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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.430280922
Fabric Type: 9780786433025
Fax Number: illustrated edition
Legal Disclaimer: 0786433027
Maximum Color Depth: McFarland
Metal Type: McFarland
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 280
Total External Bays Free: July 23, 2008
Total Firewire Ports: McFarland
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The remarkable story behind the planning, development and marketing of Laurel and Hardy's ill-received final film, Atoll K, has been little explored. Details on the script development, cast, crew, locations, and even basic information on running times and release dates have been sketchy at best since the film's 1951 release. This work reconstructs the circumstances surrounding this unusual international co-production (Atoll K was a French-Italian film with English-speaking stars). Through lost documents detailing the film's production and funding, previously unreleased behind-the-scenes photos, and a rare interview with French movie star Suzy Delair, the author explores the continuous changes to the film's script during its chaotic production and the final marketing of the film's many different versions (Atoll K was also released as Robinson Crusoeland in the United Kingdom and as Utopia in the United States). Several appendices detail alternative sequences and cut scenes in various versions of the film and include French box-office reports from 1951 to 1952 as well as a complete filmography.
Average Rating: 
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I am of two minds after reading The Final Film of Laurel & Hardy. On the one hand, the book is a meticulously researched and detailed history of L&H's final theatrical movie. On the other hand, considering how mostly unbearable the book's subject is to watch, the book is rather look using a state-of-the-art telescope to examine an anthill.
Author Norbert Aping obviously wrote this book with the best of intentions, and he probably did so at the right time. For decades, L&H legend maintained ... Read More
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Historian Norbert Aping does a fine job examining Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's ill-fated "Atoll K" (1951). Despite the hefty price tag, "The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy" shows why the maligned French-Italian production is worth another look - particularly in regard to the now-available German version. If you have only seen the mutilated public-domain dupes of "Utopia" (the 1954 U.S. release), the 87-minute "Dick und Doof erben eine Insel" is quite a surprise in terms of its excellent print quality ... Read More
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I was always a fan of Laurel and Hardy films. Atoll K (or, Utopia, or Robinson Crusoeland, etc.) was the production with the least amount of attention paid. Most film historians write the film off as "an abortion" (Stans' assessment), or as a sad reminder of the teams' former glory. Well, despite what one thinks of the finished film, information on the making of it, and the marketing, reviews, grosses, and aftermath were often limited at best, or sloughed off with information culled from available sources. ... Read More
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An expertly written and researched look into one of the last outings from the legendary duo LAUREL AND HARDY. A compelling and interesting story and analysis of a much maligned project that sheds new light and thus creates a greater appreciation. I love books like this, that can shift your focus and educate your viewpoint. A worthy effort that should be considered a landmark filmbook among the legions of L&H scholars.
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When you bring up the subject of Laurel and Hardy's last film to Laurel and Hardy buffs, many may cringe. It was terrible, the boys were sick, it never should have been made etc. Many refuse to even watch the film, so bad is its repuatation. But author Norbert Aping makes the case that Atoll K, while not a great film, is NOT the abomination people believe it is. Aping writes about the film from its conception, the writing, the filming, the editing, and the many versions that were released in different areas of ... Read More
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