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What They Don't Teach You at Film School: 161 Strategies For Making Your Own Movie No Matter What
by Camille Landau Tiara White<p>Two filmmakers who've beaten the system give the real dope on what it takes to get your movie made. <p>Do you have to go to film school to get your movies made? No, say two young entrepreneurs who survived the grind. Here they offer 140 strategies for making movies no matter what. Amateurs as well as seasoned veterans can pick up this entertaining and incredibly useful guide in any place--at any point of crisis--and find tactics that work. Whether it's raising money or cutting your budget; dealing with angry landlords or angry cops; or jump-starting the production or stalling it while you finish the script, these strategies are delivered with funny, illustrative anecdotes from the authors' experiences and from veteran filmmakers eager to share their stories. Irreverent, invaluable, and a lot cheaper than a year's tuition, this friendly guide is the smartest investment any future filmmaker could make. <p>Strategies from the book include: Love your friends for criticizing your work--especially at the script stage; Shyness won't get you the donuts; Duct tape miracles; Don't fall in love with cast or crew (but if you do...).
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: My Story
by Annette Funicello Patricia RomanowskiAn autobiography of Annette Funicello.
Lucky Man
by Michael J. FoxIn September 1998, Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing he had been diagnosed with Parkinsons disease degenerative neurological condition. In fact, he had been secretly fighting it for seven years. The worldwide response was staggering. Fortunately, he had accepted the diagnosis and by the time the public started grieving for him, he had stopped grieving for himself. Now, with the same passion, humor, and energy that Fox has invested in his dozens of performances over the last 18 years, he tells the story of his life, his career, and his campaign to find a cure for Parkinsons. Combining his trademark ironic sensibility and keen sense of the absurd, he recounts his life from his childhood in a small town in western Canada to his meteoric rise in film and television which made him a worldwide celebrity. Most importantly however, he writes of the last 10 years, during which with the unswerving support of his wife, family, and friends he has dealt with his illness. He talks about what Parkinsons has given him: the chance to appreciate a wonderful life and career, and the opportunity to help search for a cure and spread public awareness of the disease. He is a very lucky man, indeed.
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
by Julie Edwards AndrewsFrom the famous star's birth in 1935 to 1962, when Walt Disney himself saw her on Broadway and cast her as the world's most famous nanny, Mary Poppins.
Pure Drivel
by Steve MartinFrom a wildly imaginative meditation on who Lolita would be at age 50 to a skit entitled "I Love Loosely," in which Lucy and Ricky Ricardo play the parts of Hillary and President Clinton, this collection by comic genius Martin is both hilariously funny and intelligent in its skewering of the topic at hand.
Journey To Beloved
by Oprah Winfrey Ken ReganOf all the events in Oprah Winfrey's life, none has affected her as powerfully as playing the part of Sethe, the former slave who must come to terms with a haunting past, in Jonathan Demme's film of Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel -- coming from Touchstone Pictures in Fall 1998. Oprah fell in love with the book when it was first published in 1988, and instantly became determined to deliver this powerful story to film herself. But making the movie was something even more profound than she might have imagined, and "Journey to Beloved" is her own emotional account of that experience. With Oprah's heartfelt words and the evocative images of Ken Regan, "Journey to Beloved" is an elegant book that will interest fans of Oprah, of Toni Morrison, and of fine filmmaking. Accompanying Oprah's personal journals and thoughts about the Beloved experience is a foreword by Jonathan Demme and a chorus of voices, from Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Kimberley Elise, and Beah Richards. The result is a tribute to a courageous work of art, expressed as only Oprah can express it.
Napalm and Silly Putty
by George CarlinFew comics make the transition from stage to page as smoothly or successfully as George Carlin. Brain Droppings spent a total of 40 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and this new one is certain to tickle even more ribs (and rattle a few more cages) with its characteristically ironic take on life's annoying universal truths. In Napalm Silly Putty, Carlin doesn't steer clear of the tough issues, preferring instead to look life boldly in the eye to pose the questions few dare to ask: How can it be a spy satellite if they announce on TV that its a spy satellite? Why do they bother saying raw sewage? Do some people cook that stuff? In the expression topsy-turvy, what exactly is meant by turvy? And he makes some startling observations, including: Most people with low self-esteem have earned it. Guys don't seem to be called Lefty anymore. Most people don't know what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.Add to the mix The Ten Most Embarrassing Songs of All Time, The 20th Century Hostility Scoreboard, and People I Can Do Without, and you have an irresistibly insouciant assortment of musings, questions, assertions, and assumptions guaranteed to please the millions of fans waiting for the next Carlin collection and the millions more waiting to discover this comic genius.
No Shirt. No Shoes ... NO PROBLEM!
by Jeff FoxworthyFoxworthy relates his many hijinks, like the King Slob competition, and gives us the real stories behind his favorite Redneck jokes.
Walt Disney: An American Original
by Bob ThomasA definitive biography of the man behind the legend. Walt Disney is an American hero--the creator of Mickey Mouse--and a man who changed the face of American culture. His is a success story like no other: a man who developed animated film into an art form and made a massive contribution to the folklore of the world.
