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The Resource The disaster artist : my life inside The Room, the greatest bad movie ever made, Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell ; with a new introduction by James Franco

The disaster artist : my life inside The Room, the greatest bad movie ever made, Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell ; with a new introduction by James Franco

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In 2003, an independent film called The Room--starring and written, produced, directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit of indeterminate age and origin named Tommy Wiseau--made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles. Described by one reviewer as "like getting stabbed in the head," the six-million-dollar film earned a grand total of $1800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. Ten years later, The Room is an international cult phenomenon. Thousands of fans wait in line for hours to attend screenings complete with costumes, audience rituals, merchandising, and thousands of plastic spoons. In The Disaster Artist, actor Greg Sestero, Tommy's costar and longtime best friend, recounts the film's long, strange journey to infamy, unraveling mysteries for fans--who on earth is "Steven," and what's with that hospital on Guerrero Street?--as well as the question that plagues the uninitiated: how the hell did a movie this awful ever get made? But more than just a laugh-out-loud funny story about cinematic hubris, The Disaster Artist is also a great piece of narrative nonfiction, a portrait of a mysterious man who got past every road block in the Hollywood system to achieve success on his own terms. Written with a gimlet eye but an open heart, The Disaster Artist is the hilarious and inspiring story of a dream that just wouldn't die
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eng
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Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Extent
xviii, 270 pages (16 unnumbered pages of numbered plates)
Note
  • First published in 2013
  • "Now a major motion picture!"--Cover
  • "Copyright © 2013... Introduction copyright © 2017"--Title page verso
Contents
  • The players
  • "Oh, hi, Mark"
  • La France a gagné
  • "Do you have some secrets?"
  • Tommy's planet
  • "People are very strange these days"
  • Too young to die
  • "Where's my fucking money?"
  • May all your dreams come true
  • "You are tearing me apart, Lisa!"
  • Do you have the guts to take me?
  • "I'll record everything"
  • I'm not waiting for Hollywood
  • "Leave your stupid comments in your pocket"
  • Highway of hell
  • "God, forgive me"
  • Don't be shocked
  • This is my life
Isbn
9781501184659
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The disaster artist : my life inside The Room, the greatest bad movie ever made
Title
The disaster artist
Title remainder
my life inside The Room, the greatest bad movie ever made
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Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell ; with a new introduction by James Franco
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Language
eng
Summary
In 2003, an independent film called The Room--starring and written, produced, directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit of indeterminate age and origin named Tommy Wiseau--made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles. Described by one reviewer as "like getting stabbed in the head," the six-million-dollar film earned a grand total of $1800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. Ten years later, The Room is an international cult phenomenon. Thousands of fans wait in line for hours to attend screenings complete with costumes, audience rituals, merchandising, and thousands of plastic spoons. In The Disaster Artist, actor Greg Sestero, Tommy's costar and longtime best friend, recounts the film's long, strange journey to infamy, unraveling mysteries for fans--who on earth is "Steven," and what's with that hospital on Guerrero Street?--as well as the question that plagues the uninitiated: how the hell did a movie this awful ever get made? But more than just a laugh-out-loud funny story about cinematic hubris, The Disaster Artist is also a great piece of narrative nonfiction, a portrait of a mysterious man who got past every road block in the Hollywood system to achieve success on his own terms. Written with a gimlet eye but an open heart, The Disaster Artist is the hilarious and inspiring story of a dream that just wouldn't die
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1978-
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Sestero, Greg
Dewey number
791.43/72
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • 1974-
  • 1978-
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  • Bissell, Tom
  • Franco, James
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  • Wiseau, Tommy
  • Sestero, Greg
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The disaster artist : my life inside The Room, the greatest bad movie ever made, Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell ; with a new introduction by James Franco
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Note
  • First published in 2013
  • "Now a major motion picture!"--Cover
  • "Copyright © 2013... Introduction copyright © 2017"--Title page verso
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Contents
The players -- "Oh, hi, Mark" -- La France a gagné -- "Do you have some secrets?" -- Tommy's planet -- "People are very strange these days" -- Too young to die -- "Where's my fucking money?" -- May all your dreams come true -- "You are tearing me apart, Lisa!" -- Do you have the guts to take me? -- "I'll record everything" -- I'm not waiting for Hollywood -- "Leave your stupid comments in your pocket" -- Highway of hell -- "God, forgive me" -- Don't be shocked -- This is my life
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ocn988845422
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Extent
xviii, 270 pages (16 unnumbered pages of numbered plates)
Isbn
9781501184659
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
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illustrations, plates
Label
The disaster artist : my life inside The Room, the greatest bad movie ever made, Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell ; with a new introduction by James Franco
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • First published in 2013
  • "Now a major motion picture!"--Cover
  • "Copyright © 2013... Introduction copyright © 2017"--Title page verso
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The players -- "Oh, hi, Mark" -- La France a gagné -- "Do you have some secrets?" -- Tommy's planet -- "People are very strange these days" -- Too young to die -- "Where's my fucking money?" -- May all your dreams come true -- "You are tearing me apart, Lisa!" -- Do you have the guts to take me? -- "I'll record everything" -- I'm not waiting for Hollywood -- "Leave your stupid comments in your pocket" -- Highway of hell -- "God, forgive me" -- Don't be shocked -- This is my life
Control code
ocn988845422
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Extent
xviii, 270 pages (16 unnumbered pages of numbered plates)
Isbn
9781501184659
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, plates

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