Robert Altman The Oral Biography
, by Zuckoff, MitchellNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780307387912 | 0307387917
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/7/2010
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 withM*A*S*H. He reinvented American filmmaking, and went on to produce such masterpieces asMcCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville,The Player, Short Cuts,andGosford Park. InRobert Altman, Mitchell Zuckoff has woven together Altmanrs"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.