Be Our Guest: Perfecting the Art of Customer Service
by Disney Institute Staff Ted KinniWhether they are called clients, customers, constituents, or, in Disney-speak, guests, all organizations must best serve the people who purchase their products and services or risk losing them. Now, for the first time, one critical element of the methods behind the magic that is the Walt Disney World Resort-quality service-is revealed in Be Our Guest. Even before Tom Peters and Bob Waterman profiled Walt Disney World Resort in their groundbreaking book In Search of Excellence, the most popular resort destination in the world enjoyed a reputation as a company that sets the benchmark for best business practices. Be Our Guest outlines proven Disney principles and processes for helping your organization focus its vision and align its people and infrastructure into a cohesive strategy that delivers on the promise of exceptional customer service.
The Cheetah Girls Movie
by Jasmine JonesJoin the Cheetah Girls with this exciting junior novel based on the Disney Channel Original Movie!
A Very Lizzie Summer
by Lisa PapademetriouA Very Lizzie Summer (Lizzie McGuire Super Special): Get ready to jump into summer with this super-sized, totally original Lizzie McGuire junior novel! It's summertime and the living is sweet. Er, well, it's going to be if Lizzie finishes at the top of her junior lifeguard class. Then she'll get to assist that hottie head lifeguard at the Hillridge Community Pool for the rest of the summer. There's only one snag-Queen of Mean Kate Sanders wants the top spot too. Hello! Can you say sabotage? Will Lizzie get sunk or will she get a summer job near a hunk? Meanwhile, Lizzie's best friend, Miranda, starts crushin' on an Internet chat pal. And her other bestie, Gordo, gets an extremely disturbing extreme makeover. Get psyched for a sizzling summer with Lizzie!
Backstage with a Ghost
by Joan Lowery NixonBrian and Sean investigate a series of suspicious accidents at a theater waiting to be torn down.
Project 17
by Laurie Faria StolarzHigh atop Hathorne Hill, near Boston, sits Danvers State Hospital, an abandoned mental institute rumored to be the birthplace of the lobotomy. Locals have long believed the place to be haunted. On the eve of the hospitals demolition, six teens break in to spend the night and film a movie. What starts as a playful dare escalates into a nightmare.
Seventh-grade Tango
by Elizabeth A. LevyKiller Dancer The day ballroom dancing invades William T. Harris Middle School comes with no warning. And once the cute dance teacher, Mr. DePalma, sweeps into Rebecca's life, dancing suddenly becomes very important to her. No one can seem to forget the infamous incident that earned Rebecca the title "Killer Dancer," the day she broke her friend Scott's toe in sixth grade. Now, in seventh grade, the class can't believe it when Mr. DePalma actually pairs Rebecca and Scott up again as dance partners. To everyone's surprise, they're good. Very good! Rebecca's friend Samantha tells her that they have to start playing real kissing games like Seven Minutes in Heaven. Trouble begins when the kissing games start. Friendships are tested. And choices have to be made. Filled with humor and heart, this is an engaging story about the power of friendship and the magic of dancing.
Gilbert and Sullivan Set Me Free
by Kathleen KarrIn prison, there are few secrets. But Libby Dodge, the youngest inmate, guards the nature of her crime from the other women, even as they openly recount their former lives as arsonists, thieves, and prostitutes.
The Kellyhorns
by Barbara CooneyPam and Penny Kellyhorn are eleven-year-old twins, one living with an aunt, the other with their father and cousin, in small towns in Maine and have just met, but it doesn't take them long to learn to be sisters as together they help bring an arsonist to justice, and try to rekindle the romance between Aunt Ivory and Puppa.
The Rich and Famous: The Further Adventures of George Stable
by James Lincoln CollierAfter being discovered during a six-second spot on television, George Stable is now being groomed into the hot new singing sensation, "The Boy Next Door." Unfortunately, his dad has other plans for him for the summer, so George must weave a wacky web of deception - that might just get him killed! - in order to get his music career off the ground.
Dorinda Gets a Groove (Cheetah Girls #11)
by Deborah GregoryDorinda thinks that she and her sister, Tiffany, are totally different, but they actually have something in common - a love for music! Dorinda can dance and sing, and Tiffany can jam on the keyboard.
Cuchifrita Ballerina (Cheetah Girls #10)
by Deborah GregoryChanel has always dreamed of being a ballerina. Now that the "Cheetah Girls" are establishing themselves, Chanel has time to take classes at the American Ballet Theater. Soon she becomes obsessed with dance, leaving the rest of the girls to wonder if Chanel will dance her way out of the group.
Showdown at the Okie Dokie (Cheetah Girls #9)
by Deborah GregoryThe Cheetah Girls now have a demo tape in the works. Then they perform at a new urban rodeo, the Okie Dokie Corral, and their arch rivals, the Cash Money Girls -- CMG -- accuse Galleria and Chanel of cribbing lyrics from a CMG song. They warn the Cheetah Girls that they better bounce off the music scene -- or else.
Growl Power (Cheetah Girls #8)
by Deborah GregoryWhen Aquanette and Anginette go back to Houston to visit their mom for Thanksgiving, they cause a big stir in their hometown with their new "cheetah-ness". The rest of the girls then join the twins and turn on their "growl power" to get one step closer to fame.
It's Raining Benjamins (Cheetah Girls #6)
by Deborah GregoryNow that the record company is going to give them a test single deal, Chanel and Galleria duke it out for control of the group. They both want to be the group's queen diva, while the rest of the Cheetah Girls just want them to compromise. Even though there's only room for one in the spotlight, Chanel and Galleria come up with a solution that lets both of them shine. Soon it's raining Benjamins - and cash comes falling from the sky!