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  • Published: 7 December 2010
  • ISBN: 9780307387912
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 576
  • RRP: $49.99

Robert Altman

The Oral Biography




Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking oral biography.  After an all-American boyhood in Kansas City, a stint flying bombers in World War II, and jobs ranging from dog tattoo entrepreneur to television director, Robert Altman burst onto the scene in 1970 with M*A*S*H. He reinvented American filmmaking, and went on to produce such masterpieces as McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville, The Player, Short Cuts, and Gosford Park. In Robert Altman, Mitchell Zuckoff has woven together Altman’s final interviews; an incredible cast of voices including Meryl Streep, Warren Beatty, Paul Newman, among scores of others; and contemporary reviews and news accounts into a riveting tale of an extraordinary life.

  • Published: 7 December 2010
  • ISBN: 9780307387912
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 576
  • RRP: $49.99

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Praise for Robert Altman

"A big, comprehensive, flesh-and-blood account of Altman's persona and exploits. . . . [A] sprawling, many-faceted story." --The New York Times

"Quite special. . . . This is a smart, amusing, lively book, full of anecdotes and a generous step toward perceiving the glorious and perverse ways of Altman himself." --The New Republic

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