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The life and film genius of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and
"Scream" director Wes Craven
Wes Craven is one of the most successful and iconic horror movie
directors in Hollywood. His masterful examination of the
nightmarish nexus of dreams and reality helped spark a career that
has spanned close to forty years. Then, with their mix of horror,
sex, and humor, Craven's Scream movies helped revitalize the
slasher film genre.An absorbing portrait of cult film director Wes
Craven's life and career in film Draws on the author's new
interviews with Craven, including little-known details about the
director's life and work Insights into the making of the Nightmare
on Elm Street movies and the Scream films--the #1 horror franchise
of all time Fascinating stories about the director's work with a
range of producers, screenwriters, and actors, including Robert
Englund Publication timing ties in with the release of "Scream
4"
If you've ever had nightmares about Freddy Krueger or
psychopaths wearing Halloween scream masks, or if want to know more
about the director behind the new "Scream 4," this is one book you
simply have to read.
When inventor and movie studio pioneer Thomas Edison wanted to
capture western magic on film in 1904, where did he send his crew?
To Oklahoma's 101 Ranch near Ponca City. And when Francis Ford
Coppola readied young actors Tom Cruise and Matt Dillon to portray
teen class strife in the 1983 movie "The Outsiders," he took cast
and crew to Tulsa, the setting of S. E. Hinton's acclaimed novel.
From Edison to Coppola and beyond, Oklahoma has served as both
backdrop and home base for cinematic productions. The only book to
chronicle the history of made-in-Oklahoma films, John Wooley's
"Shot in Oklahoma" explores the variety, spunk, and ingenuity of
moviemaking in the Sooner State over more than a century.
Wooley's trek through cinematic history, buttressed by
meticulous research and interviews, hits the big films readers have
heard of--but maybe didn't realize were shot in the state--along
with lesser-known offerings. We also get the films' intriguing
backstories. For instance, President Theodore Roosevelt's
fascination with a man purportedly able to catch a wolf in his
hands led to "The Wolf Hunt," shot in the Wichita Mountains and
screened in the White House in 1909. Over time, homegrown movies
such as "Where the Red Fern Grows" (1974, 2003) have given way to
feature films including "The Outsiders" and "Rain Man" (1988).
Throughout this tale, Wooley draws attention to unsung aspects of
state and cinematic history, including early all-black movies
lensed in Oklahoma's African American towns and films starring
American Indian leads.
With a nod to more recent Hollywood productions such as
"Twister" (1996) and "Elizabethtown" (2005), Wooley ultimately
explores how a low-budget slasher movie created in Oklahoma in the
1980s transformed the movie business worldwide. Punctuated with
photographs and including a filmography of more than one hundred
productions filmed in the state, "Shot in Oklahoma" offers movie
lovers and historians alike an engaging ride through untold
cinematic history.
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John Wooley; As told to Ron Wolfe
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