{"product_id":"9780062941336","title":"Woody Allen: A Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMcGilligan, Patrick\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/4\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoody Allen was once made a knight commander by France, but he didn’t know because the paperwork got lost in the mail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA decade later, he found out about the award by reading about it in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross nearly nine eventful decades, Allen’s life has been full of surprises. Writing jokes got him a gig as the youngest writer of Sid Caesar’s television dream team. As a rising comic, he boxed a kangaroo on TV. He made a blank-check deal with a major studio for terms unmatched in Hollywood history apart from early titans like Chaplin and Welles. All before \u003ci\u003eAnnie Hall\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet despite once being one of the most consequen­tial American cultural figures, Allen is now persona non grata. In this judicious entertainment biography, acclaimed biographer Patrick McGilligan charts the meteoric rise and fall of the comedian whose nonconformity proved both his secret genius and Achilles’ heel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on meticulous research for this definitive Woody Allen biography, McGilli­gan reconstructs Allen’s Brooklyn boyhood, his salad days as a television comedy writer, his rise to stand-up, and the thoughtful, award-winning film­making of his golden years in the 1970s and ’80s. His messy relationships with wives and girl­friends, including \u003ci\u003eAnnie Hall \u003c\/i\u003ecostar Diane Keaton, were essential to his artistic development and undo­ing. Yet no one could have predicted his tumultuous personal and professional relationship with actress Mia Farrow, his alleged abuse of their adopted daughter Dylan, and his subsequent marriage to Mia’s daughter Soon-Yi Previn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this comprehensive, sweeping, and rigor­ous account of Allen’s life and career, McGilligan astutely reveals the writer’s writer beyond the smoke and controversy, and paints a compelling portrait of the most creative, productive, and influential American film­maker of his time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick McGilligan’s definitive account separates fact from fiction to reveal:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Rise and Fall:\u003c\/b\u003e From a Brooklyn boyhood and his early days as a TV writer to becoming a cultural icon and, finally, persona non grata.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Singular Filmmaker:\u003c\/b\u003e An inside look at the thoughtful, award-winning filmmaking of his golden years, including the making of classics like \u003ci\u003eAnnie Hall\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHollywood and Stand-Up:\u003c\/b\u003e The surprising story of his ascent as a stand-up comic—including boxing a kangaroo on TV—and the blank-check deals that made him a Hollywood titan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Mia Farrow Controversy:\u003c\/b\u003e A rigorous reconstruction of his tumultuous relationship with Mia Farrow, the abuse allegations, and his marriage to Soon-Yi Previn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46825220866303,"sku":"9780062941336","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780062941336_s600x595.jpg?v=1780330421","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780062941336","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}