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The Sting Man: The True Story Behind the Film American Hustle. The inspiration behind the film American Hustle, directed by David O''Russell (Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter) and starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams. How did a Bronx hustler nearly bring down the US government? From hustling on the streets of the Bronx to selling bogus businesses and sham investments around the world, Mel Weinberg netted millions of dollars. So legendary were his skills that in the late 1970s he was recruited by the FBI to combat art thieves and counterfeiters. But the trail quickly led to even bigger targets. His legendary sting operation, Abscam, caught eight corrupt congressmen and senators. The scandal shook America to the core. In The Sting Man, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert W. Greene presents not only a thrilling account of the rise of the FBI''s international con mastermind, but a vivid dissection of the underbelly of the American Dream. Can you really con an honest man? This astonishing true story will be loved by fans of Argo and Catch Me If You Can. "Absorbing and hilarious ...reads like good fiction". (Washington Post). Robert W.Greene was a veteran reporter for more than twenty-seven years, a Senior Staff Investigator for the New York City Anti-Crime Committee and an investigator for the U.S. Senate. As a reporter for Newsday, he headed investigative teams that twice won the Pulitzer Prize gold medal. He was also president of the Investigative Reporters and Editors Group. He died in 2008.

Star Wars irrumpió en nuestras pantallas de cine en 1977, y el mundo no ha sido el mismo desde entonces. Después de pasarse la década de 1970 viendo películas cínicas y deprimentes, el público abrazó con entusiasmo la energia positiva del universo Star Wars mientras seguia los pasos del granjero Luke Skywalker en su viaje por las galaxias, conociendo personajes extraordinarios como el misterioso ermitaño Obi-Wan Kenobi, los piratas espaciales Han Solo y Chewbacca, los leales droides C-3PO y R2-D2, la audaz princesa Leia Organa y el temible Darth Vader, al servicio del tenebroso y malvado emperador. El escritor, director y productor George Lucas creo el monomito moderno de nuestro tiempo, que encuentra eco en el niño que todos llevamos dentro. Para lograrlo, fundo Industrial Light & Magic y desarrollo tecnologias de efectos especiales de vanguardia, que combino con innovadoras tecnicas de montaje y una inigualable atencion al sonido para brindar al publico una experiencia cinematografica y sensorial unica. Realizado en estrecha colaboracion con George Lucas y Lucasfilm, este primer volumen aborda la historia de la trilogia original Episodio IV Una nueva esperanza, Episodio V El Imperio contraataca y el Episodio VI El retorno del Jedi. El libro esta ricamente ilustrado con paginas de guiones, documentos de produccion, arte conceptual, guiones graficos, fotografias de rodaje, fotogramas y carteles.

The Rough Guide to Westerns examines one of the cinemas most durable, influential, genres, offering the reader an insight into its history, its place in popular culture in America and the rest of the world, the key iconic figures both in front of the lens and behind it, and the genres essential movies. The guide looks at what makes a good Western, considering the seven basic Western plots, the pens behind the movies, the major historic events and their influences, and the genres central ritual - the gunfight. There is a potted history of the Western decade-by-decade and a critical canon of the 50 greatest Westerns. From the pioneers and directors to the iconic cowboys and railroads, this guide covers it all.

The Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies is a comprehensive companion to the ''final frontier'' of film. It explores cinema''s fascination with space exploration, time travel and fantastical worlds, and tells the stories behind the movies that have been expanding our universe since film began. Features include: The origins: How everything from the philosophy of Plato to classic Victorian tales and cult comic books has helped to create sci-fi as we know it. The canon: 50 essential science fiction movies, including Metropolis, Star Wars, Blade Runner, 2001, Alien and The Planet of the Apes -- with dozens more films reviewed in each chapter. The locations: The places we know -- decimated by invading alien hordes -- and those we don''t, from the moons of Jupiter to the barren wastes of Tatooine. The icons: Filmmakers such as George Lucas and Stanley Kubrick; characters like Ming the Merciless and Ellen Ripley; and not forgetting the spaceships, robots and creatures that defined a genre. Global sci-fi: The classic and the weird from Mexico, Russia, India and beyond, with special attention paid to the anime and kaiju eiga traditions of Japan. And everything else you need to know: The technology, the fans, conventions, magazines and websites.

From The Godfather to Get Carter, big screen tales of organized crime have produced many of cinemas greatest films and most memorable moments. The Rough Guide to Gangster Movies gives you the lowdown on all aspects of the genre - from the "Chicago" of James Cagney and the Los Angeles of Michael Mann to the cinema underworlds of London, Paris and Hong Kong. This guide collects the guns, the cars, the molls and the classic plots, with directors and actors such as Edward G Robinson, Al Pacino, Chow Yun Fat, Robert DeNiro and Ray Winstone. The Rough Guide to Gangster Movies is an offer you cant refuse.

Este ensayo cinematográfico analiza las circunstancias del rodaje y el fenómeno que supuso el filme "The Room", del excéntrico y polémico director Tommy Wiseau, una suerte de Ed Wood de la década del 2000. En torno al universo delirante de dicha cinta, el 29 de diciembre de 2017 se estreno la pelicula de James Franco "The Disaster Artist" que recoge, en gran medida, el espiritu alucinado del rodaje de "The Room".El libro que os presentamos trata el fenomeno fan que ha generado la cinta protagonizada y dirigida por el excentrico Tommy Wiseau con una especial originalidad, fidelidad a los hechos y aportando una interesante reflexion sobre lo anomalo de este extraño filme viral convertido en comedia involuntaria.Una pelicula que hizo del desastre virtud y que convirtio en viral y exitosa una de las muestras mas infames del cine contemporaneo.

An eye-opening portrait of a vibrant film culture, "The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film" is the most comprehensive study of the Japanese filmmaking scene yet written. Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp explore the astounding resurgence of Japanese cinema, both live action and animated, profiling 19 contemporary Japanese filmmakers, from the well-known (Kitano, Miike, Miyazaki) to the up-and-coming (Naomi Kawase, Satoshi Kon, Shinya Tsukamoto) and reviewing 97 of their recent films. With 100+ images from behind and in front of the camera, this is a book any film lover will savor. Foreword by Hideo Nakata, director of "Ring," Tom Mes (in Paris) and Jasper Sharp (in Tokyo) co-edit "Midnighteye.com," the premier English-language website on Japanese cinema.

Intended to be kept at a screenwriters fingertips, The Hollywood Standard provides what even the best script software cant: clear, concise instructions and hundreds of examples to take the guesswork out of a multitude of formatting questions that perplex even seasoned screenwriters. Contents include: When a new scene heading is appropriate and when it isnt How to format shot headings, dialogue, direction and transitions How to control pace with formatting How to make a script page visually inviting to the reader What to capitalize and why How to get into and out of a POV shot How to handle text messages and Zoom meetings How Hollywoods most innovative screenwriters are pushing the boundaries of format How format for animation differs from live action formats Simply put, Riley knows more about script format than anyone in Hollywood and shares it all in this indispensable guide.