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Harper
April 2013
On Sale: April 16, 2013
512 pages
ISBN: 0061775126
EAN: 9780061775123
Kindle: B0089LOLXO
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Non-Fiction Memoir
With such seminal movies as The Exorcist and
The French Connection, Academy Award-winning
director William Friedkin secured his place as a great
filmmaker. A maverick from the start, Friedkin joined other
young directors who ushered in Hollywood's second Golden Age
during the 1970s. Now, in his long-awaited memoir, Friedkin
provides a candid portrait of an extraordinary life and
career. His own success story has the makings of
classic American film. He was born in Chicago, the son of
Russian immigrants. Immediately after high school, he found
work in the mailroom of a local television station, and
patiently worked his way into the directing booth during the
heyday of live TV. An award-winning documentary brought him
attention as a talented new filmmaker, as well as an
advocate for justice, and it caught the eye of producer
David L. Wolper, who brought Friedkin to Los Angeles. There
he moved from television (one of the last episodes of
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour) to film (The
Birthday Party, The Boys in the Band),
displaying a versatile stylistic range. Released in 1971,
The French Connection won five Academy Awards,
including Best Picture and Best Director, and two years
later, The Exorcist received ten Oscar nominations
and catapulted Friedkin's career to stardom. Penned by
the director himself, The Friedkin Connection takes
readers on a journey through the numerous chance encounters
and unplanned occurrences that led a young man from a poor
urban neighborhood to success in one of the most competitive
industries and art forms in the world. From the
streets of Chicago to the executive suites of Hollywood,
from star-studded movie sets to the precision of the editing
room, from a pas-sionate new artistic life as a renowned
director of operas to his most recent tour de force,
Killer Joe, William Friedkin has much to say about
the world of moviemaking and his place within
it. Written with the narrative drive of one of his
finest films, The Friedkin Connection is a
wonderfully engaging look at an artist and an industry that
has transformed who we are—and how we see ourselves.
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