{"product_id":"life-in-movies-1","title":"A Life in Movies","description":"The list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-fifty-year career is extraordinary: \u003ci\u003eRocky\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Goodfellas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRaging Bull\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDe-Lovely\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Right Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCreed\u003c\/i\u003e. His films have been nominated for fifty-two Academy Awards, including five movies for Best Picture, and have won twelve. Winkler's new film \u003ci\u003eCreed II\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone, opening fall 2018, will be followed by Martin Scorsese's \u003ci\u003eThe Irishman\u003c\/i\u003e, a major mafia saga for Netflix starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Life in Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, his charming and insightful memoir, Winkler tells the stories of his career through his many films as a producer and then as a writer and director, charting the changes in Hollywood over the past decades. Winkler started in the famous William Morris mailroom and made his first film-starring Elvis-in the last days of the old studio system. Beginning in the late 1960s, and then for decades to come, he produced a string of provocative and influential films, making him one of the most critically lauded, prolific, and commercially successful producers of his era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an engrossing and candid book, a beguiling exploration of what it means to be a producer, including purchasing rights, developing scripts, casting actors, managing directors, editing film, and winning awards.Filled with tales of legendary and beloved films, as well as some not-so-legendary and forgotten ones, \u003ci\u003eA Life in Movies \u003c\/i\u003etakes readers behind the scenes and into the history of Hollywood.","brand":"ABRAMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664267972644,"sku":"9781419735257","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9781419735257.jpg?v=1777355771","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/life-in-movies-1","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}