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Our Adventures Casting Some of Hollywood's Biggest Movies
Harcourt
November 2006
On Sale: November 1, 2006
320 pages
ISBN: 0151012342
EAN: 9780151012343
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
For anyone who's ever walked out of a movie and said, "That
guy was all wrong for that part," comes this
first-of-its-kind look at how actors are chosen and careers
are born.
Two of the top casting directors in the business, who most
recently cast the new James Bond, The Da Vinci
Code, and the summer blockbuster Poseidon, offer
an insider's tour of their crucial craft -- spotting stars
in the making -- in this lively memoir, full of the kind of
backroom detail loved by movie fans and aspiring actors
alike. Janet and Jane share the fascinating, funny stories
of discovering and casting then-unknown stars like Julia
Roberts, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Cusack, Matt
Damon, Winona Ryder, Jennifer Connelly, Brendan Fraser,
Virginia Madsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Meg Ryan, Benicio Del
Toro, and the Harry Potter kids. Taking us from the first
casting call through head shots, auditions, meetings, and
desperate searches to fill a part, they give us
behind-the-scenes access to the machinery of star-making.
Films Include:
The Da Vinci Code
Friday Night Lights
Something's Gotta Give
A Beautiful Mind
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Perfect Storm
Air Force One
Jurassic Park
Ghosts of Mississippi
The American President
Mrs. Doubtfire
In the Line of Fire
Last Action Hero
A Few Good Men
Home Alone
Hook
Backdraft
Misery
Ghost
When Harry Met Sally
Licence to Kill
Mystic Pizza
Beetlejuice
The Princess Bride
Stand by Me
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Sure Thing
Dune
Body Double
Red Dawn
The Outsiders
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