, Molly Picon and William Redfield. Directed by Peter Yates. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE: A Novel
by Fannie Flagg. Condition: UNREAD 1998 McGraw-Hill Trade Paperback, second printing, movie edition. Tiny edgewear with pale tanning to page edges. Content: Set in a small Alabama train stop town in the 1930s, this gem of a book almost could have been shelved as just another light romantic comedy. Various women's voices tell anecdotes of Whistle Stop, as the chapters jump back and forth through time. We hear from Mrs. Threadgoode, reminiscing fondly from her nursing home in the 1980s, and the chatty Dot Weems, editor of the gossipy town newsletter (1929-1969), and then listen in on spirited dialogue set in the town of Whistle Stop itself. The storytellers never find use for the label "lesbian," nor do they see fit to take us behind closed doors, but this is nevertheless the irresistible story of a fierce and true love between two women, Idgie and Ruth. After Idgie saves Ruth from an abusive marriage, these two friends become partners in running the Whistle Stop Cafe, where no one, "not even hobos and colored," is turned away for inability to pay. Readers are set down in the corner booth to eavesdrop on the comings and goings of an array of eccentric, ragtag characters who drop in for buttermilk biscuits, Big George's barbecue, and, eventually, news about their own hometown murder mystery. The 1991 movie was directed by Jon Avnet and starred Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy, Cicely Tyson, Chris O'Donnell, Stan Shaw, and Fannie Flagg (in a small part). The ultimate chick-flick, IMHO. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE FULL MONTY (Movie Novelization)
by Wendy Holden. Based on a Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy. Movie cover. Condition: NEW 1998 HarperCollins Trade Paperback, second printing. Movie stills back cover. Content: The Full Monty is a brilliant and original comedy about six men driven to face their fears of inadequacy and loss in hard times. Broke, out of work and on the verge of losing their wives and children, they come up with a desperate, brilliant plan: Make like Chippendale dancers and strip for cash! This is the story of a last-ditch attempt by a group of working-class men to redeem themselves as reliable in the eyes of their community. In scenes as hysterical as they are tender, they discover that "the full monty" requires more than dexterity, a fit body and the right moves; and that the confidence they need can only come from stripping bare the deeper issues that trouble their individual lives. The result is a humane, triumphant comedy that has won the hearts of millions around the world. In her novel based on the critically acclaimed box-office hit, Wendy Holden revisits our favorite moments both hilarious and heartwarming. The 1997 movie was directed by Peter Cattaneo and starred Robert Carlyle, the delightful Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, and Emily Woof. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE GRADUATE
by Charles Webb. Dustin Hoffman back cover. Condition: Gently pre-read 1963 Signet paperback edition, 17th printing. Tag removal mark top front cover with light taning to white cover edges and interior pages. Very readable. Content: The action is mainly seen through the eyes of Benjamin Braddock, a confused twenty-one year old, who is worried about his future but who does not simply want to follow the commercial path of his affluent family and their friends. His life becomes complicated when he is embroiled in an affair with an older woman, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner. It becomes impossible when he falls in love with Mrs. Robinson's daughter, Elaine. The 1967 blockbuster movie was directed by Mike Nichols and starared and made major stars of Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, and Anne Bancroft. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (Screenplay)
by Woody Allen. Farrow, Hershey, and Wiest cover. B&W movie stills illustrate. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1987 Vintage original Trade Paperback, first printing. Name inside front cover. Content: Hannah and Her Sisters follows a multitude of characters: Hannah (Mia Farrow), who plays den mother to her extended family; her sister Lee (Barbara Hershey), emotional and a bit of a flake, who's involved with a much older artist (Max Von Sydow), who treats her like a child; and Hannah's other sister, Holly (Dianne Wiest), a neurotic who feels incapable of managing her life. Hannah's husband Elliot (Michael Caine) falls in love with Lee, which sets off a series of upheavals. Allen gives one of his best performances as Hannah's ex-husband Mickey, who--much like Allen himself--is obsessed with death and unhappiness. But a simple summary doesn't begin to capture the warmth and intimacy of this movie; though the story follows a capsizing family, the outcome is surprising, joyous, and richly human. The 1986 movie was directed by and written by, of course, Woody Allen, and also starred Lewis Black, Carrie Fisher, Maureen O'Sullivan (Farrow's mom), Lloyd Nolan, Daniel Stern, Julie Kavner, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and a cameo by the great Bobby Short. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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Steve Martin in THE JERK (Fotonovel)
