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"Get Carter" and Beyond: The Cinema of Mike Hodges
  

"Get Carter" and Beyond: The Cinema of Mike Hodges (Paperback)

by Michael Caine (Foreword), Steven Paul Davies (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Batsford Ltd (28 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0713487909
  • ISBN-13: 978-0713487909
  • Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 15 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 116,452 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Mike Hodges, British film director of seminal works such as Get Carter and Croupier as well as blockbusters, including Flash Gordon, talks to the author about his work in film. Get Carter and Beyond takes the reader through the career of Mike Hodges, exploring decades of life in Hollywood and British film-making and the work of an auteur. This first-ever book on Mike Hodges covers the inside stories of working in mainstream and arthouse cinema in both the UK and Hollywood. The book includes: - Foreword by Michael Caine - a brief look at Hodges formative years, his childhood, education, and television work - Get Carter: the making of the movie, from the director's first impressions of the novel, writing the screenplay, casting Caine, Hendry and Ekland and shooting in Newcastle. - Get Caine Again: a look at Pulp (with Caine) made a year later, discussing the glamorization of gangsters. - The Terminal Man: a chapter on this cult 70s sci-fi classic starring George Segal. - Big movies: Hodges discusses his period of big-budget crowd-pleasers (Dino De Laurentis' Flash Gordon and Morons From Outer Space, which allowed him more artistic freedom for later movies - A Prayer for the Dying: the making of this controversial film not just for its IRA subject matter but because Hodges and star Mickey Rourke disowned it. This chapter gives the inside story into the burying of Rourke and the Americanisation of the Irish. - Faith and Fakery: A return to simple film-making with the award-winning Black Rainbow and Croupier.


About the Author

Steven Paul Davies is a freelance writer on film and the author of Alex Cox: Film Anarchist, The A-Z of Cult Films and Film-makers and co-author of Brat Pack.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great book on a great British director, 14 Jan 2003
By Kirk Jacobson (Birmingham, England) - See all my reviews
As a fan of Get Carter, Flash Gordon and Croupier, I was thrilled that a book had been published on the director of those films. An interesting read throughout, I was impressed that the author gave just as much time to the not-so-well-known Mike Hodges movies such as Black Rainbow and Pulp... which I am now DYING to see. Where can I get these films on DVD or video?!!! The author lets the subject talk at length about his work and his experiences within the Hollywood and British film industries. I laughed out loud a few times at some of the details. Davies has proved he can tell the story of a captivating character with wit and great style. Hodges, whose voice is heard throughout also sparkles in this book. Why hasn't there been a biography before? This is a must for serious film fans. I'll be first in line at my local cinema to see Hodges' next film!!!
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