Title:
Life isn't everything : Mike Nichols, as remembered by 150 of his closest friends
Author:
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
©2019
Physical Description:
xxv, 336 pages, 16 unumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9781250112873
Abstract:
"An up-close and personal portrait of legendary filmmaker, theater director, and comedian Mike Nichols, drawing on candid conversations with his closest friends in show business and the arts-from Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep to Natalie Portman and Lorne Michaels"-- Provided by publisher.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction: The Burton stakes -- Dybbuks and golems -- To sell another drink -- Premise envy -- Don't act it funny -- It all started in the alley -- The Citizen Kane of disaffected youth -- Icarus was falling -- We must work together -- No new worlds to conquer -- Can I get a wild take? -- Caviar for the general -- A means to egress -- Like church, but a fun church -- Making friends with death -- Coda: That guru thing.
Language:
English
