Anthony Balducci: 3 books
by Anthony Balducci
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
LIFE, LIBERTY. . . AND ALL THE REST presents a series of satirical episodes in which newcomers to America struggle to assimilate into the local culture. Adopting the way of life in their new country is especially difficult because the newcomers are robots.The story opens at a futuristic amusement...
I Won't Grow Up!
The Comic Man-Child in Film from 1901 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
A film archetype as old as film itself, the man-child has been an enduring comedy subject. Classics as diverse as Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) and The Apartment (1960) have used the immature male to drive plots and press the importance of growing up. But he was not born fully formed—it took the...
Richard Pryor in Hollywood
The Narrative Films, 1967-1997
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Hollywood studios were once eager to bring stand-up comedy king Richard Pryor’s dynamic humor to the big screen—so much so that studio executives gave him full access to available resources and creative control to develop his own projects. Unfortunately Pryor’s screen talents were far less acclaimed...