{"product_id":"i-was-a-monster-movie-tom-weaver-9780786464449","title":"I Was a Monster Movie Maker: Conversations with 22 SF and Horror Filmmakers","description":"\u003cp\u003e Phil Brown, who played Luke Skywalker's uncle in \u003ci\u003eStar Wars, \u003c\/i\u003e said, \"In my long life in films, there are ones I'm proud of and those I'm \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e proud of. The \u003ci\u003eJungle Captive\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWeird Woman\u003c\/i\u003e fall into the latter category.\" \u003ci\u003eHouse of Wax\u003c\/i\u003e co-star Paul Picerni was fired by the film's director when he refused to put his head in a working guillotine during a climactic fight scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Packed with wonderful tidbits, this volume collects 22 interviews with the moviemakers responsible for bringing such films as \u003ci\u003eThis Island Earth, The Haunting, Carnival of Souls, Pit and the Pendulum, House of Wax, Tarzan the Ape Man, The Black Cat, Them!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInvasion of the Body Snatchers\u003c\/i\u003e to the movie screen. Faith Domergue, Michael Forest, Anne Helm, Candace Hilligoss, Suzanna Leigh, Norman Lloyd, Maureen O'Sullivan, Shirley Ulmer, Dana Wynter and many more are interviewed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Weaver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786464445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786464449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Tom Weaver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059691712767,"sku":"9780786464449","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46be8ae2-6de8-46d4-8540-b5ead4bd6f9b.jpg?v=1685059760","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-was-a-monster-movie-tom-weaver-9780786464449","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}