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Freddie Francis
The Straight Story from Moby Dick to Glory, a Memoir
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2013
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In a film career that spanned more than seven decades, Freddie Francis distinguished himself as both an award-winning cinematographer and as a director of classic British horror films of the 1960s and 70s. From his formative years as a clapperboy and camera assistant in the 1930s to his work as camera operator, director of photography, and director through the 1990s, Francis had a unique behind-the-scenes perspective on filmmaking, particular British cinema. Throughout his career, Francis was honored with several BAFTA nominations and received Academy Awards for Sons and Lovers and Glory.
Freddie Francis: The Straight Story from Moby Dick to Glory, a Memoir is a personal story by one of the great British filmmakers of the 20th century. In this engaging volume, Francis provides a firsthand account of working on such classics as The Small Back Room, Beat the Devil, Room at the Top, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Elephant Man, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Cape Fear, and The Straight Story. He also reveals what is was like to work with some of the most significant filmmakers on both sides of the Atlantic, including Carol Reed, René Clair, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressberger, John Huston, Karel Reisz, Robert Mulligan, Jack Clayton, Martin Scorsese, and David Lynch. With his own brand of humor and charm, Francis recounts his career as a director for the British horror studios Hammer Films and its chief rival, Amicus Productions.
Freddie Francis's memoir provides an insider's view of the British Film industry from the mid-1930s to the 1990s. As such, it will appeal to both scholars of cinema and anyone interested in the golden age of filmmaking in the latter half of the twentieth century.
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Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-9205-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-9206-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
302
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Contents No access
Foreword: David Lynch No access
Foreword: Oswald Morris, OBE, DFC, AFC, BSC No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1. Cinema Was Always in My Blood No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter 2. A Proper Job No access Pages 15 - 32
Chapter 3. My Personal War and the Occasional Stripper No access Pages 33 - 46
Chapter 4. A Big Adventure No access Pages 47 - 78
Chapter 5. How I Became “King of the Kitchen Sink” No access Pages 79 - 102
Chapter 6. The Magic Box No access Pages 103 - X
Chapter 7. The Amicus Years No access Pages 133 - 164
Chapter 8. Count Downe to Disaster No access Pages 165 - 182
Chapter 9. It’s a Film, It’s My Two Mates, and It’s a Good Script, So Let’s Go! No access Pages 183 - 216
Chapter 10. Two Old Faces with Young Eyes No access Pages 217 - 242
Nominations and Awards No access Pages 243 - 244
Bibliography No access Pages 245 - 246
Filmography No access Pages 247 - 284
Index No access Pages 285 - 302
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