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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     King, James.     Subjects     Motion picture industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Nineteen eighties.     Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Motion pictures -- History -- 20th century.     Motion pictures -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      King, James.       by title:      Fast times and excel...       by call number:      791.430973 K53f     Search the Web     King, James.     Motion picture industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Nineteen eighties.     Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Motion pictures -- History -- 20th century.     Motion pictures -- History.       MARC Display

Fast times and excellent adventures : the surprising history of the '80s teen movie / James King. by King, James. Constable, 2018. Call #: 791.430973 K53f Subjects Motion picture industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Nineteen eighties.   Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Motion pictures -- History -- 20th century.   Motion pictures -- History. ISBN:  9781472123725 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Surprising history of the '80s teen movie Ultimate history of the '80s teen movie Description:  xi, 452 p. : portraits (some col.) ; 24 cm. Notes:  Includes index. Summary:  "Could a Fifties Western sell as many tickets as 2014's Secret Cinema run of Back To The Future? And in thirty years' time, who really believes that pop culture will be buzzing about actors from those Noughties 'found footage' films in the way it's still fascinated by former Eighties teen stars to this day? (Molly Ringwald - 120,000 Twitter followers; Rob Lowe - 1 million; Tom Cruise - 4.9 million.) Here are films about ends of terms, life-changing vacations and days off. What teenager wouldn't want to watch something so perfectly in tune with their own life? Hollywood in the Eighties was perfectly poised to exploit such teenage emotions. Vietnam was over, Nixon was gone, the economy boomed. The serious Seventies were done and dusted. Marketing teams revelled in the chance to make the most of soundtrack albums, merchandise and MTV, turning adolescent dreams into a commodity like never before. Fast Times and Excellent Adventures is an inside look at how the movie world got to that position ...and what it did with the power."--Publisher's description. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 791.430973 K53f Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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