screenplay by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, Michael Elias. B&W movie stills illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1979 Warner Books paperback, first printing. Clean & tight. Content: This is a B&W fotonovel of the movie and screenplay. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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JUNIOR (Movie novelization)
by Leonore Fleischer. Arnie, DeVito, & Thompson photo cover art. Screenplay by Kevin WAde & Chris Conrad. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1994 Jove paperback, first printing. Very pale, short vertical "near crease" top front cover with tiny edgewear. Interior clean & tight with moderate tanning to page edges/thin binder's glue string down spine. Better than it sounds Content: Dr. Alex Hesse is a gifted scientist in the field of genetic research. The Biotechnology Center has pulled the plug on his most brilliant project: the development of a drug that will help expectant mothers carry their babies to full term. Dr. Hesse and his associates refuse to give up their research. So they've stolen a female egg, fertilized and imlanted it in the last place anyone would think of looking . . .inside the body of Dr. Alex Hesse. "Nothing is inconceivable." The 1994 movie was directed by the great Ivan Reitman and starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Emma Thompson, Frank Langella, Pamela Reed, and a young Christopher Meloni. Questions welcome. [2 copies available]
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THE LATE SHIFT: Letterman, Leno, & The Network Battle For The Night
by Bill Carter. Two B&W photo sections. Condition: Gently pre-read 1995 Hyperion hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), third printing. Content: This book provides an inside account of one of the hottest behind-the-scenes power struggles in the history of television: the battle for J ohnny Carson's vacant seat on the Tonight Show. The HBO movie of the book was directed by Betty Thomas and starred Kathy Bates, John Michael Higgins (Letterman), Daniel Roebuck (Leno), Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr. and Treat Williams. The movie is simply hilarious with all performances being dead-on, especially the performance of Kathy Bates. The book is, of course, more detailed and just as funny. [1 copy available]
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LE DIVORCE
by Diane Johnson. Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts movie cover art. Condition: NEW 2003 Plume Trade Paperback, movie edition, first printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: Diane Johnson updates the transatlantic novel so gorgeously rendered by Henry James, Edith Wharton, William Dean Howells, and Nathaniel Hawthorne; evokes the spirit of such expatriates sojourning in Paris as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald; and mines the pathos of modern fiction in creating this wonderful and important novel. Isabel Walker, eerily reminiscent of James's Isabel Archer, is a young film-school dropout who travels to Paris to aid her stepsister, who is going through a divorce. Isabel's California cool, American freedoms, and feminist slants comingle, successfully and fractiously, with the customs, biases, and complex sexuality of modern Europe. The result modulates between introspection and hilarity, and a quick, Hollywood-inspired sweep of violent action in the end doesn't undermine the author's mastery of Old World vs. New -- in fact, it provides an ironic scrim. The 2003 film was directed by James Ivory and starred kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, the wonderful Leslie Caron, and a cast of interesting French actors. [1 copy available]
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LEGALLY BLONDE (Original novel)
