Ron Base se proslavil jako spisovatel, který hlouběji proniká do podstaty filmového světa. Jeho práce se vyznačuje bystrým pozorováním a schopností zachytit podstatu postav, které zkoumá. Base se ponořil do detailů filmového průmyslu, zkoumal jeho zákulisí a přinášel čtenářům jedinečné pohledy na filmaře i herce. Jeho analýzy často odhalovaly nuance a složitosti filmového umění, čímž obohatil diskurz o filmu a zanechal nesmazatelnou stopu v literatuře o filmu.
V dějinách Hollywoodu představují 80. léta kapitolu zcela mimořádnou a právě jim je věnována tato kniha. Vraťme se tedy k filmové tvorbě té doby, nechme vzpomínat hvězdy, režiséry, producenty, všechny, kteří podobu výjimečného desetiletí vytvářeli, podvolme se kouzlu vynikajících původních fotografií, převážně barevných, z nichž mnohé jsou na těchto stránkách publikovány poprvé. ... celý text
Celebrating the golden decade of films and film-making, this is an introduction to the stars, directors and producers who have shaped the 80s. The authors reveal how Hollywood has made more movies than at any other time since the 30s and 40s and has shattered many box office records.
Set in the vibrant atmosphere of 1960s London, the story unfolds at the prestigious Savoy Hotel, where a mix of glamorous characters, including a volatile Broadway producer, a high-maintenance Indian raja, and a stunning film star with eccentric tastes, gather. The excitement turns to chaos when the murder of a showgirl occurs, jeopardizing the reputation of the hotel and igniting a scandal that could unravel their lavish lives.
"An atmospheric, entertaining new mystery series introducing a plucky Canadian heroine and set in the world's most famous hotel. It's 1968. London is in full swing and the Savoy Hotel is at the height of its legendary glitz and glamour, welcoming the rich, famous and aristocratic into its rarified world of perfection. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are squabbling in the American Bar while Noël Coward drinks champagne. Royals wait upstairs in luxurious suites for discreet encounters. In short, all is as it should be at the Savoy. If only it weren't for the dead body in River Suite 610. Could it be murder at the Savoy? Impossible! Who could have done such a thing? Suspicion falls upon Priscilla Tempest, the quick-witted Canadian head of the Savoy press office who has a penchant for champagne, the wrong sort of men--and trouble. When it is discovered that Priscilla had been with the deceased--a notorious international arms dealer--the night before he was found dead, she is questioned by Scotland Yard Inspector Robert "Charger" Lightfoot and is suddenly under the unforgiving eye of her boss, the Savoy's straitlaced general manager, Clive Banville. Her job on the line, her life in danger, Priscilla must elude the police and the general manager's duplicitous wife, ward off the amorous advances of a famous drunken actor, and discover whether that really was a member of the royal family seen leaving the victim's suite shortly before his body was discovered. Death at the Savoy is an intoxicating blend of mystery, suspense and humour. And it's just the beginning!"-- Provided by publisher
Beat the Devil! Two boys are caught in the midst of a raging nighttime storm on a Sanibel Island beach. Then lightning strikes and for those boys nothing will ever be the same. One of the youths is Tree Callister who grows up to be an unlikely private detective on Sanibel Island. The other boy, Tree's half-brother, Samuel Callister, known to everyone as Scratch, grows up and becomes--well, what did happen to Scratch, anyway? There is a secretive organization known as BlackHeart, two wealthy brothers who married the same alluring woman, a mysterious figure dressed in black known as the Watcher. And let's not forget Gladys, the new receptionist at the Sanibel Sunset Detective Agency who knows how to use the gun in her purse. From the beaches of Sanibel and Captiva Island, to a Florida gun show, to a historic Ferris wheel in Vienna, Austria, the twelfth novel in the Sanibel Sunset Detective series will keep readers turning pages and wondering how the devil Tree Callister will ever beat the devil!
American astronaut Becky McPhee is experiencing the euphoria of her first spacewalk as she makes repairs to the International Space Station when she hears... A Voice... Returning to earth, Becky announces that the Voice has told her the planet will cease to exist during the coming solar eclipse of the sun. The world, already recovering from a devastating pandemic, is thrown into turmoil. Becky retreats to the home of her wealthy father, Dwight McPhee, on Sanibel Island, Florida. Becky is besieged by herds of reporters and thousands of believers desperate to be near her as the world ends. Dwight brings in a trio of former Navy SEALs to protect her. He also hires a local guy. A private detective named Tree Callister. Then Becky disappears. Tree is blamed for her apparent abduction. A one-eyed FBI agent suspects Tree is part of a kidnapping plot. Tree's first wife, now a notorious international oligarch, only complicates matters as do a pair of feuding Russian gangsters. And then there is the body Tree discovers in a secluded cabin outside Everglades City. With ten days to go before the apocalypse, it becomes increasingly clear that only one unlikely detective can save the world. The last person anyone could imagine-Tree Callister! Ron Base's thirteenth Sanibel Sunset Detective novel may be the wildest, funniest, most thrilling Tree Callister adventure yet!
