Film History

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    • The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco
    • By: Julie Salamon
    • Narrated by: Julie Salamon
    • Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 15-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • When Brian De Palma agreed to allow Julie Salamon unlimited access to the film production of Tom Wolfe's best-selling book The Bonfire of the Vanities, both director and journalist must have felt like they were on to something big....

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    • Reviving Hollywood's Classical Style
    • By: Emilio Audissino
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
    • Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 04-10-22
    • Language: English
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    • From the triumphant “Main Title” in Star Wars to the ominous bass line of Jaws, John Williams has penned some of the most unforgettable film scores—while netting more than fifty Academy Award nominations....

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    • The Inside Story of Hollywood's Notorious Scandal Magazine
    • By: Samantha Barbas
    • Narrated by: Donna Postel
    • Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 04-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America's first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars' secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network of tipsters to root out stars' sexual affairs, drug use, and sexuality....

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    • The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies
    • By: Andrew Maynard
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 15-11-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Former physicist Andrew Maynard threads together his love of science-fiction movies with his expertise on emerging technologies to engage, entertain, and make you think about the relationship between technology and society....

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    • Gender in the Modern Horror Film
    • By: Carol J. Clover
    • Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 22-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • From its first publication in 1992, Men, Women, and Chain Saws has offered a groundbreaking perspective on the creativity and influence of horror cinema since the mid-1970s....

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    • By: Jack Halberstam
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 12-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives - to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism....

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    • By: Paramount Pictures
    • Narrated by: Rebecca Keegan
    • Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 22-08-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Step into the shadow of the Corleone family as Paramount Pictures unveils the enduring saga of The Godfather as never experienced before in this captivating Audible Original.

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    • 100 Great Films, 100 Good Films, and 100 for which I Should Be Shot
    • By: Mike Medavoy, Josh Young
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 23-04-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 77 ratings
    • An eyewitness to Hollywood history in the making, Mike Medavoy gives a powerful and poignant view of the past and future of a world he knows intimately....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Donna Kornhaber
    • Narrated by: Emily Beresford
    • Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 01-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Encompassing the 35 year span between the initial development of film technology in the mid-1890s and the adoption of synchronized sound in the late 1920s, the cinema's silent era is both one of the most important epochs of film history and one of the most misunderstood....

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    • By: Mark Kermode
    • Narrated by: Mark Kermode
    • Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 04-02-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 469 ratings
    • If you grew up believing that Planet of the Apes told you all you needed to know about politics, and that The Exorcist revealed the meaning of life, then you probably spent far too many of your formative years at the cinema....

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    • The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
    • By: Scott Eyman
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 24-10-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • New York Times best-selling author Scott Eyman tells the story of the remarkable friendship of two Hollywood legends....

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    • Ken Russell and the Unmaking of The Devils
    • By: Richard Crouse
    • Narrated by: Bob Loza
    • Length: 5 hrs
    • Release date: 07-02-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 51 ratings
    • From exclusive interviews with director Ken Russell and new interviews with cast, crew, and historians, comes this examination of the beautifully blasphemous film The Devils....

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    • Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Sixteen Candles, Revenge of the Nerds, The Karate Kid, The Breakfast Club, Dead Poets Society, and Everything in Between
    • By: James King
    • Narrated by: Mike Cooper
    • Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 22-02-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • The Ultimate History of the '80s Teen Movie goes behind the scenes of a genre where cult hits mingled with studio blockbusters, where giants like Spielberg and Coppola rubbed shoulders with baby-faced first-timers, and where future superstars got their big break....

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    • By: Quentin Tarantino
    • Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Quentin Tarantino
    • Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 285 ratings
    • The legendary Academy award-winning writer and director takes the listener on a unique joyride of personal memoir, cultural criticism and Hollywood history....

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    • The Mystery Surrounding the Orville Nix Home Movie of November 22, 1963
    • By: Gayle Nix Jackson
    • Narrated by: Lydia Mackay
    • Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 25-07-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • This book does not attempt to answer the question of who killed John F. Kennedy; instead it addresses why we should question the actions of those involved and why the truth was withheld….

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    • How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World
    • By: Chris Poggiali, Grady Hendrix
    • Narrated by: Grady Hendrix
    • Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 15-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • When a major Hollywood studio released Five Fingers of Death to thrill-seeking Times Square moviegoers on March 21, 1973, only a handful of Black and Asian American audience members knew the difference between an Iron Fist and an Eagle's Claw....

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    • Letterman, Leno, & the Network Battle for the Night
    • By: Bill Carter
    • Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
    • Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 23-06-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • Based on in-depth reporting and interviews with those involved, and updated with a new introduction by the author, The Late Shift is a blow-by-blow account of the fight that ensued as stars, agents, and executives maneuvered for control of the most profitable program in TV history....

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