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"Extra" Work for Brain Surgeons (Spiral-bound)

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"**** ...pick up this hip, useful, entertaining, and informative guide." -- BackStage West, September 27, 2001

"The Bible for actors who need to know about the ins and outs of extra work." -- Gary Marsh/ Breakdown Services

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The 2002 edition of the leading directory for Southern California Background Actors. Learn how to: Work on Feature Films, Register for Free, Work on Commercials, Get your SAG Card, Work on Soap Operas, Join AFTRA, Work with your Favorite Actor, Market yourself Effectively, Work as a Stand-In, Avoid the Scams, Make Money as a Background Actor.

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Spiral-bound: 406 pages
Publisher: Hollywood Operating System (December 3, 2001)
ISBN-10: 189389908X
ISBN-13: 978-1893899087

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,830,872 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Dont believe everything you read, November 30, 2001

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The book is good, well worth the money for a beginning background actor. Use the phone numbers and addresses and general info but do not believe the 'reviews'. The company is not well respected in Hollywood. Just because they imply one company is good and another is bad does not make it true. Check out other books on the same subject as well as this one. It is worth buying but just don't believe everything you read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT PRIMER FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, May 30, 2006

By	Natasha Michaels (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Extra Work for Brain Surgeons: A Hollywood OS Directory 24th Edition (Paperback)

I recently read the entertainment directory titled "EXTRA" WORK FOR BRAIN SURGEONS. This guide has it all for anyone who wants to get started in the entertainment industry by doing extra work. They help you avoid the scams and actually help you find legitimate work on real film and TV sets, many of the big-budget ones too. This is a really useful handbook for anyone wanting to break in to show business. And the author, ANGELA BERTOLINO, has a pretty interesting story: She started writing and self-publishing the book because she was scammed out of thousands of dollars trying to "make it" in Hollywood. She set out to disseminate the information she wished she had had access to when she was starting out.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best there is, November 5, 2006

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This review is from: Extra Work for Brain Surgeons: A Hollywood OS Directory 24th Edition (Paperback)

I worked as a background player (Extra) for the first 3 years of my retirement. Without "Extra Work for Brain Surgeons: A Hollywood OS Directory" by Angela Bertolino I would have been lost. This book is the best book ever written for those who want to be in the movies and don't know how to do it. You DO get your money's worth and more with this Informative and great book.

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