This examination of a changing Hollywood entertainment industry in the late 1960s is, of course, a self-described novelization of the highly acclaimed Quentin Tarantino film ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD. Actor Jennifer Jason Leigh offers a predominantly tired, flat, and unenthusiastic narration of this profanity-laced audiobook. Rife with nonlinear storylines and extreme violence, this effort allows you to cast and imagine the film for yourself. It’s not really a novel, but rather a listless reading of an expanded screenplay, despite some added character backstories. There are frequent, somewhat unsettling references to actual people and locations in storylines that are not actual or real for those people. Those who enthusiastically enjoyed the film would likely enjoy this audio effort as an allied enhancement. W.A.G. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine
Narrated by Jennifer Jason Leigh
Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited first work of fiction - at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal - is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award- winning film.
RICK DALTON - Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick's a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it?
CLIFF BOOTH - Rick's stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he's the only one there who might have gotten away with murder. . . .
SHARON TATE - She left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it. Sharon's salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in the Hollywood Hills.
CHARLES MANSON - The ex-con's got a bunch of zonked-out hippies thinking he's their spiritual leader, but he'd trade it all to be a rock `n' roll star.
HOLLYWOOD 1969 - YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE
Narrated by Jennifer Jason Leigh
Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited first work of fiction - at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal - is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award- winning film.
RICK DALTON - Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick's a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it?
CLIFF BOOTH - Rick's stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he's the only one there who might have gotten away with murder. . . .
SHARON TATE - She left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it. Sharon's salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in the Hollywood Hills.
CHARLES MANSON - The ex-con's got a bunch of zonked-out hippies thinking he's their spiritual leader, but he'd trade it all to be a rock `n' roll star.
HOLLYWOOD 1969 - YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940173297129 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 06/29/2021 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Sales rank: | 449,997 |