Off the Cliff

Off the Cliff
Title Off the Cliff PDF eBook
Author Becky Aikman
Publisher Penguin
Pages 322
Release 2017-06-27
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 0698405633

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A lively and revealing behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of history's most controversial and influential movies, drawing on exclusive interviews with the cast and crew. “You’ve always been crazy,” says Louise to Thelma, shortly after she locks a police officer in the trunk of his car. “This is just the first chance you’ve had to express yourself.” In 1991, Thelma & Louise, the story of two outlaw women on the run from their disenchanted lives, was a revelation. Suddenly, a film in which women were, in every sense, behind the wheel. It turned the tables on Hollywood, instantly becoming a classic, and continues to electrify audiences as a cultural statement of defiance. But if the film’s place in history now seems certain, at the time its creation was a long shot. Only through sheer hard work and more than a little good luck did the script end up in the hands of the brilliant English filmmaker Ridley Scott, who saw its huge potential. With Scott on board, a team willing to challenge the odds came together—including the stars Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon and a fresh-faced up-and-coming actor named Brad Pitt, as well as legends like actor Harvey Keitel, composer Hans Zimmer, and old-school studio chief Alan Ladd Jr.—to create one of the most controversial movies of all time. But before icons like Davis and Sarandon got involved, Thelma & Louise was just an idea in the head of Callie Khouri, a thirty-year-old music video production manager, who was fed up with working behind the scenes on sleazy sets. At four a.m. one night, sitting in her car outside the ramshackle bungalow in Santa Monica that she shared with two friends, she had a vision: two women on a crime spree, fleeing their dull and tedious lives—lives like hers—in search of a freedom they had never before been able to realize. But in the late 1980s, Hollywood was dominated by men, both on the screen and behind the scenes. The likelihood of a script by an unheard-of screenwriter starring two women in lead roles actually getting made was remote. But Khouri had one thing going for her—she was so inexperienced she didn't really know she would be attempting the nigh impossible. In Off the Cliff, Becky Aikman tells the full extraordinary story behind this feminist sensation, which crashed through barricades and upended convention. Drawing on 130 exclusive interviews with the key players from this remarkable cast of actors, writers, and filmmakers, Aikman tells an inspiring and important underdog story about creativity, the magic of cinema, and the unjust obstacles that women in Hollywood continue to face to this day.

Robert Altman

Robert Altman
Title Robert Altman PDF eBook
Author Patrick McGilligan
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 682
Release 1989-07-15
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780312304676

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The most prodigal, prolific, and visionary director to emerge from post-sixties Hollywood, Robert Altman is a man whose mystique sometimes threatens to overshadow his many critically acclaimed films (including MASH).

Kick the Baby Off the Cliff

Kick the Baby Off the Cliff
Title Kick the Baby Off the Cliff PDF eBook
Author Karen Wourms
Publisher Christian Services Network
Pages 144
Release 2006-04
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781593521530

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Wourms explains why a person can be saved, delivered from bondage, filled with the Holy Spirit, even have a ministry, and yet be ravaged by ungodly self-talk.

Jump Off the Cliff Notes

Jump Off the Cliff Notes
Title Jump Off the Cliff Notes PDF eBook
Author Gina Cascone
Publisher
Pages 100
Release 1988-09
Genre Humor
ISBN 9781557850737

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Whether students have read or aspire to read the classics, the most commonly assigned literature is capsulized for everyone to enjoy, including Moby Dick, Old Man and the Sea, A Tale of Two Cities, and Dr. Suess's One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.

View from the Cliff

View from the Cliff
Title View from the Cliff PDF eBook
Author Lynn Weiss
Publisher Taylor Trade Publications
Pages 289
Release 2001-04
Genre Health & Fitness
ISBN 0878332537

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With her simple, straightforward program, an acclaimed A.D.D. expert lays out the tools and techniques to help sharpen existing strengths and develop new ones. Weiss's practical guide teaches readers to unlock innate abilities effectively while cultivating skills that have long eluded them.

From the Edge of the Cliff

From the Edge of the Cliff
Title From the Edge of the Cliff PDF eBook
Author Dawn V. Obrecht
Publisher RICHER Publications
Pages 260
Release 2012-04
Genre Self-Help
ISBN 9780974461793

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Obrecht's well-written book provides those recovering from drug and/or alcohol abuse with practical lessons on how to understand and successfully navigate the two-phases of recovery from addiction. It is also a remarkably touching, real-life story of someone who has used these same lessons to maintain 28 years of successful recovery.

The Teacher’s Guide to Media Literacy

The Teacher’s Guide to Media Literacy
Title The Teacher’s Guide to Media Literacy PDF eBook
Author Cyndy Scheibe
Publisher Corwin Press
Pages 265
Release 2012
Genre Education
ISBN 1412997585

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A Deeper Sense of Literacy is the first book to suggest that media literacy is both a content area and an approach to teaching that can be integrated into any subject area. It combines theory and practical application in a way that addresses the most important questions related to media literacy in education today: what is it, why is it important, how can you teach it across a wide range of curriculum areas and grade levels, and does it work? Rather than focusing on how to teach media literacy, Scheibe and Rogow focus on actually using media literacy to teach lessons across the content areas.