THE FILMS OF BARBRA STREISAND features over 150 stunning color and black & white photographs--many published for the first time--as well as complete cast and credit listings, and a sampling of reviews. The volume also boasts exclusive, illuminating comments from dozens of Streisand's co-workers and friends. Authors Christopher Nickens and Karen Swenson have included a forty-page biographical overview that traces Barbra Streisand's remarkable journey from "dreary obscurity in Flatbush to heights of fame, acclaim and fortune no one would have dared predict." Her legendary triumphs as a concerts and recording artists, Broadway star and television personality are well documented, as are highlights from her personal life--including her marriages to Elliott Gould and James Brolin.
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Superbly written...exhaustively researched...The authors make the often rocky road from mere concept to cineplex consistently intriguing and revealing. -- Mark Iskowitz, The Barbra Streisand Music Guide
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Barbra Streisand's motion picture career has been among the most acclaimed and tradition-shattering of our time. A two-time Oscar winner and the recipient of a record number of Golden Globes (won in five different categories), Streisand has helped to usher in a new era for women in film through the successful application of her acting, directing, producing and composing talents. Small wonder then that the American Film Institute chose to honor her with this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Now Hollywood historians Christopher Nickens and Karen Swenson have written the first account of Streisand's legendary career that includes all of her movie work. With keen insight, the authors offer thoughtful analysis of the superstar's unique filmography. Written in an entertaining style, THE FILMS OF BARBRA STREISAND includes fascinating, detailed backstories on the production of her Oscar-winning debut in FUNNY GIRL; her classic comedies, THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT and WHAT'S UP, DOC?; her deeply-felt dramatic love stories, THE WAY WE WERE and THE PRINCE OF TIDES; her beloved musicals, HELLO, DOLLY!, ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER, FUNNY LADY, A STAR IS BORN; and her stunning debut as a director in YENTL.
Streisand's few failures (such as UP THE SANDBOX and ALL NIGHT LONG) are discussed thoroughly as well, and Nickens and Swenson tackle head-on the star's highly publicized drive for perfection. This is a balanced portrait of a filmmaker whose obsessive attention to detail has resulted in both great success and enduring controversy.
A must-have for even casual admirers of this great star and a treasure trove of information for avid movie historians, THE FILMS OF BARBRA STREISAND even manages to reveal a number of surprises for Streisand's most ardent fans.
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Barbra Fans Unite!,
By Mark Griffin (Lewiston, Maine) - See all my reviews
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Calling all Barbra Joan Streisand fans! Now is the time to support the would be publication of a comprehensive resource guide to Barbra's extraordinary film career. If Citadel is unable to publish such a nifty volume, then we should let other publishers know that such a book would be of significant interest. I hope that it won't be long until Ms. Swenson and Mr. Nickens find a home for their work (and on a more personal note, I hope that the somewhat overlooked "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" (1970) and the sadly neglected "Up The Sandbox" (1972) receive the glowing credit these two glorious films deserve.) I encourage other Streisand partisans to compose "reviews" of the book they'd most like to add to their library shelves.
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Great Overview,
This review is from: The Films Of Barbra Streisand (Mass Market Paperback)
Barbara Streisand isn't given her due for Her Films.this Book covers alot of Her Film Career! good Pictures&Reflections.
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the films of barbra streisand by karen swenson,
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I received this book in better condition than expected. The shipping charges were so reasonable also{ to Canada}.
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