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Chasing the light : writing, directing, and surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the movie game / Oliver Stone.

Stone, Oliver, (author.).

Summary:

"An intimate memoir by the controversial, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his privileged New York upbringing, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such landmark films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780358346234
  • ISBN: 0358346231
  • Physical Description: viii, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Child of divorce -- Strange days -- The land across the sea -- Midnight Express -- Downfall -- Waiting for the miracle -- South of the border -- Salvador, to hell and back -- Back to the jungle -- Top of the world.
Subject: Stone, Oliver.
Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.

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  • 12 of 12 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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