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Very Naughty Boys: the Amazing True Story of HandMade Films by Robert Sellers (2013, Trade Paperback)

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The incredible, hilarious insiders story of Britains favourite film company! It all started when Beatle George Harrison stepped in to fund Life of Brian when Monty Pythons original backers pulled out. His company, HandMade films, went on to make some of the best British films of the 80s (Withnail and I, Time Bandits and Mona Lisa among them), but then things started to go wrong... This is the incredible and often hilarious insiders story of what happened...

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Product Identifiers

PublisherTitan Books The Limited

ISBN-101781167087

ISBN-139781781167083

eBay Product ID (ePID)160034397

Product Key Features

Book TitleVery Naughty Boys: the Amazing True Story of Handmade Films

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

TopicFilm / General, Film / Reference, Industries / Entertainment, Film / History & Criticism

IllustratorYes

GenrePerforming Arts, Business & Economics

AuthorRobert Sellers

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight12.9 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2014-430608

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Many fascinating and even painful anecdotes throughout Very Naughty Boys." - Fixlist "Very Naughty Boys is a funny (and eventually sad) and fact-filled book about filmmaking that should be required reading for all Python, George Harrison, and British film enthusiasts." - Culture Mass "Very Naughty Boys is essential reading--above all for readers with an affinity for The Beatles, Monty Python, and HandMade's unique contribution to cinema." - Deep Focus "Sellers have crafted a great behind-the-scenes yarn that encapsulates in great detail the toil, triumph, tears and zeal to make these movies, along with the hubris that made it both succeed and fall apart." - The Playlist , "Many fascinating and even painful anecdotes throughout Very Naughty Boys." - Fixlist "Very Naughty Boys is a funny (and eventually sad) and fact-filled book about filmmaking that should be required reading for all Python, George Harrison, and British film enthusiasts." - Culture Mass "Very Naughty Boys is essential reading--above all for readers with an affinity for The Beatles, Monty Python, and HandMade's unique contribution to cinema." - Deep Focus "Sellers have crafted a great behind-the-scenes yarn that encapsulates in great detail the toil, triumph, tears and zeal to make these movies, along with the hubris that made it both succeed and fall apart." - The Playlist "Robert Sellers does a fantastic job of delivering the details in a fun-to-read manner. The Handmade films saga must be read to be believed, and this is a must read for any." - Pretty Clever Film Review "This is a great read for film buffs and fans of British cinema." - Retrenders , "Many fascinating and even painful anecdotes throughout Very Naughty Boys." - Fixlist "Very Naughty Boys is a funny (and eventually sad) and fact-filled book about filmmaking that should be required reading for all Python, George Harrison, and British film enthusiasts." - Culture Mass "Very Naughty Boys is essential reading--above all for readers with an affinity for The Beatles, Monty Python, and HandMade's unique contribution to cinema." - Deep Focus "Sellers have crafted a great behind-the-scenes yarn that encapsulates in great detail the toil, triumph, tears and zeal to make these movies, along with the hubris that made it both succeed and fall apart." - The Playlist "Robert Sellers does a fantastic job of delivering the details in a fun-to-read manner. The Handmade films saga must be read to be believed, and this is a must read for any." - Pretty Clever Film Review

Dewey Decimal791.430941

SynopsisThe incredible, hilarious insider's story of Britain's favourite film company It all started when Beatle George Harrison stepped in to fund Life of Brian when Monty Python's original backers pulled out. His company, HandMade films, went on to make some of the best British films of the 80s ( Withnail and I , Time Bandits and Mona Lisa among them), but then things started to go wrong... This is the incredible and often hilarious insiders' story of what happened..., The incredible, hilarious insider's story of Britain's favourite film company! The films HandMade filmed and produced include: Life of Brian , The Long Good Friday , Time Bandits , Mona Lisa and Withnail and I . It all started when Beatle George Harrison stepped in to fund Life of Brian when Monty Python's original backers pulled out. His company, HandMade films, went on to make some of the best British films of the 80's ( Withnail and I , Time Bandits and Mona Lisa among them), but then things started to go wrong... This is the incredible and often hilarious insiders' story of what happened..., The incredible, hilarious insider's story of Britain's favourite film company! It all started when Beatle George Harrison stepped in to fund Life of Brian when Monty Python's original backers pulled out. His company, HandMade films, went on to make some of the best British films of the 80s ( Withnail and I , Time Bandits and Mona Lisa among them), but then things started to go wrong... This is the incredible and often hilarious insiders' story of what happened...

LC Classification NumberPN1993.5.G7