by Amanda Brown. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 2003 Plume Trade Paperback, third printing. Tiny repaired "cut" bottom back cover edge. Interior clean & tight. Content: Reviewer: "Nobody in the world could have dreamed that Elle Woods would be going to Stanford Law School. Come on! She's Miss June on the school calendar, homecoming queen, and big glamor girl Barbie. However when her long time boyfriend Warner breaks up with her because he needs a girlfriend that is more "serious" and can help him become president Elle decides she is going to prove herself very serious and follows Warner to law school. However from the first day Elle can tell Law School isn't really the place for a blonde. Plus she finds out that this totally unstylish, super serious looking Sarah is now engaged to Warner. However when things finally settle down Elle begins to find that law school isn't so bad. When she takes on the job as summer intern for Christoper Miles she finds that she is beginning to forget Warner. Now her new focus in life is this case about 23 year old Brooke Vandemark who is accused of murdering her 73 year old husband Heyworth Vandemark. It seems the only witness of the crime is Heyworth's 24 year old daughter Chutney. In the end Elle comes through with a trick any Cosmo girl would know to solve the case! There's also a series of "Elle" books. The 2001 blockbuster movie ws directed by Robert Luketic, and starred Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge, and the fab Holland Taylor. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE MASK (Movie novelization)
by Steve Perry. Based on screenplay by Mike Werb. Jim Carrey cover photo. Condition: Gently pre-read 1994 Bantam paperback, first printing. Pale spine crease with pale diagonal crease bottom front cover corner. Interior clean & tight. Better than it sounds. Content: Stanley Ipkiss is a bank clerk that is an incredibly nice man. Unfortunately, he is too nice for his own good and is a pushover when it comes to confrontations. After one of the worst days of his life, he finds a mask that depicts Loki, the Norse night god of mischief. Now, when he puts it on, he becomes his inner, self: a cartoony romantic wild man. However, a small time crime boss, Dorian Tyrel, comes across this character dubbed "The Mask" by the media. After Ipkiss's alter ego indirectly kills his friend in crime, Tyrel now wants this green-faced goon destroyed. The 1994 movie was directed by Chuck Russell and starred Jim Carrey, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni, and Cameron Diaz. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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MEN IN BLACK (Movie novelization)
by Steve Perry - based on the screenplay by Ed Solomon. Movie still cover. Condition: NEW 1977 Bantam paperback, first edition, first printing. Content: While much of the world waits and watches the skies for signs of alien civilizations, there is a select group of men who know the truth. That alien beings are here--now--walking among us in human form. These men are members of an agency dedicated to tracking and policing the movements of these aliens--a top secret organization known only as...Men in Black. Hilarious adaptatation and even better movie with Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith. [1 copy available]
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MIDNIGHT RUN (Movie novelization)
by Paul Monette. Based on George Gallo's screenplay. Movie still cover - Grodin & De Niro. Condition: NEW 1988 Grafton Books (London) paperback, first printing. Light tanning to interior page edges. Content: A tough ex-cop. A sensitive criminal. They're seeing America the hardway - at gunpoint. The 1988 movie was hilarious. Movie review: "Midnight Run is a genuine rarity--an action comedy that's dramatically satisfying. The superb teaming of Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, and Brest's consummate skill in combining suspense and humor with well-developed characters. De Niro plays a maverick bounty hunter whose latest assignment is Grodin, an accountant accused of embezzling from the Mob. De Niro thinks he's in for an easy job, transporting Grodin (who's afraid to fly) from New York to Los Angeles, but soon discovers that both the FBI and the Mafia are hot on Grodin's trail. Equal parts road trip, action thriller, and a quirky character study ." Also known for the one-liner adlibbed by Grodin (left in the movie) invented to get De Niro out of a dramatic funk - "Have you ever had sex with a chicken?" Read the book (which follows the movie); see the movie. [1 copy available]
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Movie companion)
by Michael Hoffman (Director). Wonderful color movie stills illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1999 HarperEntertainment soft cover, first priting. Light edge wear. Content: This glossy companion to Michael Hoffman's film adaptation of Shakespeare's classic romance is not merely the text of a screenplay. While it does contain Hoffman's complete script, which radically reworks Shakespeare's play for the modern screen, it also limns the flourishes and creativity of his personal vision. The book is filled with the director's commentary on the play's events and the reasons behind his arresting choices. Readers are afforded the rare opportunity to see production designers' drawings of sets and costumes and to peruse art by Moreau, Waterhouse, the Pre-Raphaelites, and the ancient Etruscans alongside shots from the film that these pieces inspired. Scores of sumptuous photographs accompany the text. Sidebars include commentary by