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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817228203321

Autore

Phillips Gene D

Titolo

Beyond the epic : the life & films of David Lean / / Gene D. Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Ky., : University Press of Kentucky, c2006

ISBN

0-8131-3820-5

1-283-23273-1

9786613232731

0-8131-7155-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (589 p.)

Disciplina

791.4302/33092

B

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-517) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Getting started -- pt. 2. The peak years in Britain -- pt. 3. From rank to korda -- pt. 4. The peak years in Hollywood.

Sommario/riassunto

Two-time Academy Award winner Sir David Lean (1908-1991) was a prominent director in the world of twentieth-century cinema, responsible for such classics as The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago, and Lawrence of Arabia. British-born Lean asserted himself in Hollywood as a major artistic voice with his epic storytelling and panoramic depictions of history, but he was also a highly skilled film editor in Great Britain before he became a director who brought an art-house sensibility to big market films. Lean's approach to filmmaking was far different from that of his contemporaries. He