Henry Bumstead and the World of Hollywood Art Direction [Hardcover]

Andrew Horton (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0292705190 | ISBN-13: 978-0292705197 | Publication Date: October 1, 2003 | Edition: 1

From a hotel in Marrakech in "The Man Who Knew Too Much", to small-town Alabama in "To Kill a Mockingbird", to Mission Control in "Space Cowboys", creating a fictional, yet wholly believable world in which to film a movie has been the passion and life's work of Henry Bumstead, one of Hollywood's most celebrated production designers. In a career that has spanned nearly seventy years, Bumstead has worked on more than one hundred movies and television films. His many honors include Academy Awards for Art Direction for "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "The Sting", as well as nominations for "Vertigo" and "The Unforgiven". This popularly written and extensively illustrated book tells the intertwining stories of Henry Bumstead's career and the evolution of Hollywood art direction. Andrew Horton combines his analysis of Bumstead's design work with wide-ranging interviews in which Bumstead talks about working with top directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, George Roy Hill, Robert Mulligan, and Clint Eastwood, as well as such stars as Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Doris Day, Jimmy Stewart, Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Jerry Lewis, and James Cagney. Numerous production drawings, storyboards, and film stills illustrate how Bumstead's designs translated to film. This portrait of Bumstead's career underscores an art director's crucial role in shaping the look of a film and also tracks the changes in production design from the studio era through location shooting to today's use of high-tech special effects.

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...essential reading for anyone interested in this crucial aspect of filmmaking. -- Film International #18, 2005:6

About the Author

Andrew Horton is the Jeanne H. Smith Professor of Film Studies and Director of the Film and Video Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, and an award-winning screenwriter who wrote Brad Pitt's first feature film.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 205 pages
• Publisher: University of Texas Press; 1 edition (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0292705190
• ISBN-13: 978-0292705197
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,562,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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GREAT FILM HISTORY SOURCEBOOK
This is a great source for film historians or film buffs. Bumstead's interviews are great. Actually they are the best part of the book. The printing is mediocre and the lack of color plates is disappointing, however, any fan of Hitchcock, Eastwood or the Academy awarded art direction of To Kill a Mockingbird-- a great source book.