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Beschreibung
The remarkable story behind the planning, development and marketing of Laurel and Hardy's ill-received final film, Atoll K, has been little explored. Details on the script development, cast, crew, locations, and even basic information on running times and release dates have been sketchy at best since the film's 1951 release.
This work reconstructs the circumstances surrounding this unusual international co-production (Atoll K was a French-Italian film with English-speaking stars). Through lost documents detailing the film's production and funding, previously unreleased behind-the-scenes photos, and a rare interview with French movie star Suzy Delair, the author explores the continuous changes to the film's script during its chaotic production and the final marketing of the film's many different versions (Atoll K was also released as Robinson Crusoeland in the United Kingdom and as Utopia in the United States). Several appendices detail alternative sequences and cut scenes in various versions of the film and include French box-office reports from 1951 to 1952 as well as a complete filmography.
The remarkable story behind the planning, development and marketing of Laurel and Hardy's ill-received final film, Atoll K, has been little explored. Details on the script development, cast, crew, locations, and even basic information on running times and release dates have been sketchy at best since the film's 1951 release.
This work reconstructs the circumstances surrounding this unusual international co-production (Atoll K was a French-Italian film with English-speaking stars). Through lost documents detailing the film's production and funding, previously unreleased behind-the-scenes photos, and a rare interview with French movie star Suzy Delair, the author explores the continuous changes to the film's script during its chaotic production and the final marketing of the film's many different versions (Atoll K was also released as Robinson Crusoeland in the United Kingdom and as Utopia in the United States). Several appendices detail alternative sequences and cut scenes in various versions of the film and include French box-office reports from 1951 to 1952 as well as a complete filmography.
Über den Autor
Norbert Aping is a judge and district court director and Doctor of Media Culture.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Glenn Mitchell
Introduction

Part I: The Production of Atoll K

1. Preparations

2. On the Way to the Script

3. On the Way to Shooting

4. At Last a Script!

5. Shooting Begins in Marseilles

6. Shooting on the Côte d'Azur and in the Studio La Victorine

7. In the Paris Studio

8. The Editing

Part II: Atoll K on the Market

9. The French Version of Atoll K

10. The Italian Version Atollo K

11. The English-Language Version of Atoll K, Robinson Crusoeland

12. Utopia in the United States of America

13. Atoll K throughout the World

14. The German Version of Atoll K, Dick und Doof erben eine Insel

Appendix 1. Filmography
Appendix 2. Information in Opening Credits and Distributors' Data
Appendix 3. Alternative Sequences
Appendix 4. Scenes Cut from the 100-Minute Version
Appendix 5. French Box-Office Reports, 1951-1952
Chapter Notes

References
Index
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Theater & Film
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780786433025
ISBN-10: 0786433027
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Aping, Norbert
Hersteller: McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 254 x 178 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Norbert Aping
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.07.2008
Gewicht: 0,536 kg
Artikel-ID: 121911409