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John Irving (Author)


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October 12, 2000
My Movie Business is essentially about making the screen version of The Cider House Rules. As such, it's concerned primarily with the intricacies of condensing a 500-plus page novel into two hours of screen time, discussing necessary adaptations of the plotline, the treatment or cutting of characters and the shooting of specific scenes

Product Details

  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Black Swan (October 12, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0552998680
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552998680
  • Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,469,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Irving published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times-winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. He also received an O. Henry Award, in 1981, for the short story "Interior Space." In 1992, Mr. Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules-a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Last Night in Twisted River is John Irving's twelfth novel.

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