num_pages: 294
description: This is a tough sharp history of comedy and competitiveness of rising stars and brilliant upstarts. Of difficult egos awful behavior fragile friendships bursts of inspiration and blizzards of cocainetold by the survivors and shaped by Chris Nashawaty's welcome insight and perspective. Mark Harris New York Times bestselling author of Pictures at a Revolution and Five Came BackCaddyshack is one of the most beloved comedies of all time a classic snobs vs. slobs story of working class kids and the white collar buffoons that make them haul their golf bags in the hot summer sun. It has sex drugs and one very memorable candy bar but the movie we all know and love didnt start out that way and everyone who made it certainly didnt have the word classic in mind as the cameras were rolling.In Caddyshack:The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story film critic for Entertainment Weekly Chris Nashawaty goes behind the scenes of the iconic film chronicling the rise of comedys greatest deranged minds as they form The National Lampoon turn the entertainment industry on its head and ultimately blow up both a golf course and popular culture as we know it. Caddyshack is at once an eye-opening narrative about one of the most interesting surreal and dramatic film productions theres ever been and a rich portrait of the biggest and most revolutionary names in Hollywood. So its got that going for itwhich is nice.
language: English
title: Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story
publisher: Flatiron Books