actors Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart, Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Stanley Tucci, who portray the chief characters. Hoffman's fascinating introduction relates how he chose his cast, how he imagines Shakespeare's magical world, and why he decided to set the drama in the 19th century: "[The play's] issues of conditioning and subversion led me naturally to the late Victorian setting. In a world dominated by convention, but poised on the verge of a dramatic shift, there seemed no better visual metaphor for the representation of Self than stiff collars, high necklines, tight corsets, and silly accessories. (And then to lose it all in the dark, elemental night)." Additional cast of the 1999 movie are: Christian Bale, Anna Friel, the great David Strathairn, Roger Rees, Sophie Marceau, and Bernard Hill. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR (Book & VHS tape) (2 for 1)
by John Nichols. B&W illustrations by Rini Templeton. Condition: UNREAD 1966 Ballantine paperback, first printing. Light shelf wear with pale tanning to page edges. Content: Reviewer: "When Joe Mondragon illegally irrigates a puny beanfield, he starts WWIII (New Mexico style) and becomes the unwitting, reluctant symbol of this battle between the haves and the have nots. The book is absolutely hilarious with its wry yet rich descriptions of the people and the cultures clashing in Milagro, NM. But underneath, the end is near and everyone knows it, is resigned to it, but will fight to hold on for as long as possible. What could have been a dull exercise in race relations, regional history, and economic theory, is instead brought to wonderful, earthy life in this charming novel that will make you think, laugh, and perhaps even shed a tear or two." The 1988 movie was directed by Robert Redford and the screenplay was by John Nichols. The wonderful cast (primarily Latino actors): Ruben Blades, Sonja Braga, Julie Carmen, Chick Vennera, Carlos Riquelme (who steals the movie as Amarante), Fredy Fender, and Tony Genaro. The Anglo actors: Christopher Walken, Richard Bradford, Melanie Griffith, John Heard, and Daniel Stern. Oh - and don't forget the wonderful leading pig. The VHS movie is guaranteed and is shrink-wrapped. [1 copy available]
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MISTER ROBERTS
by Thomas Heggen. B&W illustrations by Samuel Hanks Bryant. Condition: UNREAD 1966 Ballantine paperback, first printing. Very pale shelfwear hinge crease. Content: One of the best movies ever made was based on this book. "The Men of the Reluctant: they were the most lovable and disreputable crew of braggarts, drunkards, lazy good-for-nothings, prctical jokers, and Peeping Toms that ever sailed the seven seas. They had only 2 things in common. Their hatred for Captain Morton, the scrawny, incompetent, palm-tree-loving Popeye who made their lives a living hell - and their love for Mister Roberts, the idealistic second-in-command who fought their battles and shared their zany antics, but who secretly dreamed only of the glory and bravery of war." The wonderful 1955 movie was directed by John Ford & Mervyn LeRoy and starred Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon (Academy Award), & Betsy Palmer. Both book and movie are worth the time. [1 copy available]
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MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
by Gore Vidal. Condition: Good only, 1968 Bantam paperback, first printing. Hinge & spine crease with small edgewear. Interior clean but tanning. Content: This is a genuinely radical and subversive novel that strikes forcibly at the very heart of traditional American values, particularly at the country's conservative sexual mores, though most readers seem to miss the 'unacceptable truth' that the book shrewdly exposes. Oddly, the disastrous film version of 1970, presently in constant rotation on multiple cable channels, made the same point more clearly, which was perhaps somewhat responsible for its critical and box office failure. The movie plot: Myron Breckinridge goes to Europe to have a sex change, and comes back to America as the sexy, man-hating Myra. She enrolls at the acting school of her uncle, conservative Western star Buck Loner, insisting that she is Myron's widow. The movie was directed by Michael Sarne and starred Rex Reed, Raquel Welch, Mae West, John Huston, and a very young Tom Selleck and Farrah Fawcett. Read the book; skip the movie. [1 copy available]
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O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (Movie Screenplay)
