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King, James.
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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.
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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.
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Fast times and excellent adventures : the surprising history of the '80s teen movie / James King.
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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.
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