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LA TIMES BESTSELLER From the awardwinning screenwriter and director of cult classicBull Durham the extremely entertaining behindthescenes story of the making of the film and an insightful primer on the art and business of moviemaking
This book tells you how to make a moviethe whole nine innings of itout of nothing but sheer will Tony Gilroy writer/director of Michael Clayton and The Bourne Legacy
The only church that truly feeds the soul day in day out is the church of baseballAnnie inBull Durham
Bull Durham the breakthrough 1988 film about a minor league baseball team is widely revered as the best sports movie of all time But back in 1987 Ron Shelton was a firsttime director and no one was willing to finance a movie about baseballespecially a story set in the minors The jury was still out on Kevin Costners leadingman potential while Susan Sarandon was already a hasbeen There were doubts But something miraculous happened andThe Church of Baseballattempts to capture why
From organizing a baseball camp for the actors and rewriting key scenes while on set to dealing with a short production schedule and overcoming the challenge of filming the sport Shelton brings to life the making of this beloved American movieShelton explains the rarely revealed ins and outs of moviemaking from a films inception and financing screenwriting casting the nuts and bolts of directing the postproduction process and even through its release But this is also a book about baseball and its singular romance in the world of sports Shelton spent six years in the minor leagues before making this film and his experiences resonate throughout this book
Full of wry humor and insightThe Church of Baseballtells the remarkable story behind an iconic film
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