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In April 1970, during the glory days of the Apollo space program, NASA sent Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America's fifth mission to the moon. Only fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13, disaster struck: a mysterious explosion rocked the ship, and soon its oxygen and power began draining away. Commander Lovell and his crew watched in alarm as the cockpit grew darker, the air grew thinner, and the instruments winked out one by one. The full story of the moon shot that almost ended in catastrophe has never been told, but now Lovell and coauthor Jeffrey Kluger bring it to vivd life. What begins as a smooth flight is transformed into a hair-raising voyage from the moment Lovell calls out, "Houston, we've got a problem." Minutes after the explosion, the astronauts are forced to abandon the main ship for the lunar module, a tiny craft designed to keep two men alive for just two days. But there are three men aboard, and they are four days from home. As the hours tick away, the narrative shifts from the crippled spacecraft to Mission Control, from engineers searching desperately for solutions to Lovell's wife and children praying for his safe return. The entire nation watches as one crisis after another is met and overcome. By the time the ship splashes down in the Pacific, we understand why the heroic effort to rescue Lovell and his crew is considered by many to be NASA's finest hour. This riveting book puts the reader right in the spacecraft during one of the worst disasters in the history of space exploration. Written with all the color and drama of the best fiction, Lost Moon is the true story of a thrilling adventure and an astonishing triumph over nearly impossible odds. It was a major Oscar(R)-nominated motion picture directed by Ron Howard and starred Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon.
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Remarkable narrative account.......2007-01-21
This book was the basis for the movie Apollo 13. America had become complacent about our space shots by this time, which is something I still do not understand. But that may be because I worked so long at the Kennedy Space Center and always knew and still understand how dangerous each and every launch is. Apollo 13 was to have been the fifth mission to the moon. But two days into the trip, on April 13, 1970, the oxygen tank exploded in the command module, placing the three astronauts in grave danger. Lovell describes those terrifying days as astronauts, contractors, and Mission Controlled struggled to bring Apollo 13 safely back to earth. If you want to read what really happened by someone who was there...this is the book for you.
Amazing!.......2006-12-31
This well written book is a great time line of what really happened. I also enjoy the movie and this book fills in the gaps that were not covered in the movie. Also gives detailed accounts of nearly everyone involved in this mission.
Good General and Technical Detail About a Near-Disaster in Space.......2006-11-15
As someone who has been fascinated with space flight since childhood, and who well remembers the real Apollo 13 from his teenage years, I found this book a fascinating reminder of history. However, this book is about much more than the aborted flight of Apollo 13. It includes historical flashbacks that involved astronaut James Lovell. One chapter describes Lovell's teenage years as he launched homemade rockets. Another summarizes the early years of space exploration in the wake of Sputnik 1. Still another describes the selection of Lovell as an astronaut in late 1962. There is also a chapter on the Apollo 1 fire. Some of Lovell's closest friends perished in that needless tragedy. There is a fine description of the historical flight of Apollo 8, that Christmas lunar orbit in 1968. It included a reading from the Book of Genesis.
Now on to Apollo 13. In preparations for potential in-space emergencies, no one had imagined the simultaneous loss of both main oxygen tanks and all three fuel cells. This left the Odyssey itself with only a few hours of remaining oxygen, water, and electricity. Lovell and Kluge note that mission rules forbid a lunar landing if only one fuel cell becomes inoperable, even if nothing else is wrong. But the "Can the moon landing be saved?" quickly gave way to "Can the astronaut's lives be saved?"
