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02722aam a22003258i 4500 001 7A23D99E173711EFA068004147ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240521010044 008 240116s2024 nyu b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2023056425 020 $a 1250827051 020 $a 9781250827050 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a PN1995.9.S26 $b N37 2024 082 00 $2 23/eng/20240216 100 1 $a Nashawaty, Chris, $e author. $9 169903 245 14 $a THE FUTURE WAS NOW : $b MADMEN, MAVERICKS, AND THE EPIC SCI-FI SUMMER OF 1982 / $c Chris Nashawaty. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2407 264 1 $a New York : $b Flatiron Books, $c 2024. 300 $a pages cm 500 $a 2024/07/30 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "From legendary entertainment journalist and author of Caddyshack comes a rollicking history of 1980s cinema-how eight legendary sci-fi films changed Hollywood forever In the summer of 1982, eight science fiction films were released within six weeks of one another. E.T., Tron, Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, The Thing, and Mad Max: The Road Warrior changed the careers of some of Hollywood's now biggest names-altering the art of movie-making to this day. In The Future Was Now, Chris Nashawaty recounts the riotous genesis of these films, featuring an all-star cast of Hollywood luminaries and gadflies alike: Steven Spielberg, at the height of his powers, conceives E.T. as an unlikely family tale, and quietly takes over the troubled production of Poltergeist, a horror film he had been nurturing for years. Ridley Scott, fresh off the success of Alien, tries his hand at an odd Philip K. Dick story that becomes Blade Runner-a box office failure turned cult classic. Similar stories arise for films like Tron, Conan the Barbarian, and The Thing. Taken as a whole, these films show a precarious turning-point in Hollywood history, when baffled film executives finally began to understand the potential of high-concept films witha rabid fanbase, merchandising potential, and endless possible sequels. Expertly researched, energetically told, and written with an unabashed love for the cinema, The Future Was Now is a chronicle of how the revolution sparked in a galaxy far, far awayfinally took root and changed Hollywood forever"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Science fiction films $z United States $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Motion pictures $z United States $x History $y 20th century. $9 107703 655 7 $a Film criticism. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20240521010623.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7A23D99E173711EFA068004147ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search