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1 online resource (xvii, 545 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-517) and index. |
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Two-time Academy Award winner Sir David Lean (1908-1991) was a prominent director in the world of twentieth-century cinema, responsible for such classics as The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago, and Lawrence of Arabia. British-born Lean asserted himself in Hollywood as a major artistic voice with his epic storytelling and panoramic depictions of history, but he was also a highly skilled film editor in Great Britain before he became a director who brought an art-house sensibility to big market films. Lean's approach to filmmaking was far different from that of his contemporaries. He car. |
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Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Prologue: A World on Film; 1. From Silents to Sound; 2. A Touch of Class; 3. Hope and Glory; 4. Enchantment; 5. Long Day's Journey; 6. Child's Play; 7. The Beautiful and the Damned; 8. The Wild Blue Yonder; 9. The Stag at Eve; 10. Love in the Afternoon; 11. The Undefeated; 12. Pillar of Fire; 13. In Search of a Hero; 14. Knight Without Armor; 15. The Lower Depths; 16. Darkness at Noon; Epilogue; Filmography; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Photo insert. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Lean, David, 1908-1991.
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Lean, David, 1908-1991. |
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Lean, David. |
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Lean, David -- Film. |
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Lean, David. |
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Lean, David. |
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Motion picture producers and directors. |
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Great Britain. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Phillips, Gene D. Beyond the epic. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2006 0813124158 9780813124155 (DLC) 2006028044 (OCoLC)71146448 |
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0813171555 (electronic book) |
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9780813171555 (electronic book) |
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9780813138206 (electronic book) |
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0813138205 (electronic book) |
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0813124158 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813124155 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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