The initial belief was that a meteoroid must have hit the ship. This later was discounted when the blown-open side of the service module became visible shortly after being jettisoned prior to re-entry. Clearly, the explosion must have originated from within the service module itself. Later investigation pointed to a confluence of factors, none decisive in and of themselves, that had combined to precipitate the near-tragedy. To begin with, the wrong-power fuses were being used within the oxygen tanks. When overloaded, they simply melted, allowing the overload of electricity to pass through. During assembly, the oxygen tank had been dropped, damaging an exit tube. During launch-pad exercises, the liquid oxygen was drained past the damaged exit tube by applying extra heat and driving the oxygen out another way. The sensor was not designed to warn of overheating above 80 F. Meanwhile, this procedure had unknowingly raised the temperatures to impossible levels, burning the insulation off much of the wire inside the oxygen tank. The first two times the stirring fan was turned on in space, there was no problem. But the third time, a spark must have flown and ignited the damaged insulation in the pure-oxygen environment, causing the explosion. The explosion itself damaged a tube connected to the second oxygen tank, thus draining it.
The book provides good detail about the dangers and challenges associated with the abort procedure itself. The decision was made not to attempt to fire the service module engine in order to reverse the flight direction in a deep-space abort, if only because the damaged service module might be unable to take the strain of the engine's thrust. The first critical burn of the lunar module's descent engine, done some six hours after the explosion and designed to change the hybrid trajectory back into a free-return trajectory, would have caused the Apollo 13 to crash into the far side of the moon if done incorrectly. Without the burn, however, Apollo 13 would be stuck in a 40,000 by 240,000 mile elliptical orbit around Earth. Thoughts were entertained about jettisoning the useless service module and using the lunar module's descent engine to accelerate the ship considerably--returning it from the vicinity of the moon to Earth in only some 36 hours. But this was not done out of fear that exposure of the command module's heat shield to the temperature extremes of space might damage it.
Everything on the ship had to be powered down--a strategy that worked, just barely. The severe cold aboard the ship, a secondary consequence of the powering down of all nonessential equipment, is described. The astronauts had a frosty breath. Some got urinary infections. They had a hard time getting comfortable enough to sleep.
The astronauts were slowly being poisoned by their own carbon dioxide. This was solved by the jury-rigging of the lithium hydroxide "scrubbers" of the command module to get them to fit into the circulation system of the lunar module. Just before re-entry, there were the challenges of successfully reviving the systems aboard the command module, and jettisoning both the service and lunar modules in a completely unconventional manner.
Add in my five stars please.......2005-12-05
If you're into the space program and what happened during this era, then I can't think of one reason why this shouldn't be in your library. It's one of my all-time favorite books.
An outstanding account, with one qualification.......2005-08-07
Jim Lovell's dreams of landing on the moon were literally blown away in April 1970, when an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13's service module exploded less than a day away from lunar orbit, forcing the crew to limp home under perilous circumstances. More than two decades after surviving that mission, Lovell (with his co-author Jeffrey Kluger) has written an excellent account of that ill-fated moon flight.
LOST MOON is one of the best of the Apollo books I've read, especially one concerning a single mission. This is also one of the best books about the work of mission control, who were the key figures behind the successful return of the crew. It is as complete a description of this mission as we are ever likely to see. The attention to detail is on a very high level, and the amount of transcripted dialogue is plentiful, well presented, and from a myriad of sources. There are a number of slightly testy exchanges between Lovell's crew and mission control, highlighting the tension of the situation in an honest and unapologetic manner. The examination of exactly how the accident happened, as told in the epilogue, is covered exceptionally well.
An aspect of the book that bothered me was the decision to use a third-person narrative throughout (which is defended unconvincingly in the author's notes). I had never before read any autobiographical account in which the central figure is treated in the third person. Basically, I was looking forward to reading Lovell's descriptions of events using his own voice and experience, and that didn't quite happen. To read Lovell -- one of the most engaging personalities of all the early astronauts -- diminished by such an impersonal, veiled perspective was disappointing. It adds nothing to the writing, and ultimately I felt it was a disservice to the book, though a minor one. If the authors had their doubts about mixing third-person and first-person perspectives successfully, they could have taken some cues from Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who wrote two books in that style and who is regarded as perhaps the best writer among the former astronauts.
Despite its compromises in narrative style, LOST MOON (or APOLLO 13, depending on the format) is an outstanding biographical account of the failed 1970 moon flight. It is potentially a five-star book if the writing had been appropriately personal when it counted the most.
