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Being Hal AshbyLife of a Hollywood Rebel$
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Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel

Nick Dawson

Print publication date: 2009

Print ISBN-13: 9780813125381

Published to Kentucky Scholarship Online: September 2011

DOI: 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125381.001.0001

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The Slugger's Wife

The Slugger's Wife

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(p.276) 23 The Slugger's Wife
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Being Hal Ashby
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Nick Dawson

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University Press of Kentucky
DOI:10.5810/kentucky/9780813125381.003.0024

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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