{"product_id":"hancock-on-hancock-9781629332437","title":"Hancock On Hancock","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael Doyle | John Lahr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: BearManor Media\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: BearManor Media\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Director\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor more than sixty years John Hancock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ehas pursued a remarkable and often tumultuous career as a writer\/director\/producer. From the hallucinatory horrors of \u003cem\u003eLet's Scare Jessica to Death\u003c\/em\u003e and the gritty fantasy of \u003cem\u003ePrancer\u003c\/em\u003e to the unshakable humanity of \u003cem\u003eBang the Drum Slowly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWeeds\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Looking Glass\u003c\/em\u003e, he has cultivated a deeply personal yet accessible cinema; one that yields a textured emotionalism and philosophical richness that belies its surface simplicity. \u003cem\u003eHancock on Hancock\u003c\/em\u003e draws on a series of in-depth interviews conducted with the filmmaker over the course of five years, providing a candid commentary on one man's life and work filtered through his unceasing desire to create art and tell stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith chapters devoted to every film he has made - including his Academy Award-nominated short \u003cem\u003eSticky My Fingers, Fleet My Feet\u003c\/em\u003e and his anonymous contributions to the troubled Hollywood movies \u003cem\u003eWolfen\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e8 Million Ways to Die\u003c\/em\u003e - these conversations also throw a spotlight on Hancock's lively experiences directing classic and contemporary plays Off-Broadway, as well as charting his labors on such iconic television shows as \u003cem\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHill Street Blues\u003c\/em\u003e. Additionally, he offers a harrowing account of his notorious dismissal from the blockbuster sequel \u003cem\u003eJaws 2\u003c\/em\u003e and shares unbuttoned recollections of collaborators like Robert De Niro, Tennessee Williams, Jean Arthur, Nick Nolte, Faye Dunaway and Dorothy Tristan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46471995883671,"sku":"9781629332437","price":3297.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781629332437.jpg?v=1766250691","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hancock-on-hancock-9781629332437","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}