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050 00 PN1995.9.A3|bD4 2023
082 00 791.4302/8092511|aB|223/eng/20230208
100 1 De Semlyen, Nick,|eauthor.
245 14 The last action heroes :|bthe triumphs, flops, and feuds
of Hollywood's kings of carnage /|cNick de Semlyen.
250 First edition.
264 1 New York :|bCrown,|c[2023]
264 4 |c©2023
300 xiii, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
|billustrations (chiefly color) ;|c24 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-318) and
index.
505 0 Prologue -- The Stallion -- The Tank -- Tooling up -- The
cowboy and the cannonball -- Maximalism -- Knock knock --
The Alien -- Foreign policies -- The Great One -- Welcome
to the party, pal -- Supercops -- Funny or die -- Double
impact -- Planet Arnold -- Old habits -- Born again -- Oil
and water -- The ice age -- Epilogue.
520 "The behind-the-scenes story of the larger-than-life
action stars who ruled '80s and '90s Hollywood--Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Jackie
Chan, Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, and
Jean-Claude Van Damme--and the beloved films that made
them stars, including Die Hard, Rambo, and The Terminator.
The Last Action Heroes opens in 1990, at the Cannes film
festival, where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester
Stallone finally forged a truce. After years of bitter
behind-the scenes combat--Stallone once threw a bowl of
flowers at Schwarzenegger's head; the body count in
Schwarzenegger's Commando was increased to "have a bigger
d*** than Rambo"--the world's biggest action stars had at
last formed a friendship. In The Last Action Heroes, film
journalist Nick de Semlyen charts their wild, carnage-
packed journey from enmity to friendship. He also reveals
the personal stories of the colorful characters who
ascended in their wake, from Jean-Claude Van Damme and
Steven Seagal, to Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan. But as the
'80s rolled on, the era of the invincible action hero who
used muscle, martial arts, or the perfect weapon to save
the day started to fade. When Jurassic Park trounced
Schwarzenegger's Last Action Hero in 1993, everyone knew
that the glory days of these macho men--and the vision of
masculinity they celebrated--were officially over. Drawing
on candid interviews with the action stars themselves,
plus their collaborators, friends, and foes, The Last
Action Heroes is a no-holds-barred account of a period in
Hollywood history when there were no limits to the heights
of fame these men achieved, or to the mayhem they wrought,
onscreen and off"--|cProvided by publisher.
600 10 Stallone, Sylvester.
600 10 Schwarzenegger, Arnold.
600 10 Lundgren, Dolph,|d1959-
600 10 Damme, Jean-Claude van,|d1960-
600 10 Seagal, Steven.
600 10 Cheng, Long,|d1954-
600 10 Norris, Chuck.
600 10 Willis, Bruce,|d1955-
650 0 Action and adventure films|xHistory and criticism.
650 0 Actors|zUnited States|vBiography.
650 0 Heroes in motion pictures.
650 7 Action and adventure films.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01721067
650 7 Actors.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00796296
650 7 Heroes in motion pictures.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00955587
651 7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155
655 7 Biographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919896
655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411635
655 7 Action and adventure films.|2lcgft
776 08 |iOnline version:|aDe Semlyen, Nick.|tLast action heroes
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