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The films of George Pal
A tour through the film adaptations and works of George Pal.Currently out of print .
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1977
About the author
Gail Morgan Hickman
2 booksGail Morgan Hickman is an American producer and writer of film and television.
His first major writing credit was writing the story for the Dirty Harry film The Enforcer (1976). His other screenplay credits include The London Connection (1979), The Big Score (1983), Murphy's Law (1986), Number One with a Bullet and Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, both released in 1987.
In 1977, Hickman wrote the book The Films of George Pal.
The book has since gone out of print.
From 1988, he focused primarily on television producing and writing for the series The Equalizer, Crime Story, Mancuso, F.B.I., The Flash, P.S. I Luv U, Matrix, One West Waikiki, The Sentinel, Largo Winch, Just Cause and most recently Aaron Stone.
His first major writing credit was writing the story for the Dirty Harry film The Enforcer (1976). His other screenplay credits include The London Connection (1979), The Big Score (1983), Murphy's Law (1986), Number One with a Bullet and Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, both released in 1987.
In 1977, Hickman wrote the book The Films of George Pal.
The book has since gone out of print.
From 1988, he focused primarily on television producing and writing for the series The Equalizer, Crime Story, Mancuso, F.B.I., The Flash, P.S. I Luv U, Matrix, One West Waikiki, The Sentinel, Largo Winch, Just Cause and most recently Aaron Stone.
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June 22, 2021
Unlike the previous reviewer of this book I'm a proud owner of the 1977 first edition of this book. I'll be honest with you, it's not that great - the text is informative, but the many b/w photos are mostly disappointing - but any book about George Pal is a blessing. In the field of sci-fi and fantasy, George Pal is a legend amongst film buffs, and rightly so. For my money, his "Puppetoons" alone are enough to secure his place in history, but when you think he managed to get ground-breaking, innovative, expensive films like "Destination Moon", "When Worlds Collide", "War Of The Worlds", "The Conquest Of Space", "The Time Machine" and "Atlantis, The Lost Continent" out into a world that really wasn't that interested in that sort of thing, you realise what a determined and resourceful man he was.
Writer, director, producer, go-getter. What a guy!
Writer, director, producer, go-getter. What a guy!
December 10, 2012
Fun, informative, geeky. This is homage by an author who is obviously a fan. I'm a fan, too, so that helps to get past the typos and superlatives. It's worth the read if only for the inside glimpse at the process of getting a movie made. Hollywood has probably gotten more ego-laced and thwarting, and that makes the book intriguing. The wikipedia listing for George Pal includes pictures that have never been made, were made by someone else. There is a story of how Pal was able to find the missing author of a novel he wanted to put on the screen that I suspect is not altogether accurate, but when I want to have some detective fun, I can research that story, too. Pal was still alive when this book was published, and he is quoted about work he still wanted to do. Work that did not get done, sadly. The book is out of print, and I hope I can find one to buy. The posters from Pal movies are terrific: the Houdini poster was folded in quarters, which sets a film nerd's teeth to grinding, but makes a movie geek's heart flutter.
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