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PublisherCrown Publishing Group, T.H.E.

ISBN-100307338444

ISBN-139780307338440

eBay Product ID (ePID)50223890

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Book TitleBig Bosoms and Square Jaws : the Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Film

Number of Pages496 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicTopic / Celebrity & Popular Culture, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / History & Criticism

IllustratorYes

GenrePerforming Arts, Biography & Autobiography, Humor

AuthorJimmy Mcdonough

FormatPerfect

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight18.6 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Reviews"Ladies and gentleman, welcome to violence, the word and the act . . . While violence cloaks itself in a plethora of disguises, its favorite mantle still remains sex . . ." -from Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! "A fun, twisted romp through the life of one of America's most celebrated, sordid filmmakers." -Leggs McNeil, author of Please Kill Me, "Ladies and gentleman, welcome to violence, the word and the act . . . While violence cloaks itself in a plethora of disguises, its favorite mantle still remains sex . . ." -from Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! "A fun, twisted romp through the life of one of America's most celebrated, sordid filmmakers." -Leggs McNeil, author ofPlease Kill Me, "Ladies and gentleman, welcome to violence, the word and the act . . . While violence cloaks itself in a plethora of disguises, its favorite mantle still remains sex . . ." --from Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! "A fun, twisted romp through the life of one of America's most celebrated, sordid filmmakers." --Leggs McNeil, author of "Please Kill Me", Praise for Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough "Teeming, obsessive, and revelatory . . . A pure shot of all-access pleasure . . . Hugely original." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "Just as unmanageable, hard-headed, overzealous, and ultimately endearing as Young himself . . . A maddening, beguiling portrait of an elusive maverick . . . A glorious mess." -San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "An exhilarating match-up of author and subject makes Shakey a great, gripping read." -Rolling Stone From the Hardcover edition., Praise for Shakey: Neil Young's Biographyby Jimmy McDonough "Teeming, obsessive, and revelatory . . . A pure shot of all-access pleasure . . . Hugely original." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "Just as unmanageable, hard-headed, overzealous, and ultimately endearing as Young himself . . . A maddening, beguiling portrait of an elusive maverick . . . A glorious mess." -San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "An exhilarating match-up of author and subject makes Shakey a great, gripping read." -Rolling Stone From the Hardcover edition.

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal791.4302/33/092 B

SynopsisFrom the author of the bestselling "Shakey" comes the first candid, fully researched account of the extraordinary life and career of the late Russ Meyer, the father of modern cinematic sexploitation. 8-page photo insert., Russ Meyer, cult hero, creator of the sexploitation film, and the man the Wall Street Journal called the King Leer of Hollywood, made movies that filled the big screen with "big bosoms and square jaws." In the first candid and fiendishly researched account of the late cinematic instigator's life, Jimmy McDonough shows us how Russ Meyer used that formula to turn his own crazed fantasies into movies that made him a millionaire and changed the face of American film forever. This former WWII combat photographer immortalized his personal sexual obsession upon the silver screen, creating box-office gold with The Immoral Mr. Teas in 1959. The modest little film pushed all preexisting limits of on-screen nudity, and with its success, the floodgates of what was permitted to be shown on film were thrust open, never to be closed again. Russ Meyer ignited a true revolution in filmmaking, breaking all sex, nudity, and violence taboos. In a career that spanned more than forty years, Meyer created a body of work that has influenced a legion of filmmakers, fashionistas, comic book artists, rock bands, and even the occasional feminist. Bringing his anecdote- and action-packed biographical style to another renegade of popular culture, New York Times bestselling author of Shakey Jimmy McDonough offers a wild, warts-and-all portrait of Russ Meyer, the director, writer, producer, and commando moviemaking force behind the sexploitation classics Vixen , Beyond the Valley of the Dolls , Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and many others. Big Bosoms and Square Jaws blows the lid off the story of Russ Meyer, from the beginning to his recent tragic demise, creating in the process a vivid portrait of a past America., Russ Meyer, cult hero, creator of the sexploitation film, and the man the Wall Street Journal called the King Leer of Hollywood, made movies that filled the big screen with "big bosoms and square jaws." In the first candid and fiendishly researched account of the late cinematic instigator's life, Jimmy McDonough shows us how Russ Meyer used that formula to turn his own crazed fantasies into movies that made him a millionaire and changed the face of American film forever. This former WWII combat photographer immortalized his personal sexual obsession upon the silver screen, creating box-office gold with The Immoral Mr. Teas in 1959. The modest little film pushed all preexisting limits of on-screen nudity, and with its success, the floodgates of what was permitted to be shown on film were thrust open, never to be closed again. Russ Meyer ignited a true revolution in filmmaking, breaking all sex, nudity, and violence taboos. In a career that spanned more than forty years, Meyer created a body of work that has influenced a legion of filmmakers, fashionistas, comic book artists, rock bands, and even the occasional feminist. Bringing his anecdote- and action-packed biographical style to another renegade of popular culture, New York Times bestselling author of Shakey Jimmy McDonough offers a wild, warts-and-all portrait of Russ Meyer, the director, writer, producer, and commando moviemaking force behind the sexploitation classics Vixen , Beyond the Valley of the Dolls , Faster, Pussycat Kill Kill and many others. Big Bosoms and Square Jaws blows the lid off the story of Russ Meyer, from the beginning to his recent tragic demise, creating in the process a vivid portrait of a past America., Russ Meyer, cult hero, creator of the sexploitation film, and the man the "Wall Street Journal" called the King Leer of Hollywood, made movies that filled the big screen with "big bosoms and square jaws." In the first candid and fiendishly researched account of the late cinematic instigator's life, Jimmy McDonough shows us how Russ Meyer used that formula to turn his own crazed fantasies into movies that made him a millionaire and changed the face of American film forever. This former WWII combat photographer immortalized his personal sexual obsession upon the silver screen, creating box-office gold with "The Immoral Mr. Teas" in 1959. The modest little film pushed all preexisting limits of on-screen nudity, and with its success, the floodgates of what was permitted to be shown on film were thrust open, never to be closed again. Russ Meyer ignited a true revolution in filmmaking, breaking all sex, nudity, and violence taboos. In a career that spanned more than forty years, Meyer created a body of work that has influenced a legion of filmmakers, fashionistas, comic book artists, rock bands, and even the occasional feminist. Bringing his anecdote- and action-packed biographical style to another renegade of popular culture, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Shakey" Jimmy McDonough offers a wild, warts-and-all portrait of Russ Meyer, the director, writer, producer, and commando moviemaking force behind the sexploitation classics "Vixen," "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" and many others. "Big Bosoms and Square Jaws" blows the lid off the story of Russ Meyer, from the beginning to his recent tragic demise, creating in the process a vivid portraitof a past America.