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The life and work of American director John G. Avildsen is thoroughly examined in this detailed filmography and critical study. Each of the most significant films made by the Oscar-winning Avildsen is given a separate chapter, including such critical successes as Joe and Save the Tiger, and box-office blockbusters Rocky and its sequels and the Karate Kid series. The authors' observations on these and other titles--some well known, others less familiar--are enhanced by extensive production notes, and by commentary from John G. Avildsen himself. Cinema historian Jean Bodon of Sam Houston State University provides a foreword.
Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword by Jean Bodon
Preface
1. The Early Career
2. Joe: Speed Freaks versus the Silent Majority
3. Cry Uncle: Returning (Already) to His Roots
4. The Stoolie: At Odds with the Star
5. Save the Tiger: Knocking on the Door of the Academy Awards
6. Fore Play: Sex Comedies That Didn't Work
7. W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings: John Avildsen vs. Burt Reynolds
8. Rocky: A Work of Inspiration
9. Saturday Night Fever: Missing Out on a Blockbuster
10. Slow Dancing in the Big City: A Former Sexploitation Director Tackles Romance
11. The Formula: Avildsen and Marlon Brando
12. Neighbors: The Difficult Becomes the Impossible
13. A Night in Heaven
14. The Karate Kid
15. The Karate Kid Part II: Let the Sequels Begin
16. Happy New Year
17. For Keeps
18. Lean on Me: Good Guys Don't Always Win
19. The Karate Kid Part III
20. Rocky V: The End of the Line?
21. The Power of One
22. 8 Seconds
23. Inferno (Desert Heat)
Epilogue
Filmography
Notes
Bibliography
Index
