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

Tom Weaver (Author)
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0786420707 978-0786420704 October 2004
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, Arianné Ulmer, Debra Paget and Edward Dmytryk.


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"A must read...treasure trove of insider information...crammed with fascinating anecdotes" -- Film Review

"Most impressive...colorful anecdotes...a fun, entertaining read...a must-have book" -- Midnight Marquee

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About the Author

Writer Tom Weaver lives in Sleepy Hollow, New York, and has been interviewing moviemakers since the early 1980s. He is a frequent contributor to numerous film magazines including Fangoria, Starlog, Cult Movies and Video Watchdog, and one of his recent articles was featured in the prestigious Best American Movie Writing 2001. He is also the author of It Came from Horrorwood (2004), Double Feature Creature Attack (2003), Eye on Science Fiction (2003), Science Fiction Confidential (2002), I Was a Monster Movie Maker (2001), Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes (2000), John Carradine (1999) and Poverty Row HORRORS! (1999).

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  • Paperback: 359 pages
  • Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub (October 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0786420707
  • ISBN-13: 978-0786420704
  • Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,708,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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