Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited first work of fiction - at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal - is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award-winning film.<BR><BR>RICK DALTON - Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick's a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it?<BR><BR>CLIFF BOOTH - Rick's stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he's the only one there who might have gotten away with murder . . . <BR><BR>SHARON TATE - She left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it. Sharon's salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in the Hollywood Hills.<BR><BR>CHARLES MANSON - The ex-con's got a bunch of zonked-out hippies thinking he's their spiritual leader, but he'd trade it all to be a rock 'n' roll star.<BR><BR>HOLLYWOOD 1969 - YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE

In seinem Debütroman 'Es war einmal in Hollywood' verwandelt Quentin Tarantino die Geschichte um den Schauspieler Rick Dalton und sein Stuntdouble Cliff Booth aus seinem oscarnominierten Film in einen Abenteuerroman, der weit über den Film hinausweist. Mit exklusivem Bonusmaterial.Los Angeles, Hollywood 1969RICK DALTON - Einst der Star seiner eigenen Fernsehserie, ist er heute ein abgewrackter Schurke, der seine Sorgen in Whiskey Sours ertränkt. Wird ein Anruf aus Rom sein Schicksal retten?CLIFF BOOTH - Ricks Stuntdouble und der berüchtigtste Mann an jedem Filmset, weil er mit einem Mord davongekommen sein könnte . . . SHARON TATE - Sie verließ Texas, um dem Traum von Hollywood nachzujagen - mit Erfolg.CHARLES MANSON - Ein Haufen Hippies sieht den Ex-Knacki als spirituellen Führer, aber er würde alles dafür geben, ein Rock 'n' Roll-Star zu sein.

Pulp Fiction is a triplet of masterfully interwoven crime stories that transformed the direction of contemporary cinema, from Quentin Tarantino, the creator of Reservoir Dogs, From Dusk Till Dawn and Django Unchained.

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Quentin Tarantino returns with his most infamous, most brilliant, most masterful screenplay yet?Ķ<BR><BR> At the end of the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive captive Daisy Domergue race toward the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter Major Marquis Warren, a former Union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter; and Chris Mannix, a renegade who claims to be the town's new sheriff. <BR><BR>Lost in a blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren, and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover. When they arrive, they are greeted by four unfamiliar faces: Bob, who takes care of Minnie's in the owner's absence; Oswaldo Mobray, the hangman of Red Rock; cow-puncher Joe Gage; and Confederate general Sanford Smithers. As the storm overtakes the mountainside, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all ...<BR><BR>The Hateful Eight is a Tarantino master class in tension-filled atmosphere, singular characters, and razor-sharp dialogue. <BR>

#1 New York Times Bestseller“Classic, sparks-flying Tarantino.” —Washington PostQuentin Tarantino’s debut work of fiction is an audacious, hilarious, disturbing novel of historical fiction about life in the movie colony, circa 1969. Here is Hollywood, both the fairy tale and the real thing, as given to us by a master storyteller who knows it like the back of his hand. This new edition includes a foreword by Walter Kirn.RICK DALTON—Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick’s a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it?CLIFF BOOTH—Rick’s stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he’s the only one there who might have got away with murder. . . .SHARON TATE—She left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it. Sharon’s salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in the Hollywood Hills.CHARLES MANSON—The ex-con’s got a bunch of zonked-out hippies thinking he’s their spiritual leader, but he’d trade it all to be a rock ‘n’ roll star.These indelible characters—and many more: an acting child prodigy beaming with hope; a booze-drenched former A-lister who’s lost it all—occupy the vanished world of Hollywood in 1969, brought to brilliant life in these pages. As the New York Times raves, “Tarantino’s first novel is, to borrow a phrase from his oeuvre, a tasty beverage. . . . [He] makes telling a page-turning story look easy, which is the hardest trick of all.”

Instant New York Times bestsellerThe long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans-and all movie lovers-could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the New Hollywood era of the 1970s, all of which he first saw as a young moviegoer at the time, this book is as intellectually rigorous and insightful as it is rollicking and entertaining. At once film criticism, film theory, a feat of reporting, and wonderful personal history, it is all written in the singular voice recognizable immediately as QT's and with the rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest practitioners of the artform ever.Part memoir, part film history, Tarantino's sharp-witted analysis of 70s cinema covers:- Film Criticism Reimagined: In-depth, outrageously entertaining essays on pivotal films of the 1970s like Dirty Harry, Taxi Driver, and Deliverance, viewed through the eyes of a master filmmaker.- Untold Hollywood History: A mix of sharp reporting and personal history, exploring the movies, the stars, and the directors that defined a cinematic era.- What-If Scenarios: Tarantino's signature "cinema speculation" in action, exploring alternate histories like what would have happened if Brian De Palma had directed Taxi Driver.- A Masterclass in Filmmaking: Learn how one of cinema's greatest practitioners thinks about the artform, with insights only QT could deliver.

A unique cocktail of personal memoir, cultural criticism and Hollywood history by the one and only Quentin Tarantino.<BR><BR>The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the number one New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.<BR><BR>In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. <BR><BR>Now, with CINEMA SPECULATION, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans - and all movie lovers - could have hoped for. <BR><BR>Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he first saw as a young moviegoer at the time, this book is as intellectually rigorous and insightful as it is rollicking and entertaining. <BR><BR>At once film criticism, film theory, a feat of reporting, and wonderful personal history, it is all written in the singular voice recognizable immediately as QT's and with the rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest practitioners of the artform ever.