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- Title
Recent Books from Film & History.
- Authors
Rollins, Peter C.
- Abstract
This section looks at two books that resulted from the journal Film & History's conference on presidency in film and television in 2000. The book Hollywood's White House: The American Presidency as Film and History has been the basis for a number of radio and television interviews since it appeared. USA Today Magazine reviewed the book with high praise and it has won the Ray and Pat Browne Award from the Popular Culture Association, a plaque presented by Lynn Bartholome, president, at the business meeting of the association. Another book The West Wing: The American Presidency as Television Drama was completed and published at a fortuitous moment--just as writer Aaron Sorkin, creator of the series and Thomas Schlamme, one of the lead directors, stepped aside and allowed the project to move on. At the Amazon.com bookseller site, this book was number 14,800 and going down on the numerical scale--with number one as the best rating out of the millions of books for sale. The inherent interest of the series for white collar viewers must be conceded, but the special focus on the book has been due to the exposure received from an independent West Wing web site moderated by Barbara Warne. Students have given this book high marks and it has been discussed at great length over syndicated radio with Michael Dresser.
- Subjects
BOOKS; MOTION pictures &; television; HOLLYWOOD'S White House: The American Presidency in Film &; History (Book); WEST Wing: The American Presidency As Television Drama, The (Book)
- Publication
Film & History (03603695), 2004, Vol 34, Issue 2, p6
- ISSN
0360-3695
- Publication type
Article