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Irving, John. My Movie Business. Bloomsbury, London, 1999.

Price: US$6.50 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Bloomsbury, London. 1999 First edition. Book Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine and in protective sleeve. Not least, and in addition to its qualities as a memoir - anecdotal, comic, affectionate and candid - My Movie Business is an insightful essay on the essential differences between writing a novel and writing a screenplay. The photographs in My Movie Business were taken by Stephen Vaughan, the still photographer on the set of The Cider House Rules - a Miramax production directed by Lasse Hallstrom, with Michael Caine in the role of Dr Larch.

Seller: Ariadne Books, PBFA, Eynsham, Witney, OXON, United Kingdom

Irving, John (1942-). Vaughan, Stephen. My movie business / John Irving ; photographs by Stephen Vaughan. London : Bloomsbury, 1999.

Price: US$14.42 + shipping

Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 144 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Summary; John Irving's memoir describes the author's involvement (and lack thereof) in five of the films that have (and have not) been made from his nine novels. It focuses primarily on the 13 years Irving spent writing and rewriting his screenplay of "The Cider House Rules", for four different directors. A Miramax production, the film was finally shot in the fall of 1998; directed by the Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom, with Michael Caine in the role of Dr Larch, it is released in November 1999. Irving also writes about the failed effort to make his first novel "Setting Free the Bears", into a movie; about two of the films that were made from his novels (but not from his screenplays), "The World According to Garp" and "The Hotel New Hampshire"; about his ongoing struggle to shepherd his screeplay of "A Son of the Circus" into production. In addition to its qualities as a memoir, this book is an insightful essay on the essential differences between writing a novel and writing a screenplay. Subjects; Irving, John (1942-) — Cider House Rules. Irving, John (1942-) — Biography. Irving, John (1942-) — Motion picture plays. Cider house rules (Motion picture). Motion picture authorship. Fiction authorship. Motion pictures — Production and direction. Films, cinema ; Biography & autobiography: film, television, music, theatre ; Novels, other prose & writers. Literary studies: from (c 1900 -). American English. Performing Arts / Film & Video / General. Bigoraphy & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts. Literary Criticism / General. Literary Criticism / European / General. Motion picture authorship ; Fiction authorship ; Motion pictures ; Production and direction. Irving, John. Genre; Autobiography. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Irving, John (1942-). Vaughan, Stephen. My movie business / John Irving ; photographs by Stephen Vaughan. London : Bloomsbury, 1999.

Price: US$25.54 + shipping

Description: Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 144 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Summary; John Irving's memoir describes the author's involvement (and lack thereof) in five of the films that have (and have not) been made from his nine novels. It focuses primarily on the 13 years Irving spent writing and rewriting his screenplay of "The Cider House Rules", for four different directors. A Miramax production, the film was finally shot in the fall of 1998; directed by the Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom, with Michael Caine in the role of Dr Larch, it is released in November 1999. Irving also writes about the failed effort to make his first novel "Setting Free the Bears", into a movie; about two of the films that were made from his novels (but not from his screenplays), "The World According to Garp" and "The Hotel New Hampshire"; about his ongoing struggle to shepherd his screeplay of "A Son of the Circus" into production. In addition to its qualities as a memoir, this book is an insightful essay on the essential differences between writing a novel and writing a screenplay. Subjects; Irving, John (1942-) — Cider House Rules. Irving, John (1942-) — Biography. Irving, John (1942-) — Motion picture plays. Cider house rules (Motion picture). Motion picture authorship. Fiction authorship. Motion pictures — Production and direction. Films, cinema ; Biography & autobiography: film, television, music, theatre ; Novels, other prose & writers. Literary studies: from (c 1900 -). American English. Performing Arts / Film & Video / General. Bigoraphy & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts. Literary Criticism / General. Literary Criticism / European / General. Motion picture authorship ; Fiction authorship ; Motion pictures ; Production and direction. Irving, John. Genre; Autobiography. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Irving, John. My Movie Business: A Memoir [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]. Random House, New York, 1999.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine unread condition white boards, white spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by John Irving; Author Dedication; and About the Author. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. "When I feel like being a director, I write a novel." - John Irving, from My Movie Business. "John Irving's memoir begins with his account of the distinguished career and medical writings of the novelist's grandfather Dr. Frederick C. Irving, a renowned obstetrician and gynecologist, and includes Mr. Irving's incisive history of abortion politics in the United States. But My Movie Business focuses primarily on the thirteen years John Irving spent adapting his novel The Cider House Rules for the screen - for four different directors. Mr. Irving also writes about the failed effort to make his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, into a movie; about two of the films that were made from his novels (but not from his screenplays), The World According to Garp and The Hotel New Hampshire; about his slow progress at shepherding his screenplay of A Son of the Circus into production. Not least, and in addition to its qualities as a memoir - anecdotal, comic, affectionate, and candid - My Movie Business is an insightful essay on the essential differences between writing a novel and writing a screenplay. The photographs in My Movie Business were taken by Stephen Vaughan, the still photographer on the set of The Cider House Rules - a Miramax production directed by Lasse Hallstrom, with Michael Caine in the role of Dr. Larch. Concurrently with the November 1999 release of the film, Talk Miramax Books will publish John Irving's screenplay." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.

John Irving. My Movie Business Limited Special Collection. Knopf Canada, 1999.

Price: US$69.05 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition thus, very fine condition. Limited Special Collection. My Movie Business by John Irving. Published by Knopf Canada in 1999. Hardcover. John Irving's memoir describes the author's involvement and lack thereof in five of the films that have and have not been made from his nine novels. My Movie Business focuses primarily on the thirteen years Mr. Irving spent writing and rewriting his screenplay of The Cider House Rules, for four different directors. A Miramax production, the film was finally shot in the fall of 1998 directed by the Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom My Life as a Dog, with Michael Caine in the role of Dr. Larch. Collectible item in very fine condition.

Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium