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Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids

Thirty Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas

University of Texas Press

With fascinating backstories on movies from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to Spy Kids, here is a rollicking history of moviemaking in America’s independent film mecca.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Rewrite Man

The Life and Career of Screenwriter Warren Skaaren

University of Texas Press

This lively biography of the screenwriter of 1980s hit movies Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, Beetlejuice, and Batman illuminates issues of film authorship that have become even more contested in the era of blockbuster filmmaking.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Making The Best Years of Our Lives

The Hollywood Classic That Inspired a Nation

University of Texas Press

How a Hollywood gem transformed the national discourse on post-traumatic stress disorder.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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