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On April 13, 1970, three American astronauts were on their way to the moon when a mysterious explosion rocked their ship, forcing them to abandon the main ship and spend four days in the tiny lunar module which was intended to support two men for two days. A harrowing story of danger, courage and brilliant off-the-cuff engineering solutions which resulted in a dramatic rescue.
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On April 13, 1970, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert were hurtling along in the Apollo 13 spacecraft, on America's fifth mission to the moon, when a mysterious explosion rocked the ship. The cockpit grew dim, the air grew thin, and the instrument lights winked out. Moments later, the astronauts were forced to abandon the main for the tiny lunar module, designed to keep two men alive for just two days. But there were now three men aboard, and they were four days from home. As the action shifts from the disabled ship to the frantic engineers at Mission Control to Lovell's anxious family, Apollo 13 brilliantly recreates the harrowing, heroic rescue mission in all its drama and glory.
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Appollo 13.......2007-09-25
Well written, absorbing account of the risks that astronauts face, and in paricular, the amazing factual story of the Apollo 13 accident that could so easily have been a national disaster, but for the bravery and resourcefulness of not only Lovell, Haise and Swigert, but also the many ground technicians who helped guide the crippled craft safely back to Earth.
This book should be on everyone's 'must read'list.
Eduction for greater understanding of humanity.......2007-08-13
I have just started reading the book and already I find it very fascinating. I have read parts of it in a distant past but now I will read it completely with the intention of educating myself on this important historical event that makes people understand better what human beings can do on and outside planet earth.
An ex launch vehicle worker.......2007-08-12
First bought the DVD, then the book. After reading the book, I'm no longer interested in the movie. Ron Howard apparently did an exceptional job of recreating much of the hardware, but as for it being a good historical record, there's too much artistic license.
I enjoyed the book very much. The lingo used brings back memories of my time in Huntsville, Alabama. That lingo plus the professionalism of the astronauts, which comes through in the book, makes it ring true. But it also makes the movie too much of a soap opera. I suppose Hollywood knows who its primary audience is - young adults, who today expect everything to be over the top.
Scientific, Thrilling, Historic .......2007-06-29
Even CATS couldn't be better. If you have ever watched the movie and enjoyed it as much as I did, then you will love this book that gives you even more. This has to be one of the most amazing adventures ever taken by Americans. The technical details are described beautifully and can easily be grasped by us non-astronaut types. You learn all of the fundamentals of the Apollo 13 spacecraft and quite a bit about the lifestyle of the ultimate test pilots. We previously read James Michner's Space and really enjoyed it. Apollo 13 is easily more dramatic and thrilling, yet it has the advantage of only having to cover a limited time period as compared to the decades covered by Michner's Space. Both are excellent books for the space lovers.
Do You Remember This? Relive the Drama, Read the Book........2007-03-15
Can you imagine yourself half way between Earth and the moon, in a dying space craft, going the wrong way? This is one of the best human interest stories of our time; one with emotion, drama, and hope during one of the most extreme survival situations ever documented. The movie was great. The book is so much better.
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Lost Moon
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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- # 4 of the Swanlea Spinster Series
- Enjoyable beginning, bad ending
- When an author gets the hero right...no explanation needed.
- The best of the series thus far!
- Sometimes worthy reading, but not up to snuff
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Dance of Seduction (Swanlea Spinsters, Book 4)
Sabrina Jeffries
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Release Date: 2003-03-25 |
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She won't let a thief steal her heart . . .
It's difficult enough for Lady Clara Stanbourne to run her London home for reformed young pickpockets without having to contend with a criminal in business right next door! The mysterious Morgan Pryce is obviously dealing in stolen property, and she will never allow the handsome scoundrel to lead the children astray! Pryce is very much mistaken if he believes her a delicate rose he can wilt with soft words and passionate, unspoken promises. Now if only Clara could douse the fiery yearning the charming cad ignites inside her . . .
