Walter tevis novel (2 resultados)

Vintage borderless photograph of Jackie Gleason from the 1961 film. Based on the 1959 novel by Walter Tevis, about a small-time pool hustler who challenges a champion for a shot at the big time. Jackie Gleason famously did all of his own billiards shots, while pool legend Willie Mosconi served as a technical advisor and stand in for the other actors. Nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, and twice for Best Supporting Actor. Shot on location in New York, including the use of several actual pool halls. 7 x 9 inches. About Near Fine with some shallow light creasing to the corners. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer US.…

Two promotional portrait photographs of David Bowie, likely used as part of a press release announcing Bowie's casting in the 1976 film "The Man Who Fell to Earth." Each with a fold over mimeo snipe from public relations firm Rogers and Cowan dated 5-29-75. One photograph with Bowie's name and RCA Records and Tapes printed in the bottom margin. Just three weeks prior, RCA had released Bowie's ninth studio album, "Young Americans," and earlier that year the BBC had broadcast the documentary "Cracked Actor" about the singer, which led director Nicholas Roeg to cast Bowie in his upcoming adaptation of Walter Tevis' 1963 novel. 8 x 10 inches. One photograph with slight even fading, else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 304.…