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" Hollywood's Stephen King / "
Tony Magistrale.
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BL
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654509
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| Main Entry
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Magistrale, Tony.
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| Title & Author
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Hollywood's Stephen King /\ Tony Magistrale.
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1st ed.
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2003.
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xix, 233 p. :: ill. ;; 22 cm.
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0312293208
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: 9780312293208
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: 0312293216 (pbk.)
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: 9780312293215 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-229) and index.
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Filmography: p. [219]-224.
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| Contents
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Steve's take : an interview with Stephen King -- The lost children : Carrie, Firestarter, Stand by Me, Silver Bullet, Hearts in Atlantis -- Maternal archetypes : Cujo, Misery, Dolores Claiborne -- Paternal archetypes : The Shining, Pet Sematary, Apt Pupil -- Defining heroic codes of survival : The Dead Zone, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile -- Technologies of fright : Christine, Maximum Overdrive, The Running Man, The Mangler, The Night Flier -- King of the miniseries : 'Salem's Lot, IT, The Stand, The Shining, Storm of the Century, Rose Red.
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For the past three decades, Hollywood has faithfully adapted much of Stephen King's fiction into film. Of the many major films that have been made, not one has lost money. Part of this may be explained in terms of King's own popularity in American culture he has been, after all, a best-selling writer since the late 1970s. But more interesting is what this cinematic fascination reveals about postmodern American culture. In the first overview of Hollywood's major cinematic interpretations of Stephen King, Tony Magistrale examines the various thematic, narrative, and character interconnections that highlight the relationships among his films. Opening with a revealing interview with Stephen King, the book takes us through chapters that explore such popular films as Stand By Me, Misery, The Shining, The Green Mile, and The Shawshank Redemption among others.
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King, Stephen,1947-Film adaptations.
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Horror tales, American-- Film adaptations.
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Horror films-- United States-- History and criticism.
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PS3561.I483Z758 2003
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PS3561.I483Z758 2003
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