- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
-
1 Enter Hal -
2 The Artist as a Young Man -
3 Los Angeles -
4 Doors Open … -
5 The Family Man -
6 Norman -
7 Motion Picture Pioneers of America -
8 1968 -
9 Where it’s at -
10 The Director -
11 Harold and Maude -
12 Nicholson -
13 The Last Detail -
14 Shampoo -
15 Glory Bound -
16 Coming Home -
17 Double Feature -
18 Being There -
19 Lookin’ to Get Out -
20 Like a Rolling Stone -
21 Getting Out -
22 Old Man -
23 The Slugger's Wife -
24 8 Million Ways to Die -
25 The Last Movie -
26 Starting Over -
27 Do Not Go Gentle - Filmography
- Index
The Last Detail
The Last Detail
- Chapter:
- (p.140) 13 The Last Detail
- Source:
- Being Hal Ashby
- Author(s):
Nick Dawson
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
This chapter examines Hal Ashby's directorial job for the film The Last Detail. It describes Ashby's directorial style, his relationship with the cast including Jack Nicholson and Randy Quaid and the cast's observations about Ashby's work attitude. The film grossed $4 million at the box office but everyone knew it could have earned more. This chapter also mentions the death of Ashby's mother on November 9, 1973.
Keywords: Hal Ashby, The Last Detail, film director, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, mother, death
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
-
1 Enter Hal -
2 The Artist as a Young Man -
3 Los Angeles -
4 Doors Open … -
5 The Family Man -
6 Norman -
7 Motion Picture Pioneers of America -
8 1968 -
9 Where it’s at -
10 The Director -
11 Harold and Maude -
12 Nicholson -
13 The Last Detail -
14 Shampoo -
15 Glory Bound -
16 Coming Home -
17 Double Feature -
18 Being There -
19 Lookin’ to Get Out -
20 Like a Rolling Stone -
21 Getting Out -
22 Old Man -
23 The Slugger's Wife -
24 8 Million Ways to Die -
25 The Last Movie -
26 Starting Over -
27 Do Not Go Gentle - Filmography
- Index