This bold, beautiful temptress is indeed a distraction—and Morgan wishes he could tell the exquisite Clara the truth: that he is working undercover to break up a notorious crime ring. His mind should be on his duty—not wondering how it would feel to hold Clara in his arms and taste the sweetness of her luscious lips. But now that she has entered into his most dangerous game, Morgan knows he must have her, despite the very real peril to his secret mission ... and to his heart!
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# 4 of the Swanlea Spinster Series.......2007-06-19
Captain Morgan pretends to be a fence to capture the famous criminal `Specter'. Morgan sets up his shop beside Lady Clara Stanbourne home for reformed young pickpockets. She does not want to like Morgan since he is criminal but every time they are alone sparks fly. Not a great book of the series but you can never go wrong with a Sabrina Jeffries book! Check out the whole Swanlea Spinster series; Book 1: A Dangerous Love
Book 2: A Notorious Love, Book 3: After the Abduction, Book 4: Dance of Seduction,Book 5: Married to the Viscount.
Enjoyable beginning, bad ending.......2007-04-24
I was smiling reading the beginning, the early interaction between Clara & Morgan was fun. Unfortunately, the crux of the novel - Morgan's fear of London and everything it represents to him in his tortured past - just didn't ring true.
Morgan is pretty bland for a roguish scoundrel. Morgan is your typical tortured hero with a "dark" past while the Lady Clara is your typical headstrong heroine who finds High Society boring. Instead, she runs the Home, a shelter for poor children helping them escape the criminal street life so common amongst them.
Spoilers ahead.
As I mentioned, the witty banter between Clara & Morgan in the beginning was fun. The second half of the novel however focuses on Morgan agonizing mercilessly over a past which tortures his soul. Morgan is made out to be a rogue who's done some bad stuff, but I really don't see it. He doesn't even directly the kill the man who ended up causing his mother's death, he only arranged it, as though this is such a big deal, causing all this feminine angst inside him. I fail to see any of Morgan's so-called criminal past, he was a sailor, abducted by pirates (not really doing anything for them), and he was a spy for the government. So where's this criminal rogue? Please, he's as square as they come, and pretty weak agonizing over a "murder" he didn't directly partake in.
I wanted to see a determined and willful Morgan (or at least grow some) kill the Specter in the end, but apparently Clara explains that doing that would erase what's left of his soul. C'mon....
Also predictably, Clara convinces Morgan to see everything her way, that he was afraid of London and he was running from his past by trying to escape London and captain a ship. Towards the end, Clara easily convinces Morgan to not kill the Specter, as if in so doing it instantly and magically releases him of agonizing over his childhood in Geneva (which, of course, it magically does). Clara gets everything she wants: the man she loves, her shelter renovated by her love's wealthy connections, her love working for her at the shelter, and the man she loves chooses to stay with her rather than go back to the sea to captain a ship.
There isn't a single concession on Clara's part, and I didn't find it endearing to read at all. I didn't see a romance here, I saw more a girl's dream for her man to give up everything he is or wants to be for her. I really don't see Clara "saving" Morgan from his wounded past. If anything, his "wounded" past was lame and the fact that he agonized over it was entirely a weak plot device to make it appear Clara salvaged something deep inside him worth rescuing (which it wasn't, since Morgan came off more like a girl than a male rogue).
Clara feels Morgan would resent her if she were to marry him and then have him go out to sea to captain a ship. She will settle for nothing less than having Morgan give up everything he is for her. Maybe I just don't get it, because I don't see how he couldn't resent her for forcing him to stay in London with her. The hubbub regarding his wounded past was weak and didn't ring true at all.
When an author gets the hero right...no explanation needed........2005-06-20
Lady Clara is a spinster 28 year old who is involved in charity work at a home for pickpocket children. Morgan is an ex-spy naval captian who is posing as a "fence" in order to catch a master thief named Spector. They are at odds from the beginning, fighting a powerful attraction, and losing quickly. The interchanges between the two main characters are so witty and funny I couldn't resist liking them immediately. The part of the story I really enjoyed is Morgan's desperation for Clara's love. It made the hot scenes practical smoulder on the page. A nice departure from the norm because Morgan is a strong man totally undone. So romantic..sigh...
