Box Office Poison: Hollywood's Story in a Century of Flops (Original)

Synopsis

***A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST-READ BOOK OF NOVEMBER 2024***"A wild success." — Publishers Weekly"A surefire hit." —Library Journal STARRED review"A brilliant star turn." —Andrew O&’HaganA riotous and revealing story of Hollywood&’s most spectacular flops and how they ended careers, bankrupted studios and changed film history."Failure fascinates, for all the reasons that success is a drag…&”From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Box Office Poison tells a hugely entertaining alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops. What can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public&’s appetite–or lack of it–and the circumstances that saw such flops actually made? Away from the canon, this is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures.Robey covers a vast century of flops, including: Intolerance; Queen Kelly; Freaks; Sylvia Scarlett; The Magnificent Ambersons; Land of the Pharoahs; Doctor Dolittle; Sorcerer; Dune; The Adventures of Baron Munchausen; Nothing But Trouble; The Hudsucker Proxy; Cutthroat Island; Speed 2: Cruise Control; Babe: Pig in the City; Supernova; Rollerball; The Adventures of Pluto Nash; Gigli; Alexander; Catwoman; A Sound of Thunder; Speed Racer; Synecdoche, New York; Pan; and Cats.From Daily Telegraph film critic Tim Robey, this is a brilliantly fun exploration of human nature and stupidity in some of the greatest film flops throughout history.

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780369760845

Related ISBNs:

9781335147318

Publisher:

Hanover Square Press

Date of Addition:

11/05/24

Copyrighted By:

Tim Robey

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.