George Lucas - A Life by Brian Jay Jones
$37.99 NZD
Category: Film, TV & Theatre
George Lucas by Brian Jay Jones is the first comprehensive telling of the story of the iconic filmmaker and the building of his film empire, as well as of his enormous impact on cinema. At once a biography, a business manual, and a film history, George Lucas explores for the first time the life and work ...Show more
And On That Bombshell by Richard Porter
$27.99 NZD
Category: Film, TV & Theatre
I was Top Gear's script editor for 13 years and all 22 series. I basically used to check spelling and think of stupid gags about The Stig. I also got to hang around with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. It didn't feel like something you should get paid for. From the disastrous pilot show ...Show more
Lara: The Untold Love Story That Inspired Doctor Zhivago by Anna Pasternak
$25.00 NZD
Category: Film, TV & Theatre
The heartbreaking story of the passionate love affair between Boris Pasternak and Olga Ivinskaya - the tragic true story that inspired 'Doctor Zhivago'. 'Doctor Zhivago' has sold in its millions yet the true love story that inspired it has never been fully explored. Pasternak would often say 'Lara exist ...Show more
Miller and Max: George Miller and the Making of a Film Legend by Luke Buckmaster
$40.00 NZD
Category: Film, TV & Theatre
Miller and Max is the story of two heroes. One, a leather jacket-clad road warrior whose adventures in a dystopian future have made an indelible imprint on global popular culture. The other, the artist who created him: a softly spoken son of Greek and Turkish migrants, whose life charters a spectacular ...Show more
Something Wonderful Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdum
$49.99 NZD
Category: Film, TV & Theatre
They stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music, whose songs have never lost their popularity or emotional power. Even before they joined forces, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Ham ...Show more
The Tap Dancing Knife Thrower: My Life -- Without the Boring Bits by Paul Hogan
$49.99 NZD
Category: Film, TV & Theatre
The icon and legend at last tells his story his way - without the boring bits Paul Hogan first appeared on our screens in 1971 as a 'tap dancing knife thrower' on channel 9's New Faces. The then father of four and Sydney Harbour Bridge rigger from Granville did it as a dare, but when the network's switc ...Show more
Woke Up This Morning - The Definitive Oral History of the Sopranos by Michael Imperioli, Steve Shirripa
$37.99 NZD
Category: Film, TV & Theatre | Reading Level: very good
Who made the phone call that got HBO to launch the show? What’s the significance of all those eggs? And, what the hell ever happened to the Russian? In Woke Up This Morning, Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa have all the answers – and they’re revealing where all the bodies are buried. ‘Someday soon ...Show more
Shooting Midnight Cowboy - Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic by Glenn Frankel
$39.99 NZD
Category: Film, TV & Theatre
Much more than a page-turner. It's the first essential work of cultural history of the new decade. --Charles Kaiser, The Guardian One of The Washington Post's 50 best nonfiction books of 2021 A Publishers Weekly best book of 2021The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times-bestselling author ...Show more
The Last Action Heroes by Nick de Semlyen
$39.99 NZD
Category: Film, TV & Theatre
The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and 90s Hollywood and the beloved films - from Die Hard to The Terminator - that made them stars. This wildly entertaining account of the golden age of the action movie charts Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger's carnage-packed j ...Show more
Strong Female Character by Hanna Flint
$36.99 NZD
Category: Film, TV & Theatre
Leading film critic of her generation offers an unflinchingly honest and humorous account of her millennial journey towards self-acceptance through a cinematic lens. Hanna Flint speaks from the heart in Strong Female Character, a personal and incisive reflection on how cinema has been the key to underst ...Show more
Jack in the Box - Or, How to Goddamn Direct by Jack O'Brien
$39.99 NZD
Category: Film, TV & Theatre
The Tony Award-winning director gathers memories of people, productions, and problems surmounted from his fifty-year career in this one-of-a-kind how-to handbook. What do directors do? Jack O'Brien, the winner of Tony and Drama Desk Awards and the former artistic director of San Diego's historic Old Glo ...Show more
My Name is Barbra: The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography and Music Book of the Year 2023 by Barbra Streisand
$85.00 NZD
Category: Film, TV & Theatre
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) an ...Show more