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
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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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