**A note to the publisher...I would never have bought the book at the store with that ridiculous cover. I missed out reading a marvelous book for two years because of that cover. The only reason you need a bodice ripper cover is because the book is SO awful no one is going to read it except for the sex. Sabina Jefferies deserves a cover like Julia Quinn or Lisa Kleypas. she writes just that good.
The best of the series thus far!.......2004-08-18
We last left Juliet happily in love with her kidnapper Sebastion Templemore, who had abducted her while masquerading as his twin brother Morgan. Morgan lost a bet with Juliet and is now unwillingly marooned in England for a year as a result. Unknown to his beloved relatives, he's already broken his vow to stay out of trouble and is hot on a spy mission to track down the infamous Spector! Along the way, he meets Lady Clara, who may be even more of a trap for this rakish rascal. Jeffries gives us another sizzling, sexy romance combined with breathtaking adventure and humor. Of course, the fact that Morgan is a hunk of a hero doesn't hurt either......Don't miss any of this series! They get better and better!
Sometimes worthy reading, but not up to snuff.......2004-06-13
I had looked forward to Morgan's story, but found this book disappointing. Morgan is not as compelling as he appeared in After the Abduction, and Clara lacks the caution that years of working in a crime-ridden area ought to foster. Moreover, she is supposed to be a very proper lady, but rarely acts it. Thus her characterization seems to be at odds with itself.
On the other hand, they do have chemistry, and there are times that Morgan's past hurts & fears suffuse the story with deeper emotions.
Few of the secondary characters have well-differentiated personalities. The villain turns out to be a cowardly bully, and the secondary plots are little more than fluff. Too much time & space was devoted to the home and the pickpockets. That assessment might be different if they had been linked more with Morgan's childhood.
By the way, the cover art, while evocative, is highly inaccurate--Clara has brown hair. Annoying when they do that.
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The "gentleman" next door is surely a criminal who could undo all of Clara's good works. So why can't the lady get the dashing rogue out of her dreams
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new Avon Romantics Tra=easures, by the auhor of "Dance of Seduction" "The Dangerous Lord"
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Leni Riefenstahl, aged 100 in 2002, achieved fame as a dancer, actress, photographer, and director, but her entire career is colored by her association with the Nazi party. This overt tension between the political meaning of her work for National Socialism and its essential aesthetic quality forms the basis of this compelling account. Appointed by Hitler, Leni Riefensthal directed the Nazi propaganda film Triumph des Willens along with her best-known work Olympia, a documentary of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. By 1939 Riefenstahl was arguably the most famous woman film director in the world, yet after World War II, she was never again accepted as a filmmaker.
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leni's refusal to admit guilt was off-putting.......2005-04-12
im not sure what the other reviewer is talking about. i thought this to be the most even-handed assessment of riefenstahl that i've yet read. not only that, but rother addresses most other commentaries on reifenstahl, so that this work can work also as a sort of bibliography for those who wish to read further. rother pretty much says that riefenstahl got a raw deal compared to other propaganda directors (mr. jud suess), but that she still deserved much of what she got. essentially (and, no, i don't view this as a "plot-spoiler"), says rother, riefenstahl was apolitical but still guilty (or, perhaps, guilty because she was too apolitical, that is, ambivilant enough to let the nazis use her (and i use the word "use" here loosely)). of course, rother goes much deeper into this, even broaching (but not always delving into) such topics as: is objectivity possible in documentary?, was leni an auteur, and thus not responsible for her artistic portrayals of nazis?
please understand that i'm rating this a 4, as in, this is four stars for books of this type, as opposed to, this is 4 stars in general for all categories. also, im trying to cancel out the other reviewer who must be some kind of uber leni fan.