by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen. Movie still cover art. B&W movie stills illustrate. Condition: NEW 2000 Faber & Faber (London) soft cover, first printing. Very light & small diagonal crease bottom back cover corner tip. Content: The Brothers Coen (of Fargo fame, among others) have an uncanny ability to up the quirky cinematic ante with each new project. This, their latest effort (featuring George Clooney in his Golden Globe Award-winning performance as Everett Ulysses McGill) is a Homerian epic meets Preston Sturges comedy. Three prison chain gang escapees are on the lam in Depression-era Mississippi. Throughout their odyssey, they encounter a cyclops (an ominous, eye-patch-wearing salesman), numerous sirens, and a rogue claiming to have compacted with the Devil to trade his soul for mastery of the Delta blues guitar. This edition emphasizes the text and offers very little in the way of camera shots, angles, and points of view. Excellent movie; great screenplay. The 2000 movie, based on Home's Ulysses, was directed by Joel Coen and starred Clooney (of course), John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman (a Coen favorite), Holly Hunter (one of my favorites), Charles Durning, and Daniel von Bargen. The music is by T. Bone Burnett. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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THE PRINCESS BRIDE (Movie Edition)
by William Goldman. Elwes & Wright cover photo. Condition: UNREAD 1990 Ballantine paperback, 34th printing with tiny edgewear foreedge. FOLD OUT color map of the kingdom. Content: What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince in the world - and he turns out to be a son of a bitch? The movie is a great classic and the book is better. Fairy Tale for adults! The 1987 movie was directed by Rob Reiner and starred Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, the hilarious Wallace Shawn, Robin Wright, Andre the Giant, Billy Crystal, the fantastic Carol Kane, Andre the Giant, Fred Savage, and Peter Falk. One of the best movies ever made. [1 copy available]
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P.S. YOUR CAT IS DEAD
by James Kirkwood (he of "A Chorus Line" fame). Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1973 Warner Books edition, 21st printing. Light tanning to white cover edges & darker tanning to interior page edges. Pale shelfwear hinge crease. Interior clean & tight. Content: It's New Year's Eve. Your best friend died in September, you've been robbed twice, your girl friend is leaving you, you've just lost your job. . . and the only one left to talk to is a gay burglar you've got tied up in the kitchen. And oh yes - P.S..... A simply hilarious book! The 2003 stars Steve Guttenberg (who also directed), Lombardo Boyar, Cynthia Watros, Shirley Knight. Tom Wright, and A.J. Benza. It received mixed reviews. [1 copy available]
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RAIN MAN (Movie Novelization)
by Leonore Fleischer. Based on a screenplay by Ronald Bass & Barry Morrow. Hoffman-Cruise cover. Condition: UNREAD 1989 Signet paperback, second printing. Tiny edgewear with a very pale shelfwear hinge crease. Content: Everyone knows this movie - so just a short blurb for the few who don't: Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father dies and leaves a fortune -- to Raymond, the institutionalized savant brother that Charlie didn't know he had. They set out on a cross-country journey of discovery. The 1988 movie was directed by Barry Levinson and starred, of course, Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, Jack Murdock, Michael D. Roberts, & Barry Levinson as "the doctor." If you haven't seen this movie, run, don't walk, to Blockbuster. [1 copy available]
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THE REMARKABLE MR. PENNYPACKER (The Play)
by Liam O'Brien. B&W Broadway play stills illustrate. Condition: Gently pre-read c. 1954 Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition. The book is in excellent condition but the problem is the DJ - medium to large chip top cover edge and edgewear bottom edge. The illustrations (B&W stills) are from the 1953 Broadway play. Content: Before there was Big Love, there was Mr. Pennypacker. Reviewer: "In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in Harrisburg and an office in Philadelphia, he has successfully kept two separate homes. However, when an emergency requires his oldest son to find him, Mr. Pennypacker's dual life is revealed." The 1953 Broadway play starred Burgess Meredith (Pa Pennypacker), Martha Scott (Ma Pennypacker), the great Una Merkel (Aunt Pennypacker), and a host of child actors. The hilarious 1959 movie was directed by Henry Levin and starred the great Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Charles Coburn, Ron Ely (yes, Tarzan!), David Nelson (yes, Ricky's brother), Jill St. John, & wonderful character actor Richard Deacon. BTW, this play and the movie were based on a "real" Mr. Pennypacker - complete with "real" name. If you can find it on AMC or TCM, watch - you'll laugh. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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SEND ME NO FLOWERS (Movie Novelization)
