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A long time ago in a cutting room far, far away.... : my fifty years editing Hollywood hits-- Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's day off, Mission: Impossible, and more / Paul Hirsch.

by Hirsch, Paul, 1945- author.

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Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2020]

Hirsch, Paul, 1945-

Motion picture editors -- United States -- Biography.

Motion pictures -- Editing.

9781641602556 (hardcover) :

1641602554 (hardcover) :

xxii, 362 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates (chiefly color) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Introduction -- My first hit: Carrie -- Ten years earlier -- My first feature film -- Back to trailers -- My next big break: Benny -- Phantom and its horrors -- Obsession -- Star Wars -- The Fury -- King of the Gypsies, and, Home Movies -- The Empire Strikes Back -- Blow Out -- The black is back -- Footloose in L.A. -- Protocol -- Ferris Bueller's Day Off -- The Secret of My Success -- Planes, Trains & Automobiles -- Steel Magnolias -- I become a studio bigwig -- Falling Down -- The trouble with Trouble -- Mission: Impossible -- Mighty Joe Young -- Mission to Mars -- Pluto Nash -- Lean times -- Ray -- A fallow stretch -- Back to the big time -- The elder statesman -- Postscript.

This book "provides a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most influential films of the last fifty years as seen through the eyes of Paul Hirsch, the Oscar-winning film editor... Hirsch breaks down his career movie by movie, offering a riveting look at the decisions that went into creating some of cinema's most iconic scenes. He also provides behind-the-scenes insight into casting, directing, and scoring and intimate portraits of directors, producers, composers, and stars."--Dust jacket flap.

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