Two Sides to Every Coin.......2002-12-11
The author, in spite of all his Leni-bashing, must be something of an admirer of the great filmmaker or he wouldn't have so passionately researched her life and career. Riefenstahl and her work have always, since WW2, generated a love/hate response from her audiences and this author makes his case for the latter. While there is nothing particularly enlightening about his findings or opinions, it is always interesting to read more about the fascinating century Ms. Riefenstahl has witness and affected with her art and strong personality.
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Yes? No! Maybe... : Seductive Ambiguity in Dance
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Yes? No! Maybe... is a book about performing and watching dance. Using a unique combination of historical, academic and autobiographical voices, it covers fifty years of British dance, from Margot Fonteyn in the 1950s to innovative contemporary practitioners such as Wendy Houstoun, Nigel Charnock, Lloyd Newson, Javier DeFrutos and Fin Walker.
Emilyn Claid's thought-provoking investigation of performing presence is illuminated by episodes from her own history as founder member of X6 Dance Space, the experimental dance collective, and as one of the UK's most radical and exciting practitioners. Using the 1970s revolution of new dance as a hinge, the author looks back to ballet and forward to British independent dance which is new dance's legacy. This book explores the shifting dynamic between performer and spectator through feminist, psychoanalytic, post-structuralist and queer theoretical perspectives. In the process, the concepts of seduction, androgyny and ambiguity are refigured as embodied strategies with which to enliven performer-spectator relations.
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Playwrights in Rehearsal: The Seduction of Company
Susan Letz Cole
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Playwrights in Rehearsal is an inside look at the writer's role in the creative process of bringing his or her words to life on stage. Susan Letzler Cole, granted rare access to some of the major playwrights of our time, recounts her participation in rehearsal with Arthur Miller, Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner and Suzan-Lori Parks, and others. Cole follows these writers from staged readings in small rooms to season-opening world premieres, as they work with such acclaimed directors as Joseph Chaikin, Mark Lamos, James Houghton and Garland Wright, and such distinguished actors as Kathleen Chalfant, Ellen McLaughlin, Charlayne Woodward, and Joseph Wiseman. Seeking to understand the playwright's role in the collaborative process of "rewriting" the script during rehearsal, Cole examines the relation between the author's revision of the text and the director's re-imagining of the script.
Cole vividly depicts both the pleasures and the tensions of playwrights working in company with actors, dramaturgs, and directors. In this revealing book, we see eight playwrights-who vary widely in age, fame, and dramatic technique-responding to the questions and dealing with the anxieties of their collaborators. As we watch and listen, and these writers watch and listen, plays come to life.
Filled with anecdotes and insights into the life and work of the playwright, Playwrights in Rehearsal is an eye-opening delight for anyone interested in how plays are made.
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a meticulous and magnificent book!.......2001-06-18
Dr. Cole's book has baptized me, awakening me to the wonders of the theatre. Her carefully researched and and excellently written book is a must own companion for anyone interested in the inner workings of the theatre and the crucial relationship between playwright, director, and actor. A wonderful book.
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Here's the script to the winner of "Best Off-Broadway Play of 1989" as voted by the Outer Critics Circle. "Funny, serious, suspenseful, involving, disturbing, and above all, expertly crafted...It concerns the intended hostile takeover of a deserving but obsolescent Rhode Island family business, New England Wire and Cable, honorably and not unprofitably run, that provides jobs for an entire small town's population...Epic grandeur and intimate titillation combined. It is the most stimulating kind of entertainment." - John Simon, New York magazine. Hardcover.
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Better than the movie.......2006-06-24
I have seem the play at the Minetta Lane theatre. It was much more pungent than the watered down movie version. The next best thing is actually reading the script.
The off-Broadway play properly casted actors suited for the parts rather than glitzy film stars. You will also find that the movie heavily "sanitized" the storyline and dialogs. This resulted in a cartoonish movie rather a serious theatrical drama that just happened to be funny.
If you saw and or read the play first, you may find the movie rather disappointing.
