Tough as Nails: The Life and Films of Richard Brooks

by Douglass K. Daniel

Called "God's angry man" for his unyielding demands in pursuit of personal and artistic freedom, Oscar-winning filmmaker Richard Brooks brought us some of the mid-twentieth century's most iconic films, including Blackboard Jungle, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Elmer Gantry, In Cold Blood, and Looking for Mr. Goodbar. "The important thing," he once remarked, "is to write your story, to make it believable, to make...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299251241
• ISBN13: 9780299251246
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 9.5"