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Slash of the Titans
- The Road to Freddy Vs Jason
- By: Dustin McNeill
- Narrated by: Christian Francis
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance22
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From the author of Phantasm Exhumed comes Slash of the Titans, a revealing look at why it took New Line Cinema nearly 10 years and four-million-dollars to find the right screenplay for Freddy vs Jason. Featuring new interviews with the original writers and filmmakers, Slash details the production's troubled history from the surprise ending of Jason Goes to Hell all the way to the crossover’s red carpet premiere.
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Pre production hell is well documented!
- By HorrorFan76 on 13-04-24
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Slash of the Titans
- The Road to Freddy Vs Jason
- Narrated by: Christian Francis
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 08-05-20
- Language: English
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Against Progress
- By: Slavoj Žižek
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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In thirteen iconoclastic essays, Slavoj Žižek disrupts the death-grip that neoliberalists, Trumpian populists, toxic self-improvement industries and accelerationists alike have established on the idea of progress. Anatomizing what is lost when opponents of the future are allowed to define it, Žižek ruthlessly exposes what different visions of progress exclude or sacrifice and the dynamics of desire, denial and disavowal at work in Hollywood blockbusters, Buddhist economics, decolonization movements and other engines of vision.
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Against Progress
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 13-11-25
- Language: English
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House of Psychotic Women
- An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films
- By: Kier-La Janisse
- Narrated by: Kier-La Janisse
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance8
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Cinema is full of neurotic personalities, but few things are more transfixing than a woman losing her mind onscreen. Horror as a genre provides the most welcoming platform for these histrionics: crippling paranoia, desperate loneliness, masochistic death-wishes, dangerous obsessiveness, apocalyptic hysteria. Unlike her male counterpart—the eccentric'—the female neurotic lives a shamed existence, making these films those rare places where her destructive emotions get to play.
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wonderfully narrated and so fascinating
- By Kevin on 02-04-24
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House of Psychotic Women
- An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films
- Narrated by: Kier-La Janisse
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 10-10-23
- Language: English
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Stranger Things and the '80s
- The Complete Retro Guide
- By: Joseph Vogel
- Narrated by: Patrick Miller
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance14
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Since premiering in the summer of 2016, Stranger Things has become a global phenomenon. It also restored in vivid detail the pulse and feel of a decade: the 1980s. Indeed, the show's creators - the Duffer brothers - describe the series as "a love letter to the '80s". From its synth soundtrack, to its retro fonts, to its nostalgic nods to Spielberg and Stephen King, Stranger Things is populated with references, homages, and artifacts from the Reagan era. This audiobook dives deep into that world, revealing everything you wanted to know about the series and its influences.
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Really enjoyed the trip
- By Caomhin on 27-10-21
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Stranger Things and the '80s
- The Complete Retro Guide
- Narrated by: Patrick Miller
- Length: 6 hrs
- Release date: 31-10-18
- Language: English
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The Unfinished Harauld Hughes
- By: Richard Ayoade
- Narrated by: Chris Morris, David Mitchell, Lydia Fox, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall134
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Performance124
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The gifted filmmaker, corduroy activist and amateur dentist, Richard Ayoade, first chanced upon a copy of The Two-Hander Trilogy by Harauld Hughes in a second-hand bookshop. At first startled by his uncanny resemblance to the author's photo, he opened the volume and was electrified. Terse, aggressive, and elliptical, what was true of Ayoade was also true of Hughes's writing, which encompassed stage, screen, and some of the shortest poems ever published.
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Had to stop listening.
- By Catkeavo on 13-10-24
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The Unfinished Harauld Hughes
- Narrated by: Chris Morris, David Mitchell, Lydia Fox, Noel Fielding, Richard Ayoade, Sally Hawkins, Stephen Merchant
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 01-10-24
- Language: English
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How Star Wars Conquered the Universe
- The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise
- By: Chris Taylor
- Narrated by: Nick Podehl
- Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall128
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Performance117
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Story116
In How Star Wars Conquered the Universe, veteran journalist Chris Taylor traces the series from the difficult birth of the original film through its sequels, the franchise’s death and rebirth, the prequels, and the preparations for a new trilogy. Taylor provides portraits of the friends, writers, artists, producers, and marketers who labored behind the scenes to turn Lucas’s idea into a legend.