Snap, Crackle & Pop.......2005-10-25
"Other People's Money" appeared Off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre in February 1989 with Mercedes Ruehl as Kate Sullivan. It is a gripping economic drama that is well written and rides like a bullet train to its fascinating conclusion. The story traces the fate of New England Wire & Cable Company that has been in business 73 years with its CEO Andrew Jorgensen at the helm for the last 38 years. His secretary Bea Sullivan has been at his side for that entire time. Now in an era of fiber optics, the company finds iteself occupying an increasingly larger share of a fading market.
Corporate raider Lawrence Garfinkle sets his sights on the company and begins buying up shares. His goal is to demolish the company and sell of its assets for profit. He proudly proclaims that they are worth more dead than alive. Bea Sullivan enlists her attorney daughter Kate with Morgan Stanley to come to their aid. They plot strategy and try to counter the takeover, but find that Jorgensen is very much an ethical old-style president who refuses to bend to these new methods. William Cole is the president of the firm and sees the handwriting on the wall and tries to negotiate a golden parachute retirement package. Failing that, he makes a deal for $500,000 to let Garfinkle vote his shares. The play climaxes as Jorgensen and Garfinkle address the board of directors. Jorgensen talks about the jobs the company provides to the community while Garfinkle appeals that he will make them money by selling off the company at a higher return than they'll get for hanging onto it. In the end, the company is demolished. Kate Sullivan marries Garfinkle and has several rich little kids. It's a corporate tale where it's not enough to work hard; American businesses must also work smart. Dramatically, it has a strong punch and the characters are interesting and the dialogue peppers back and forth with snap, crackle & pop. This would be an interesting show to see on the stage. Enjoy!
A must read!.......1999-09-28
I never got to see the off-Broadway production but I loved the film and reading this play is the next best thing!
In many ways, this is a better written story than "Wall Street" or "Barbarians at the Gate." It is technically accurate and really gives you a flavor of high finance in the 1980s. Like "Glengarry Glen Ross," it really gets at the heart and mind of the people in the business.
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Dance of Seduction
Vanessa Grant
Manufacturer: Harlequin Mills & Boon
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
General | Romance | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0263783642 |
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Dancing With Natasha
Gregory Causey , and
Natasha Yushanov
Manufacturer: Romance Divine, LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Ballroom | Dance | Performing Arts | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
General | Performing Arts | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
Dancers | Arts & Literature | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
General | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
Memoirs | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1934446009 |
Book Description
Dancing With Natasha, written by Greg Causey, takes the reader from "I Can't Dance," to "I'm A Dancing Machine," detailing the often agonizing, but always rewarding endeavor of learning Ballroom Dance. In this engaging, witty and poignant memoir, Greg and his wife Joan make the frightening trek to the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Dayton, Ohio, for a few lessons to better enjoy the professional formal functions they attend. What they find is nothing short of miraculous. In her own exuberant style their instructor Natasha explains how she moves beginners who consider the 'obligatory grope' on the floor to be dancing, to graceful self-expression. With the foreword written by Barbara Haller - Four-time United States Professional Theatrical Arts champion, and details from other students, instructors, and dance pros, Dancing With Natasha will give the reader an uncommon peek into this incredibly popular and exciting endeavor.
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Howard Barker's Theatre of Seduction (Routledge Harwood Contemporary Theatre Studies)
Charles Lamb
Manufacturer: Routledge
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
General | Theater | Performing Arts | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
General | Performing Arts | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
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General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books | Classics | Comic | Contemporary | Literary
Contemporary | British & Irish | Drama | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 3718658747 |
Book Description
The author begins with an illuminating comparison of Barker with Edward Bond, revealing what he perceives as being their almost diametrically opposed concepts about the function of drama. Charles Lamb then looks at Barker against the world of deconstruction and postmodern thought, which leads to the author's unique Theory of Seduction, in which Barker's plays (in particular Judith and the Castle) are considered from an angle derived from Baudrillard's ideas about seduction. Nine of Howard Barker's striking pen and wash drawings are reproduced in The Shape of Darkness, including five in color.
The key study of the British playwright Howard Barker arose from Charles Lamb's realization that current performance theories and production techniques are not appropriate to the plays of Howard Barker.
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