Hollywood Dreams - Softcover

Henry Jaglom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878965166 ISBN 13: 9781878965165

Publisher: Rainbow Filmbooks, 2008

Synopsis

'Set in the City Of Angels, 'HOLLYWOOD DREAMS' spins the tale of a young girl fresh off the bus from Iowa (the astonishing TANNA FREDERICK), who falls in love with a sexy and promising young actor (JUSTIN KIRK) which threatens to complicate her own obsessive goal of becoming a famous actress. Featuring wonderful performances by DAVID PROVAL, KAREN BLACK, ZACK NORMAN, MELISSA LEO, KEATON SIMONS and SABRINA JAGLOM, the film perfectly captures the delightful and desperate lives of those chasing dreams in Hollywood: one day they are shuffling down a boardwalk with too many suitcases, and the next they are lounging in contemporary hillside homes with a view of the city. Though neither state is permanent, the more desirable one fuels the dream. The story's extraordinary execution portrays Hollywood as the fantastic and insane place that it is. Only director Henry Jaglom could capture this classic story with such deliberate and intense style that it feels entirely new.' - Lane Kneedler, American Film Institute

About this title

About the Author

HENRY JAGLOM, the filmmaker/playwright trained in New York at The Actor s Studio, studying acting with Lee Strasberg and writing/directing with Harold Clurman. He performed in off-Broadway theatre and cabaret before coming to Hollywood under contract to Columbia Pictures, where he guest-starred on TV shows ('Gidget', 'The Flying Nun') and was featured in a number of films, including ones directed by Jack Nicholson (DRIVE, HE SAID), Dennis Hopper (THE LAST MOVIE) and Orson Welles (THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND), each of whom he eventually directed in return. Jaglom began his acclaimed filmmaking career, working with Nicholson to edit Hopper's 1969 hit EASY RIDER. He made his debut as a writer/director with 1971's A SAFE PLACE, which starred Tuesday Weld, Nicholson and Welles. Since then, Jaglom has written and directed 18 more films, including TRACKS (1976), SITTING DUCKS (1980), CAN SHE BAKE A CHERRY PIE? (1983), ALWAYS (But Not Forever) (1985), SOMEONE TO LOVE (1987), NEW YEAR S DAY (1989), EATING (1990), VENICE/VENICE (1991), BABYFEVER (1994), LAST SUMMER IN THE HAMPTONS (1996), DEJA VU (1998), FESTIVAL IN CANNES (2002) and GOING SHOPPING (2004). Since selecting her to star in his 2007 Hollywood Dreams, Jaglom has collaborated with actress Tanna Frederick on the films IRENE IN TIME (2009), QUEEN OF THE LOT (2010), JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY (2012) and THE 'M' WORD, which is currently in post-production.

Review

HOLLYWOOD DREAMS is a wistful contemplation of the fickle nature of movie success - touching, sweet, surprisingly optimistic and hilarious! --Scott Foundas, LA Weekly. All of those great Hollywood Dream films of the '30s and '40s pegged the melodrama meter firmly in the red - it worked for 'A Star Is Born' and for 'All About Eve' and it works for 'Hollywood Dreams'! --Tim Cogshell, Box Office Magazine. Terrific and scalding! Tanna Frederick is spellbinding! --Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

All of those great Hollywood Dream films of the '30s and '40s pegged the melodrama meter firmly in the red - it worked for 'A Star Is Born' and for 'All About Eve' and it works for 'Hollywood Dreams'! --Tim Cogshell, Box Office Magazine

Terrific and scalding! Tanna Frederick is spellbinding! --Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

Edition details

• Publisher: Rainbow Filmbooks
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1878965166
• ISBN 13: 9781878965165
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Henry Jaglom