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Big Show : High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards by Steve Pond (2005, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherFaber & Faber, Incorporated

ISBN-100571211933

ISBN-139780571211937

eBay Product ID (ePID)30881214

Product Key Features

Book TitleBig Show : High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicRich & Famous, Popular Culture, Film / History & Criticism

Publication Year2005

IllustratorYes

GenrePerforming Arts, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorSteve Pond

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-013294

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"Steve Pond has long been the hardest-working pop culture writer around, andThe Big Showproves it. This backstage journey through the last decade of Academy Award specials adds up to way more than the sum of thede rigueurgossip, glamour, and glitz--though there's plenty of that. Based on years of his own behind-the-scenes reporting, Pond delves deep into a closely-held world that the public never gets to see, and brings back an all-access-pass portrayal of the stars and the star-making machinery that makes sure the show must go on. If the Academy awarded Oscars for books about their annual festivities,The Big Showwould have no competition." -- David Rensin, author ofThe Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up "Anyone who's been around show business comes to realize that often the show behind the show is the most entertaining and intriguing. Steve Pond has taken full advantage of his unique, fly-on-the-wall perspective on the Oscars and the result is a compelling, insightful, and revealing look into the glamorous engine room of Hollywood's biggest night." --David Wild, author ofThe Showrunners: A Season Inside the Billion-Dollar, Death-Defying, Madcap World of Television's Real Stars "The Big Showis better than the best seat in the house. Only one journalist has ever been given long-term complete access to the Oscar telecast, and the great news is that it's Steve Pond. A masterful writer, Pond gives you the wonderful feeling that you're along for the ride as his exclusive guest. He whisks readers backstage, behind the curtain, and into the inner sanctums, taking you through the laughably pretentious moments, the quiet sadnesses, and the humor, preparation, anxiety, glory, and aftermath of the biggest show around." --Cameron Crowe, Oscar-winning writer/director ofAlmost FamousandJerry Maguire "After nearly a decade of amazing access, Steve Pond tells all in a deeply dishy, always engaging look at What It Takes to put together everyone's favorite Hollywood extravaganza. Nobody can take you behind the scenes of Oscar night like Steve Pond, which is whyThe Big Showis a must-read for any Oscar fan . . . and any Oscar winner." --Chris Connelly, five-time Oscar pre-show host and red carpet fixture

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal791.43/079

SynopsisA look at the machinations behind everyone's favorite Hollywood circus and what it reveals about the business of moviemaking. The Oscars breed their own peculiar mania and a billion people worldwide are alleged to watch the broadcast every year. Love it or loathe it, the Oscars are an irresistible spectacle: a gaudy, glitzy, momentous, and foolish window into the unholy alliance of art and commerce that is the film industry. This book is a chronicle of the past fifteen years of the Academy Awards, the most tumultuous decade in Oscar's 76-year history, offering an unguarded, behind-the-scenes glimpse of this singular event, along with remarkable insight into how the Oscars reflect the high-stakes politics of Hollywood, our obsession with celebrities (not to mention celebrities' obsession with themselves), and the cinematic state of the union.

LC Classification NumberPN1993.92.P66 2005