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A Siegel Film: An Autobiography
by
Don Siegel
Don Siegel was one of Hollywood's most controversial directors. Invasion of the Body Snatchers is one of the very few acknowledged science-fiction classics, and Magnum Force - with its catch-phrase 'Make my day' - has become part of our modern consciousness. Siegel's five-film collaboration with Clint Eastwood created a body of films that are as distinctive as they are dif
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Paperback
,
500 pages
Published
October 1st 1996
by Faber & Faber
(first published October 1993)
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Let's say you're the nephew of a rich and famous studio head. Your uncle gives you a job at his studio, but it's the worst job on the lot. Mostly you carry heavy film canisters around, and sometimes your supervisor sends you to another department to get paperclips. What do you do?
If you're Don Siegel, you tell an executive secretary that you are actually the illegitimate son of that studio head. The secretary tells everyone this bit of juicy gossip, and suddenly everyone on the lot is much more ...more
If you're Don Siegel, you tell an executive secretary that you are actually the illegitimate son of that studio head. The secretary tells everyone this bit of juicy gossip, and suddenly everyone on the lot is much more ...more
Don Siegel directed both Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Dirty Harry, just one of many bar bets you will be able to win after you read this book. Siegel came out of the Studio system working for Warners in the 30s and learned his craft form some of the best in the business. A master of getting the movie done on time and under budget and the book is no exception. Since it's a memoir Siegel chose to write large parts of it in screenplay style, making it read like a movie of his life. He was a k
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