by Robert W. Krepps. Based on the play by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1964 Gold Medal Books paperback, first printing. Day & Hudson movie stills both covers. Tiny edgewear with very pale shelfwear hinge crease and tanning to interior pages. Content: Now why in the world would a girl complain because she can't get Rock Hudson out of bed? Only Doris Day has the answer -- in the merriest madness since Pillow Talk. The 1964 movie was directed by Norman Jewison and starred that great trio, Rock Hudson, Doris Day, and Tony Randall. Supporting actors: the great Paul Lynde, Hal March, and Clint Walker. A very cute movie. A 50s movie made in the 60s. [1 copy available]
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THE SENSE AND SENSIBILITY SCREENPLAY & DIARIES: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film (Movie Novelization)
by Emma Thompson. Beautiful color movie stills as well as B&W photos. Condition: UNREAD 1996 Newmarket soft cover, first edition, first printing. Content: Emma Thompson spent five years translating Jane Austen's work to the screen. Fans of the film will treasure this beautiful volume that includes her screenplay, diaries of the writing and the filming, and many gorgeous color pictures from the film. This wonderful 1995 movie was directed by Ang Lee and starred, of course, Emma Thompson, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Harriet Walter, Kate Winslet, the great Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, and House - Hugh Laurie. [1 copy available]
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SKIPPING CHRISTMAS: A Novel
by John Grisham. Cover art by Andrew Davidson. Condition: NEW 2001 Doubleday small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, second printing. Perfect. Content: John Grisham turns a satirical eye on the overblown ritual of the festive holiday season, and the result is Skipping Christmas, a modest but funny novel about the tyranny of December 25. Grisham's story revolves around a typical middle-aged American couple, Luther and Nora Krank. On the first Sunday after Thanksgiving they wave their daughter Blair off to Peru to work for the Peace Corps, and they suddenly realize that they are alone for the holiday. So Luther makes an executive decision, telling his wife, friends, and neighbors that "we won't do Christmas." Instead, Luther books a 10-day Caribbean cruise. But things start to turn nasty when horrified neighbors get wind of the Krank's subversive scheme and besiege the couple with questions about their decision. Grisham builds up a funny but increasingly terrifying picture of how this tight-knit community turns on the Kranks, who find themselves under increasing pressure to conform. As the tension mounts, readers may wonder whether they will manage to board their plane on Christmas day. The 2004 movie starred Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz, Cheech Marin, & the wonderful character actor, Austin Pendleton. Book is much better than the movie.
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THE WAR OF THE ROSES
by Warren Adler. Cover art by Marvin Mattelson. . Condition: Gently pre-read, ex-library book - 1981 Warner Books hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Has few library markings. Content: In 1989, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito reunited for a third time to fabulous effect in this dark, disturbing comedy of martial trauma and revenge. Douglas and Turner, in career-best performances, are the materialistic, consumer-driven Roses of the title (Oliver and Barbara) whose seemingly perfect marriage has soured beyond repair; their only point of contact, aside from their two college-bound kids (Heather Fairfield & Sean Astin) , is their meticulously maintained dream house, which Douglas bought and Turner decorated to perfection. When Turner gets a taste of financial independence, she asks Douglas for divorce -- all she wants is the house and everything in it. He laughs at her and she punches him in the face. Things only get worse from there, as nasty divorce proceedings (with DeVito as Douglas's lawyer) give way to insults, threats, ruined dinner parties, and pet abuse. And through it all, the Roses begin destroying their beloved home and its contents, just to spite each other. DeVito, who also directed, takes Michael Leeson's blacker-than-black screenplay and gives it a hyperstylized spin, complete with skewed camera angles and wonderfully expressionistic cinematography (by Stephen Burum) as Douglas and Turner barricade themselves in their house, both refusing to give an inch. Shocking for a mainstream studio picture, with its unsympathetic protagonists, escalating bitterness, and disturbing finale, Roses is a poisonously funny valentine to both marriage and '80s materialism, tempered only by its framing device as a cautionary tale. While the book is somewhat different, as is the ending, don't miss either the book or the movie. If you don't like dark comedy, skip it.
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