{"product_id":"everywhere-an-oink-oink-an-embittered-dyspeptic-and-accurate-report-of-forty-years-in-hollywood-hardcover","title":"Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Mamet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-loud tales from his four decades in Hollywood where he worked with some of the biggest names in movies.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Mamet went to Hollywood on top--a super successful playwright summoned west in 1980 to write a vehicle for Jack Nicholson. He arrived just in time to meet the luminaries of old Hollywood and revel in the friendship of giants like Paul Newman, Mike Nichols, Bob Evans, and Sue Mengers. Over the next forty years, Mamet wrote dozens of scripts, was fired off dozens of movies, and directed eleven himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEverywhere an Oink Oink\u003c\/i\u003e, he revels of the taut and gag-filled professionalism of the film set. He depicts the ever-fickle studios and producers who piece by piece eat the artist alive. And he ponders the art of filmmaking and the genius of those who made our finest movies. With the bravado and flair of Mamet's best theatrical work, this memoir describes a world gone by, some of our most beloved film stars with their hair down, and how it all got washed away by digital media and the woke brigade. The book is illustrated throughout with three-dozen of Mamet's pungent cartoons and caricatures.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Mamet's numerous plays include \u003ci\u003eOleanna\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlengarry Glen Ross\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award), \u003ci\u003eAmerican Buffalo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Speed-the-Plow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarriage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNovember\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRace\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Anarchist\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote the screenplays for such films as \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eVerdict\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Untouchables\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRonin\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWag the Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, and has twice been nominated for an Academy Award. He has written and directed ten films, including \u003ci\u003eHomicide\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Spanish Prisoner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eState and Main\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e House of Games\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpartan\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Redbelt\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, he wrote the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Village\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Old Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Diary of a Porn Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e, and many books of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eBambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama\u003c\/i\u003e, and two \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRecessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e. His HBO film \u003ci\u003ePhil Spector\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Al Pacino and Helen Mirren, aired in 2013 and earned him two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing. He was cocreator and executive producer of the CBS television show \u003ci\u003eThe Unit\u003c\/i\u003e and is a founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.25 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751500972320,"sku":"9781668026311","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d4f13fa871bcc6c07b386fc165fb42c6.webp?v=1779974397","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/everywhere-an-oink-oink-an-embittered-dyspeptic-and-accurate-report-of-forty-years-in-hollywood-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}