Films of George Roy Hill, rev. ed.

Andrew Horton is the Jeanne H Smith Professor of Film and Video Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Also an award winning screenwriter and author of numerous books on film, screenwriting and culture, he lives in Norman, Oklahoma.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Foreword to the Original Edition by Paul Newman      Preface to the Revised Edition      1. “Creating an Environment”: A Thematic Overview      2. Growing Up Amused: Early Life, Television, and Theater      3. A Period of Adjustment: Period of Adjustment and Toys in the Attic      4. New Directions: The World of Henry Orient      5. Who's in Control? Hawaii and Thoroughly Modern Millie      6. “Just So We Come Out Ahead”: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid      7. Unstuck in Time: Slaughterhouse Five      8. The Big Con: The Sting      9. The Corruption of Sport: The Great Waldo Pepper and Slap Shot      10. Innocence Revisited: A Little Romance      11. A Womb-to-Tomb Personal Epic: The World According to Garp      12. “I Am a Map of the Middle East”: The Little Drummer Girl      13. “One of Those Small Miracles”: Funny Farm      14. Conclusions and Remembrances      Filmography      Notes      Bibliography      Index

“the book is clear, unpretentious and affectionate. Horton knew his subject well, and he has written a fine tribute to a versatile craftsman”—Film and History.