{"product_id":"9781409049913","title":"Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down: How One Generation of British Actors Changed the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlan Bates, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Tom Courtenay, Albert Finney, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Robert Shaw and Terence Stamp: They are the most formidable acting generation ever to tread the boards or stare into a camera, whose anti-establishment attitude changed the cultural landscape of Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis was a new breed, many culled from the working class industrial towns of Britain, and nothing like them has been seen before or since. Their raw earthy brilliance brought realism to a whole range of groundbreaking theatre from John Osborne's \u003ci\u003eLook Back in Anger\u003c\/i\u003e to Joan Littlewood and Harold Pinter and the creation of the National Theatre. And they ripped apart the staid, middle-class British film industry with kitchen-sink classics like \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night and Sunday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThis Sporting Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, A Kind of Loving\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBilly Liar\u003c\/i\u003e before turning their sights on international stardom: Connery with James Bond, O'Toole as Lawrence of Arabia, Finney with Tom Jones and Caine in \u003ci\u003eZulu\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't Let the Bastards Grind You Down\u003c\/b\u003e brings alive the trail-blazing period of theatre and film from 1956-1964 through the vibrant energy and exploits of this revolutionary generation of stars who bulldozed over austerity Britain and paved the way for the swinging 60s. What Peter Biskind's \u003ci\u003eEasy Riders Raging Bulls\u003c\/i\u003e did for American cinema writing so \u003ci\u003eDon't Let the Bastards\u003c\/i\u003e will do for the British cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152015180016,"sku":"9781409049913","price":12.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781409049913_p0.jpg?v=1763719174","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781409049913","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}