Very Naughty Boys: The Amazing True Story of HandMade Films
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1781167087 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Robert Sellers is the author of many film books, including Hellraisers and a biography of Harrison Ford
The incredible, hilarious insider's story of Britain's favourite film company! It all started when Beatle George Harrison stepped in to fund Life of Brian when Monty Python's original backers pulled out. His company, HandMade films, went on to make some of the best British films of the 80s (Withnail and I, Time Bandits and Mona Lisa among them), but then things started to go wrong This is the incredible and often hilarious insiders' story of what happened
Brenda Philpott said Five Stars. good one. a rip off It's my own fault for not reading more carefully. This is the exact same book as "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" by the same author published in 2003. The only difference I notices was that this version is paperback as opposed to the hard cover on the first. Don't get me wrong - I think it's a good book and all. I just . Great story, clumsily told Greg Weatherford The author had terrific access to many of the players in this tale of Handmade Films - he clearly did extensive interviews with people in front of and behind the camera - and performed lots of research. But good lord did he need a good editor. Quotes ramble on as if they were copy-and-pasted from the first draft of transcription
"Many fascinating and even painful anecdotes throughout Very Naughty Boys." - Fixlist "Very Naughty Boys is a funny (and eventually sad) and fact-filled book about filmmaking that should be required reading for all Python, George Harrison, and British film enthusiasts." - Culture Mass"Very Naughty Boys is essential reading—above all for readers with an affinity for The Beatles, Monty Python, and HandMade’s unique contribution to cinema." - Deep Focus"Sellers have crafted a great behind-the-scenes yarn that encapsulates in great detail the toil, triumph, tears and zeal to make these movies, along with the hubris that made it both succeed and fall apart." - The Playlist"Robert Sellers does a fantastic job of delivering the details in a fun-to-read manner