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Ready for My Close-Up.

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Gereed vir My Close-Up.

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Ready for My Close-Up. Great Movie Speeches. Limelight. Softcover. 304 pages. Published by Limelight Editions. HL.332714. ISBN 0879103507. 6x9 inches. “If I want to send a message, I'll call Western Union. ” This famous line has been attributed to various movie moguls, yet while these moguls ruled the Hollywood studio system, movies were in the midst of a golden age of dialogue. Films included more messages, ideas, themes, and pontifications than they ever have since. Although producers trembled at commands from the front office, writers. the low men and women on the totem pole. went quietly to their typewriters and, as the subversive revolutionaries that most writers are, turned out prose that did send messages. How could they resist. They had the biggest and best platform in the world. Hollywood movies. The 200 speeches collected in Ready for My Close-Up. are from some of the best – and a few of the worst – films ever made. From Groucho Marx's “I shot an elephant in my pajamas” to Julia Roberts's “What it takes to be a movie star,” here is the wit and wisdom of the great Hollywood screenwriters.

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Gereed vir My Close-Up. Groot film Toesprake. Kollig. Softcover. 304 bladsye. Gepubliseer deur Limelight Editions. HL.332714. ISBN 0879103507. 6x9 duim. "As ek 'n boodskap te stuur, sal ek die Wes-Unie roep. "Hierdie beroemde lyn is toegeskryf aan verskillende film buckelskiën, nog terwyl hierdie buckelskiën beslis die Hollywood-ateljee stelsel, films was in die middel van 'n goue era van die dialoog. Films ingesluit meer boodskappe, idees, temas en pontifications as wat hulle ooit sedert. Hoewel produsente bewe bevele van die voorste kantoor, skrywers. die lae manne en vroue op die totem paal. het rustig na hul tikmasjiene en, soos die ondermynende revolusionêre dat die meeste skrywers is, blyk prosa wat boodskappe stuur het. Hoe kan hulle weerstaan. Hulle het die grootste en beste platform in die wêreld. Hollywood films. Die 200 toesprake versamel in Gereed vir My Close-Up. is van 'n paar van die beste - en 'n paar van die ergste - films ooit gemaak. Van Groucho Marx se Ek het 'n olifant in my pajamas Julia Roberts se Wat dit neem om 'n film ster te wees, hier is die humor en wysheid van die groot Hollywood draaiboekskrywers.