Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Flashbacks: Conversations with 24 Actors, Writers, Producers and Directors from the Golden Age [Hardcover]

Tom Weaver (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0786405643 | ISBN-13: 978-0786405640 | Publication Date: August 1998

As a 12-year-old, Richard Eyer costarred with Robby the Robot. In Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Paul Mantee's costar was a monkey named Barney who received billing as "Mona, the Woolly Monkey." Actress Randy Stuart played the wife of The Incredible Shrinking Man. Alan Caillou wrote the original pilot outline for television's The Six Million Dollar Man. Asked to look over the final script six months later, he noticed that exactly one of his lines was being used (and that out of context) and that 27 writers were being given writing credit! Tom Weaver-author of Attack of the Monster Movie Makers, Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes, They Fought in the Creature Features, and Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers-returns with a new collection of interviews that go behind the scenes of Golden Age science fiction, horror and fantasy filmmaking. Among the interviewed are Casey Adams, John Badham, Antony Carbone, Robert Clarke, Sidney Hayers, Lewis Allen, Gene Evans, Alex Gordon, Jackie Joseph, Ken Miller, John Moxey, Arthur Ross, Ariann Ulmer, Debra Paget and Edward Dmytryk.

Editorial Reviews

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"Weaver's gift for bringing out the warmth and humanity of his subjects and securing recollections of minute detail is amply proven by this latest treasury" -- Monsters from the Vault

"a must read for sci-fi and horror fans, this treasure trove of insider information contains interviews.... Crammed with fascinating anecdotes" -- Film Review

"another superlative collection...if you're new to Weaver you're in for a real treat" -- Samhain

"delightful" -- Burlington County Times

"features 24 actors (with filmographies), writers and producers and directors" -- Psychotronic

"features extended interviews with figures such as Alan Caillou, John Fiedler, Debra Paget, Donna Martell, Arthur Ross, and others" -- AB Bookman's Weekly

"leading genre scholar, ace interviewer and frequent Scope scribe Tom Weaver strikes again with another collection of hypnotic interviews...a must" -- VideoScope

"nicely-produced" -- Interzone

About the Author

Writer Tom Weaver lives in Sleepy Hollow, New York, and has been interviewing actors and directors since the early 1980s. He has contributed to numerous magazines, including Fangoria, Starlog, Cult Movies and Video Watchdog.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 359 pages
• Publisher: McFarland & Company (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786405643
• ISBN-13: 978-0786405640
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,738,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Brief Flashbacks, March 25, 2008

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This review is from: Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Flashbacks: Conversations with 24 Actors, Writers, Producers and Directors from the Golden Age (Paperback)

Tom Weaver is well known a number of expertly written books and articles on genre cinema. Here he collates two-dozen highly readable conversations with some of the more off-kilter characters of exploitation and genre films.
What I like about the book is primarily its focus on the forgotten and little known filmmakers. Weaver is undeniably an expert in his field, but don't expect any deep-probing questions here or analysis for that matter. He's more interested in the where/how/when side of things, which is fine if all you're after is a nostalgic trip down the memory lane.
Still, this should be quite an invaluable resource for more serious scholars of classic sci-fi and fantasy cinema, since many of the interviewees have rarely been interviewed (such as director Lewis Allen for example).