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Author:   Norbert Aping
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780786433025

ISBN 10:   0786433027
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   06 August 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword by Glenn Mitchell      Introduction      Part I: The Production of Atoll K      1. Preparations      2. On the Way to the Script      3. On the Way to Shooting      4. At Last a Script!      5. Shooting Begins in Marseilles      6. Shooting on the Côte d’Azur and in the Studio La Victorine      7. In the Paris Studio      8. The Editing      Part II: Atoll K on the Market      9. The French Version of Atoll K      10. The Italian Version Atollo K      11. The English-Language Version of Atoll K, Robinson Crusoeland      12. Utopia in the United States of America      13. Atoll K throughout the World      14. The German Version of Atoll K, Dick und Doof erben eine Insel      Appendix 1. Filmography      Appendix 2. Information in Opening Credits and Distributors’ Data      Appendix 3. Alternative Sequences      Appendix 4. Scenes Cut from the 100-Minute Version      Appendix 5. French Box-Office Reports, 1951–1952      Chapter Notes      References      Index     

Reviews

a wealth of photos and many interesting new facts...outstanding...very thorough...essential --Rogue Cinema; may be the best researched film history book I've ever read --National Board of Review; fascinating --edgeboston.com.

Author Information

A retired district court judge and director from Buxtehude, Germany, Norbert Aping has published books on Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin and slapstick television.

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