The last action heroes : the triumphs, flops, and feuds of Hollywood's kings of carnage / Nick de Semlyen.
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De Semlyen, Nick (författare)
- ISBN 9781529058505
- Publicerad: London : Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, 2023
- Engelska xiii, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
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- Prologue -- The Stallion -- The Tank -- Tooling up -- The cowboy and the cannonball -- Maximalism -- Knock knock -- The Alien -- Foreign policies -- The Great One -- Welcome to the party, pal -- Supercops -- Funny or die -- Double impact -- Planet Arnold -- Old habits -- Born again -- Oil and water -- The ice age -- Epilogue.
- "The behind-the-scenes story of the larger-than-life action stars who ruled '80s and '90s Hollywood-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Jackie Chan, Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, and Jean-Claude Van Damme-and the beloved films that made them stars, including Die Hard, Rambo, and The Terminator. The Last Action Heroes opens in 1990, at the Cannes film festival, where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone finally forged a truce. After years of bitter behind-the scenes combat-Stallone once threw a bowl of flowers at Schwarzenegger's head; the body count in Schwarzenegger's Commando was increased to "have a bigger d*** than Rambo"-the world's biggest action stars had at last formed a friendship. In The Last Action Heroes, film journalist Nick de Semlyen charts their wild, carnage-packed journey from enmity to friendship. He also reveals the personal stories of the colorful characters who ascended in their wake, from Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal, to Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan. But as the '80s rolled on, the era of the invincible action hero who used muscle, martial arts, or the perfect weapon to save the day started to fade. When Jurassic Park trounced Schwarzenegger's Last Action Hero in 1993, everyone knew that the glory days of these macho men--and the vision of masculinity they celebrated--were officially over. Drawing on candid interviews with the action stars themselves, plus their collaborators, friends, and foes, The Last Action Heroes is a no-holds-barred account of a period in Hollywood history when there were no limits to the heights of fame these men achieved, or to the mayhem they wrought, onscreen and off"--Publisher's description.
Ämnesord
- Actionfilm (sao)
- Filmskådespelare (sao)
- Hjältar i filmen (sao)
- Manlighet i filmen (sao)
- Heroes in motion pictures. (LCSH)
- Masculinity in motion pictures. (LCSH)
- Action and adventure films -- History and criticism. (LCSH)
- Actors -- United States -- Biography. (LCSH)
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- California -- Los Angeles. (LCSH)
- Action and adventure films -- United States -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)
- Héros au cinéma. (Vedettes-matière)
- Masculinité au cinéma. (Vedettes-matière)
- Films d'aventures -- Histoire et critique. (Vedettes-matière)
- Acteurs -- États-Unis -- Biographies. (Vedettes-matière)
- Films d'aventures -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. (Vedettes-matière)
- Action and adventure films (fast)
- Actors (fast)
- Heroes in motion pictures (fast)
- Masculinity in motion pictures (fast)
- Motion picture actors and actresses (fast)
- Masculinity in motion pictures (LCSH)
- Action and adventure films (LCSH)
- Heroes in motion pictures (LCSH)
- Motion picture actors and actresses (LCSH)
- Förenta staterna (sao)
- United States (fast)
- California -- Los Angeles (fast)
- 1900-talet (sao)
- 1900-1999 (fast)
Genre
- Biografier (saogf)
- Biographies (fast)
- Criticism, interpretation, etc. (fast)
- History (fast)
- Biographies. (lcgft)
- Action and adventure films. (lcgft)
- Biographies. (rvmgf)
- Films d'aventures. (rvmgf)
- Action and adventure films (fast)
Personnamn
- Cheng, Long, 1954-
- Damme, Jean-Claude van, 1960-
- Lundgren, Dolph, 1959-
- Norris, Chuck
- Schwarzenegger, Arnold
- Seagal, Steven
- Stallone, Sylvester
- Willis, Bruce, 1955-
- Stallone, Sylvester
- Schwarzenegger, Arnold
- Lundgren, Dolph, 1957-
- Damme, Jean-Claude van, 1960-
- Seagal, Steven
- Cheng, Long, 1954-
- Norris, Chuck, 1940-
- Willis, Bruce, 1955-
Indexterm och SAB-rubrik
- Actions films
- Actors
- Heroes in films
- Men in films
- USA
Klassifikation
- 791.430280922 (DDC)
- Ima (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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