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Any resemblance to actual persons : the real people behind 400+ fictional movie characters / / Hal Erickson



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Autore: Erickson Hal <1950-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Any resemblance to actual persons : the real people behind 400+ fictional movie characters / / Hal Erickson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., , [2017]
©2017
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 403 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 791.436
Soggetto topico: Characters and characteristics in motion pictures
Film adaptations
Note generali: Includes bibliography (pages 375-379) and index.
Sommario/riassunto: "Most film buffs know that CITIZEN KANE was based on the life of publisher William Randolph Hearst. But few are aware that key characters in the films like DOUBLE INDEMNITY, COOL HAND LUKE, JAWS, RAIN MAN, A FEW GOOD MEN and ZERO DARK THIRTY were inspired by actual persons. This survey of a clef characters covers a selection of fictionalized personalities, beginning with the Silent Era. The landmark lawsuit surrounding RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS (1932) introduced disclaimers in film credits, assuring audiences that characters were not based on real people--even when they were. Entries cover screen incarnations of Wyatt Earp, Al Capone, Bing Crosby, Amelia Earhart, Buster Keaton, Howard Hughes, Janis Joplin and Richard Nixon, along with the inspirations behind perennial favorites like Charlie Chan and Indiana Jones."--back cover.
Titolo autorizzato: Any resemblance to actual persons  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4766-2930-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826670503321
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