Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic funnymen who ruled '80s Hollywood—Bill Murray, Steve Mart…
Want to Read $ 4.99"Sometimes you gotta say "What the fuck". If you can't say it, you can't do it."-Nick de Semlyen, Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever
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1. The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir
By: William Friedkin
4.13
Format: 497 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir from the Academy Award–winning director of such legendary films as The Fren… read more
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2. Thanks for the Money: How to Use My Life Story to Become the Best Joel McHale You Can Be
By: Joel McHale , Brad Stevens , Boyd Vico
3.40
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Joel McHale pulls back the curtain on his personal journey to stardom! Here, for the first time, Jo… read more
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- pop culture
- humor
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- comedy
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3. You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation
By: Susannah Gora
3.87
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
You can quote lines from Sixteen Candles (“Last night at the dance, my little brother paid a buck t… read more
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4. Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live
By: James Andrew Miller , Tom Shales
3.77
Format: 52 pages,
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5. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
By: Peter Biskind
4.12
Format: None pages,
This down-and-dirty romp through Hollywood in the 1970s introduces the young filmmakers--Coppola, S… read more
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6. Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film
By: Peter Biskind
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
DOWN AND DIRTY PICTURES chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers and of the twin engines the S… read more
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7. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
By: Ed Zwick
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more
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"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
8. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
9. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
By: Kyle Buchanan
4.33
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more
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10. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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11. When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season
By: Rich Cohen
3.90
Format: 265 pages, Hardcover
The gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and … read more
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12. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
By: Joanna Robinson
4.22
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood…. T… read more
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13. Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic funnymen who ruled '80s Hollywood—Bill Murray, Steve Mart… read more
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- biography
- pop culture
- film
- humor
- media tie in
- nonfiction
- tv
- comedy
- audiobook
"Sometimes you gotta say "What the fuck". If you can't say it, you can't do it."-Nick de Semlyen, Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever
14. The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President
By: Edward F. O'Keefe
4.25
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A spirited and poignant family love story, revealing how an icon of rugged American masculinity was… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
15. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
By: David Zucker
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more
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16. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
By: Matt Singer
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more
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17. The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop
By: Jonathan Abrams
4.21
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The essential oral history of hip-hop, from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reig… read more
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18. The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
By: Sam Wasson
4.09
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelator… read more
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19. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
By: Michael Schulman
4.09
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more
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20. Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
By: Brian Raftery
4.07
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of … read more
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21. The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania
By: Brad Balukjian
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
They say to never meet your heroes. Brad Balukjian doesn’t listen. From the bestselling author of… read more
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22. Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story
By: Chris Nashawaty
4.03
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
“This is a tough, sharp history of comedy and competitiveness, of rising stars and brilliant upstar… read more
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23. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
By: Daniel de Visé
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more
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24. Superman: Red and Blue
By: John Ridley
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
The Man of Steel Stars in DC's New Superman: Red & Blue anthology mini-series! In the spirit o… read more
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25. Entrances and Exits
By: Michael Richards
4.12
Format: 425 pages, Hardcover
The man who brought the kavorka to the Seinfeld show through one of the most remarkable and beloved… read more
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26. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
By: Sam Wasson
3.80
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more
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27. Pandora’s Box: The Greed, Lust, and Lies that Broke Television
By: Peter Biskind
3.54
Format: None pages, Hardcover
We are now lucky enough to be living through the era of so-called Peak TV, in which television, in … read more
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28. Joyful Recollections of Trauma
By: Paul Scheer
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more
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"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma
29. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By: Emily Nussbaum
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more
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30. A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More
By: Paul Hirsch
4.21
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
"For its sheer excellence, diversity, and cultural impact, Paul Hirsch's filmography speaks for its… read more
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31. The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982
By: Chris Nashawaty
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From legendary entertainment journalist and author of Caddyshack comes a rollicking history of 1980… read more
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