{"product_id":"9780878332687","title":"Reel V. Real: How Hollywood Turns Fact into Fiction","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=\"\"\u003eSanello, Frank\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\u003eTaylor Trade Publishing\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\u003e12\/28\/2002\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=\"\"\u003ePaperback\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\u003eAll too often, highly fictionalized cinematic depictions of the past are accepted as the unassailable truth by those unfamiliar with the \"real\" account. This book profiles sixty movies that portray actual moments in history, and compares the mythologized account of each event to what really happened. Movies chronicled include \u003ci\u003eThe Ten Commandments\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpartacus\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e A Man for All Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGladiator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGandhi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApollo 13\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Thin Red Line\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDances with Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBraveheart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Emperor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll the Presidents Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMutiny on the Bounty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBonnie \u0026amp; Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePatton\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eElizabeth\u003c\/i\u003e. Sanello also contrasts several historical figures with their filmed treatments, including Julius Caesar, Henry V, Christopher Columbus, Joan of Arc, Sir Thomas More, Jesus Christ, Catherine the Great, Sigmund Freud, and Harry Houdini. Lavishly illustrated with sixty film stills, \u003ci\u003eReel v. Real\u003c\/i\u003e shows how a happening's genuine details are frequently reshaped and distorted by Hollywood's bottomless appetite for over-the-top flamboyance and melodrama.","brand":"Taylor Trade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48131720380671,"sku":"9780878332687","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780878332687_s600x595.jpg?v=1781973961","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780878332687","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}