- 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 Slugger's Wife
The Slugger's Wife
- Chapter:
- (p.276) 23 The Slugger's Wife
- 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 Slugger's Wife. This film was produced by Ray Stark, written by Neil Simon and starred Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay and Randy Quaid. The film received so much criticism that negatively affected its box-office performance. Though it was a high-profile, mega-budget movie made by highly respected individuals, it was a huge flop, taking only $1.8 million in receipts, less than 10 percent of what it had cost.
Keywords: Hal Ashby, The Slugger's Wife, Ray Stark, Neil Simon, Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay, Randy Quaid, box-office performance
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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