{"product_id":"9780345441300","title":"My Movie Business","description":" \u003cbr\u003eJohn Irving's memoir begins with his account of the distinguished career and medical writings of the novelist's grandfather Dr. Frederick C. Irving, a renowned obstetrician and gynecologist, and includes Mr. Irving's incisive history of abortion politics in the United States. But \u003ci\u003eMy Movie Business\u003c\/i\u003e focuses primarily on the thirteen years John Irving spent adapting his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Cider House Rules\u003c\/i\u003e for the screen—for four different directors.\u003cbr\u003e        \u003cbr\u003eMr. Irving also writes about the failed effort to make his first novel, \u003ci\u003eSetting Free the Bears\u003c\/i\u003e, into a movie; about two of the films that were made from his novels (but not from his screenplays), \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hotel New Hampshire\u003c\/i\u003e; about his slow progress at shepherding his screenplay of \u003ci\u003eA Son of the Circus\u003c\/i\u003e into production.\u003cbr\u003e        \u003cbr\u003eNot least, and in addition to its qualities as a memoir—anecdotal, comic, affectionate, and candid—My Movie Business is an insightful essay on the essential differences between writing a novel and writing a screenplay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe photographs in \u003ci\u003eMy Movie Business\u003c\/i\u003e were taken by Stephen Vaughan, the still photographer on the set of The Cider House Rules—a Miramax production directed by Lasse Hallström, with Michael Caine in the role of Dr. Larch. Concurrently with the November 1999 release of the film, Talk Miramax Books will publish John Irving's screenplay.  ","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024901554416,"sku":"9780345441300","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780345441300_p0.jpg?v=1763687419","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780345441300","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}