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Wow wee......what a ride! & most enjoyable
- By Dean on 18-03-15
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How Star Wars Conquered the Universe
- The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise
- Narrated by: Nick Podehl
- Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 29-12-13
- Language: English
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The Godfather: A Film We Can't Refuse
- By: Paramount Pictures
- Narrated by: Rebecca Keegan
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall24
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Performance24
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With exclusive insights from the legendary cast, including Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, and Talia Shire, and commentary from a diverse array of film experts and ardent aficionados, we dissect the film’s magnetic allure and its pervasive influence across our culture. Journey alongside Rebecca Keegan, acclaimed senior film editor at The Hollywood Reporter, as she explores the heart of this cinematic masterpiece through a new lens.
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It's about the Godfather
- By M R Aitken on 25-06-25
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The Godfather: A Film We Can't Refuse
- Narrated by: Rebecca Keegan
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 22-08-24
- Language: English
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This Time Together
- Laughter and Reflection
- By: Carol Burnett
- Narrated by: Carol Burnett
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance6
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This touching and hilarious memoir is 100 percent Carol Burnett—funny, irreverent, and irresistible. Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in its...
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Disappointed, no really !!!!
- By Deano Frank on 19-12-16
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This Time Together
- Laughter and Reflection
- Narrated by: Carol Burnett
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 06-04-10
- Language: English
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Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.
- Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman
- By: Sam Wasson
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance12
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Audrey Hepburn is an icon like no other, yet the image many of us have of Audrey—dainty, immaculate—is anything but true to life. Here, for the first time, Sam Wasson presents the woman behind the little black dress that rocked the nation in 1961. The first complete account of the making of...
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Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.
- Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 26-06-12
- Language: English
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The Blaze of Obscurity
- By: Clive James
- Narrated by: Clive James
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Abridged
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Overall124
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Performance93
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Story90
Read by the author, Clive James. In the 1980s, Clive James found his way into full-time television. In The Blaze of Obscurity, his fifth book of memoir, he delivers the inside story. A hilarious, thoughtful, warts and all account of a life in the public eye. 'Clive James is an intellectual as...
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Short but Sweet.
- By Bob on 26-10-09
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The Blaze of Obscurity
- Narrated by: Clive James
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 15-10-09
- Language: English
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De Niro
- A Life
- By: Shawn Levy
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 21 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance25
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Story25
REMARKABLE BIOGRAPHY OF AN ICON There's little debate that Robert De Niro is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, screen actors of his generation, perhaps of all time. His work, particularly in the first 20 years of his career, is unparalleled. Mean Streets, the Godfather Part II, Taxi...
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Boring reading
- By Amazon Customer on 13-07-17
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De Niro
- A Life
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 21 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 28-10-14
- Language: English
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot
- The Greatest Detective in the World
- By: Mark Aldridge, Agatha Christie, Mark Gatiss - introduction
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall43
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Performance36
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Story36
From the very first book publication in 1920 to the recent film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world’s favourite fictional detective. This book tells his story decade-by-decade, exploring his...
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A perfect piece for the centenary
- By Nephrite on 12-11-21
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Agatha Christie’s Poirot
- The Greatest Detective in the World
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 12-11-20
- Language: English
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The Queer Art of Failure
- By: Jack Halberstam
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance20
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Story20
The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives - to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to academic disciplines that confirm what is already known according to approved methods of knowing; and to cultural criticism that claims to break new ground but cleaves to conventional archives.
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Fabulous book
- By Claire G on 26-01-26
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The Queer Art of Failure
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 12-03-19
- Language: English
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Disney High
- The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire
- By: Ashley Spencer
- Narrated by: Lalaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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From private feuds and on-set disasters to fanfare that swept the nation and the realities of child stardom, culture journalist Ashley Spencer offers the first unauthorized look at the heyday of TV’s House of Mouse, featuring hundreds of exclusive new interviews with former Disney executives, creatives, and talent to explore the highs, lows, and everything in between.
