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Author:

Carter, Ash (Editor), author.

Title:

Life isn't everything : Mike Nichols, as remembered by 150 of his closest friends / Ash Carter and Sam Kashner.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Henry Holt and Company,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xxv, 336 pages, 16 unumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Subject:

Nichols, Mike--Anecdotes.
Nichols, Mike--Quotations.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Biography.
Theatrical producers and directors--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Anecdotes.
Quotations.

Other Authors:

Kashner, Sam, author.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Introduction: The Burton stakes -- Dybbuks and golems -- To sell another drink -- Premise envy -- Don't act it funny -- It all started in the alley -- The Citizen Kane of disaffected youth -- Icarus was falling -- We must work together -- No new worlds to conquer -- Can I get a wild take? -- Caviar for the general -- A means to egress -- Like church, but a fun church -- Making friends with death -- Coda: That guru thing.

Summary:

"An up-close and personal portrait of legendary filmmaker, theater director, and comedian Mike Nichols, drawing on candid conversations with his closest friends in show business and the arts-from Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep to Natalie Portman and Lorne Michaels"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1250112877
9781250112873

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1114282487

LCCN:

2019031319

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

YWPD162 -- Tipton Public Library (Tipton)