| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Television conversations series
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Television conversations series.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- American beauty: an interview with Alan Ball / Peter N. Chumo II (2000) -- American beauty screenwriter Alan Ball conducts case study at the IFP/West Screenwriters Conference / Susan Royal (2000) -- Gaywatch: Alan Ball goes Six feet under / Christine Champagne (2001) -- Big mind, small screen: Six feet under's Alan Ball / Jeff Greenwald (2004) -- Alan Ball: Six feet under / Anna Carugati (2004) -- Considering Alan Ball: an interview / Thomas Fahy (2005) -- Fresh air interview with Alan Ball: a Six feet under postmortem / Terry Gross (2005) -- Sexual politics and awakenings in Towelhead / Cynthia Lucia (2008) -- A big messy place: Alan Ball on Towelhead / K.J. Doughton (2008) -- Fresh Air interview with Alan Ball: talking True blood and Towelhead / Terry Gross (2008) -- Life and death, drama and Humor, join hands / Kinney Littlefield (2011) -- Excerpt from interview with Alan Ball: True blood and Beyond / Nancy Harrington (2011) -- Alan Ball in Conversation with Alan Brough / Alan Brough. |
| Summary |
Alan Ball: Conversations features interviews that span Alan Ball's entire career and include detailed observations and insights into his Academy Award-winning film American Beauty and Emmy Award-winning television shows Six Feet Under and True Blood. Ball began his career as a playwright in New York, and his work soon caught the attention of Hollywood television producers. After writing for the sitcoms Grace Under Fire and Cybill, Ball turned his attention to the screenplay that would become American Beauty. The critical success of this film. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ball, Alan, 1957- -- Interviews.
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Ball, Alan, 1957- |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Subject |
Television writers -- United States -- Interviews.
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Television writers. |
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United States. |
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Screenwriters -- United States -- Interviews.
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Screenwriters. |
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Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Interviews.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. |
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DRAMA -- American. |
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Dramatists, American. |
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- Direction & Production. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Interviews.
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| Added Author |
Fahy, Thomas Richard, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alan Ball 9781617038778 (DLC) 2013014726 |
| ISBN |
9781621039730 (electronic book) |
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1621039730 (electronic book) |
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9781617038785 (electronic book) |
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1617038784 (electronic book) |
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1617038776 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781617038778 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781617038778 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
ebc1181923 |
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