Joss Whedon: the biography

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"Follows [Whedon's] development from a creative child and teenager who spent years away from his family at an elite English public school, through his early successes--which often turned into frustrating heartbreak in both television (Roseanne) and film (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)--to his breakout turn as the creator, writer, and director of the Buffy television series [to his work on the blockbuster The Avengers and home-shot Much ado about nothing]"--Amazon.com.

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Full title :Joss Whedon : the biography / Amy Pascale.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Place of Publication:Chicago, Illinois
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 440 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color) ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781613741047, 1613741049, 9781613734179, 1613734174
oclc:ocn863596656
LC Classification:PN1992.4.W49
Dewey Decimal:791.4502/32092

Introduction -- A family of storytellers -- "Being British" in the lad of Shakespeare (and Giles) -- Crash course in television -- The blonde in the alley fights back -- The world upends -- To infinity and beyond: Toy Story and Alien: Resurrection -- Buffy: resurrection -- Buffy premieres -- The bronze -- The Buffy way -- Front-page news -- Growing up: Angel -- A new challenge: silence -- Shakespeare fanboy -- Buffy goes back to high school -- Once more, with feeling -- We aim to misbehave: Firefly -- Curse your sudden but inevitable cancellation -- End of (Buffy's) days -- An astonishing return to his roots -- Not fade away -- Grant me the Serenity -- Election 2004 -- I wrote my thesis on you -- Serenity lands -- Strong female characters -- A new way of storytelling -- WGA writers' strike -- Doctor Horrible, I presume -- Dollhouse -- The Cabin in the Woods -- Fanboy dreams come true: The Avengers -- Buffy lives, again? -- Avengers assemble -- Something personal: Much Ado About Nothing -- The year of Joss Whedon -- The year of Joss Whedon, again (really).

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Auteurs de télévision -- Biographies. -… Biographies Biography collective biographies Producteurs et réalisateurs de télévisi… Television producers and directors Television producers and directors -- B… Television writers Television writers -- Biography. -- Uni… United States Whedon, Joss