Robert Altman

The Oral Biography

By Mitchell Zuckoff | Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

About the book

Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking oral biography.  After an all-American boyhood in Kansas City, a stint flying bombers in World War II, and jobs ranging from dog tattoo entrepreneur to television director, Robert Altman burst onto the scene in 1970 with M*A*S*H. He reinvented American filmmaking, and went on to produce such masterpieces as McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville, The Player, Short Cuts, and Gosford Park. In Robert Altman, Mitchell Zuckoff has woven together Altman’s final interviews; an incredible cast of voices including Meryl Streep, Warren Beatty, Paul Newman, among scores of others; and contemporary reviews and news accounts into a riveting tale of an extraordinary life.

Editions of Robert Altman

Paperback
ISBN 9780307387912
AltFormat
ISBN 9780307267689
EBook
ISBN 9780307273352
AudioStreaming
ISBN 9781415966495
AudioStreaming
ISBN 9781415966501
AudioStreaming
ISBN 9780307576620
AudioDisc
ISBN 9781415966488
AudioDisc
ISBN 9780307576613

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Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking oral biography.  After an all-American boyhood in Kansas City, a stint flying bombers in World War II, and jobs ranging from dog tattoo entrepreneur to television director, Robert Altman burst onto the scene in 1970 with M*A*S*H. He reinvented American filmmaking, and went on to produce such masterpieces as McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville, The Player, Short Cuts, and Gosford Park. In Robert Altman, Mitchell Zuckoff has woven together Altman’s final interviews; an incredible cast of voices including Meryl Streep, Warren Beatty, Paul Newman, among scores of others; and contemporary reviews and news accounts into a riveting tale of an extraordinary life.

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Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking oral biography.  After an all-American boyhood in Kansas City, a stint flying bombers in World War II, and jobs ranging from dog tattoo entrepreneur to television director, Robert Altman burst onto the scene in 1970 with M*A*S*H. He reinvented American filmmaking, and went on to produce such masterpieces as McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville, The Player, Short Cuts, and Gosford Park. In Robert Altman, Mitchell Zuckoff has woven together Altman’s final interviews; an incredible cast of voices including Meryl Streep, Warren Beatty, Paul Newman, among scores of others; and contemporary reviews and news accounts into a riveting tale of an extraordinary life.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Robert Altman?

The Arts > Performing arts > Television > Television production: technical and background skills

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Robert Altman?

Mitchell Zuckoff

Who is the Publisher of the book Robert Altman?

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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Robert Altman is available as paperback(ISBN 9780307387912) and altformat(ISBN 9780307267689) and ebook(ISBN 9780307273352) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415966495) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415966501) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780307576620) and audiodisc(ISBN 9781415966488) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780307576613)

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