Advanced
Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Title details for Box Office Poison by Tim Robey - Wait list

Box Office Poison

by Tim Robey
ebook
Read a sample Read a sample
***A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST-READ BOOK OF NOVEMBER 2024***
"A wild success." — Publishers Weekly
"A surefire hit." —Library Journal STARRED review
"A brilliant star turn." —Andrew O'Hagan
A riotous and revealing story of Hollywood's most spectacular flops and how they ended careers, bankrupted studios and changed film history.
"Failure fascinates, for all the reasons that success is a drag..."
From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Box Office Poison tells a hugely entertaining alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops. What can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public's appetite–or lack of it–and the circumstances that saw such flops actually made? Away from the canon, this is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures.
Robey covers a vast century of flops, including: Intolerance; Queen Kelly; Freaks; Sylvia Scarlett; The Magnificent Ambersons; Land of the Pharoahs; Doctor Dolittle; Sorcerer; Dune; The Adventures of Baron Munchausen; Nothing But Trouble; The Hudsucker Proxy; Cutthroat Island; Speed 2: Cruise Control; Babe: Pig in the City; Supernova; Rollerball; The Adventures of Pluto Nash; Gigli; Alexander; Catwoman; A Sound of Thunder; Speed Racer; Synecdoche, New York; Pan; and Cats.
From Daily Telegraph film critic Tim Robey, this is a brilliantly fun exploration of human nature and stupidity in some of the greatest film flops throughout history.
Expand title description text
Publisher: Hanover Square Press

Kindle Book

  • Release date: November 5, 2024

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780369760845
  • Release date: November 5, 2024

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780369760845
  • File size: 10685 KB
  • Release date: November 5, 2024
Loading
Loading

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Performing Arts Nonfiction

Languages

English

***A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST-READ BOOK OF NOVEMBER 2024***
"A wild success." — Publishers Weekly
"A surefire hit." —Library Journal STARRED review
"A brilliant star turn." —Andrew O'Hagan
A riotous and revealing story of Hollywood's most spectacular flops and how they ended careers, bankrupted studios and changed film history.
"Failure fascinates, for all the reasons that success is a drag..."
From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Box Office Poison tells a hugely entertaining alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops. What can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public's appetite–or lack of it–and the circumstances that saw such flops actually made? Away from the canon, this is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures.
Robey covers a vast century of flops, including: Intolerance; Queen Kelly; Freaks; Sylvia Scarlett; The Magnificent Ambersons; Land of the Pharoahs; Doctor Dolittle; Sorcerer; Dune; The Adventures of Baron Munchausen; Nothing But Trouble; The Hudsucker Proxy; Cutthroat Island; Speed 2: Cruise Control; Babe: Pig in the City; Supernova; Rollerball; The Adventures of Pluto Nash; Gigli; Alexander; Catwoman; A Sound of Thunder; Speed Racer; Synecdoche, New York; Pan; and Cats.
From Daily Telegraph film critic Tim Robey, this is a brilliantly fun exploration of human nature and stupidity in some of the greatest film flops throughout history.
Expand title description text
Performing Arts Nonfiction