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Interesting insight and at times nostalgic
- By cheryl gager on 06-01-26
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Disney High
- The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire
- Narrated by: Lalaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 24-09-24
- Language: English
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Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born
- How Buffy Staked Our Hearts
- By: Evan Ross Katz
- Narrated by: Evan Ross Katz, Deanna Anthony
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall58
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Performance51
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Explore the history and cultural impact of a groundbreaking television show adored by old and new fans alike: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Over the course of its seven-year run, Buffy the Vampire Slayer cultivated a loyal fandom and featured a strong, complex female lead, at a time when such a...
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In no way bad, but precede with caution
- By Teddy on 26-02-23
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Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born
- How Buffy Staked Our Hearts
- Narrated by: Evan Ross Katz, Deanna Anthony
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 15-03-22
- Language: English
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The Pixar Touch
- The Making of a Company
- By: David A. Price
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall65
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Performance46
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Story46
The Pixar Touch is a lively chronicle of Pixar Animation Studios' history and evolution, and the "fraternity of geeks" who shaped it. With the help of visionary businessman Steve Jobs and animating genius John Lasseter, Pixar has become the gold standard of animated filmmaking, beginning with a short special effects shot made at Lucasfilm in 1982 all the way up through the landmark films Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, and others.
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A great insider view
- By Simon on 01-12-15
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The Pixar Touch
- The Making of a Company
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 02-12-08
- Language: English
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Best. Movie. Year. Ever.
- How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
- By: Brian Raftery
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall101
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Performance89
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Story88
From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999—“a terrifically fun snapshot of American film culture on the brink of the Millennium….An absolute must for any movie-lover or pop-culture nut” (Gillian Flynn). In 1999, Hollywood as we...
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Fantastic 1990s analysis and nostalgia
- By Declan C on 16-06-19
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Best. Movie. Year. Ever.
- How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 16-04-19
- Language: English
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We Were All Rooting For You
- By: Franchesca Ramsey
- Narrated by: Franchesca Ramsey
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
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The resurgence of viral clips from the long-running hit reality television show America’s Next Top Model left fans and foes alike wondering–how did a show so outrageous and at times offensive ever get on the air? For years, Americans dutifully watched as contestants faced uncomfortable situations regarding their race and gender, body-shaming, stereotyping, and problematic photoshoots. The show, which first premiered in 2003 and ran for 24 cycles, was helmed by supermodel Tyra Banks–the first Black female host of a smash network reality show.
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We Were All Rooting For You
- Narrated by: Franchesca Ramsey
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 12-12-24
- Language: English
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Hollywood
- The Oral History
- By: Sam Wasson, Jeanine Basinger
- Narrated by: Marni Penning, Timothy Andres Pabon
- Length: 28 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance11
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Hollywood: The Oral History covers the history of Hollywood from the Silent era up to the 21st century. What makes this book unique from any other survey of Hollywood's history is that it is the history of an art form through the words of those people who created it—from Harold Lloyd to Katharine Hepburn to Warren Beatty to Jane Fonda and beyond, including directors, writers, producers, editors, designers of sets and costumes.
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Mispronunciations galore but good otherwise
- By KK on 28-11-22
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Hollywood
- The Oral History
- Narrated by: Marni Penning, Timothy Andres Pabon
- Length: 28 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 15-11-22
- Language: English
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Dark Star
- A Biography of Vivien Leigh
- By: Alan Strachan
- Narrated by: Alasdair Buchan
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance23
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Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the 20th century. As Scarlett O’Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivotal roles in cinema history. Yet she was also a talented theatre actress with West End and Broadway plaudits to her name. In this ground-breaking new biography, Alan Strachan provides a completely new full-life portrait of Leigh, covering both her professional and personal life.
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Too long...
- By MRS M R SOUTO on 17-10-20
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Dark Star
- A Biography of Vivien Leigh
- Narrated by: Alasdair Buchan
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 03-09-20
- Language: English
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