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Author:   Neil Sinyard ,  Martin Hargreaves ,  Neil Sinyard ,  Martin Hargreaves
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9780719055058

ISBN 10:   0719055059
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   28 December 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of plates Series Editor's foreword Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: lonely passions – the cinema of Jack Clayton 2. Early career: Naples is a Battlefield (1944); The Bespoke Overcoat (1955) 3. Sex, realism and Yorkshire pudding: Room at the Top (1959) 4. Pearl of ambiguity: The Innocents (1961) 5. Woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown: The Pumpkin Eater (1964) 6. Forbidden games: Our Mother's House (1967) 7. Clayton in America: The Great Gatsby (1974); Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) 8. God's lonely woman: The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) 9. Death makes a call: Memento Mori (1992) 10. Unfinished business: the unrealised projects of Jack Clayton 11. Conclusion Appendices: Some writings of Jack Clayton Filmography Select bibliography Index -- .

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He makes no bones about the fact that he considers Clayton to be one of the greats, and he convinced this reviewer that he is right. -- Choice

"""He makes no bones about the fact that he considers Clayton to be one of the greats, and he convinced this reviewer that he is right."" --""Choice"""

""He makes no bones about the fact that he considers Clayton to be one of the greats, and he convinced this reviewer that he is right."" --""Choice""

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Neil Sinyard is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Hull

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