{"product_id":"book-et9c","title":"Blood, Sweat \u0026 Chrome","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon \u003cem\u003eMad Max: Fury Road\u003c\/em\u003e—with more than 130 new interviews with key members of the cast and crew, including Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy, and director George Miller, from the pop culture reporter for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, Kyle Buchanan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt won six Oscars and has been hailed as the greatest action film ever, but it is a miracle \u003cem\u003eMad Max: Fury Road\u003c\/em\u003e ever made it to the screen… or that anybody survived the production. The story of this modern classic spanned nearly two decades of wild obstacles as visionary director George Miller tried to mount one of the most difficult shoots in Hollywood history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduction stalled several times, stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron clashed repeatedly in the brutal Namib Desert, and Miller’s crew engineered death-defying action scenes that were among the most dangerous ever committed to film. Even accomplished Hollywood figures are flummoxed by the accomplishment: As the director Steven Soderbergh has said, “I don’t understand how they’re not still shooting that film, and I don’t understand how hundreds of people aren’t dead.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKyle Buchanan takes readers through every step of that moviemaking experience in vivid detail, from \u003cem\u003eFury Road\u003c\/em\u003e’s unexpected origins through its outlandish casting process to the big-studio battles that nearly mutilated a masterpiece. But he takes the deepest dive in reporting the astonishing facts behind a shoot so unconventional that the film’s fantasy world began to bleed into the real lives of its cast and crew. As they fought and endured in a wasteland of their own, the only way forward was to have faith in their director’s mad vision. But how could Miller persevere when almost everything seemed to be stacked against him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith hundreds of exclusive interviews and details about the making of \u003cem\u003eFury Road\u003c\/em\u003e, readers will be left with one undeniable conclusion: There has never been a movie so drenched in sweat, so forged by fire, and so epic in scope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFred Berman, Aspen Vincent, Dan Bittner, Derek Perkins, Eva Kaminsky, Fiona Hardingham, Gary Furlong, George Newbern, Ione Butler, Jason Culp, Jeff Gurner, Katherine Littrell, Leon Nixon, Lisa Flanagan, Malk Williams, Michael Crouch, Polly Lee, Ralph Lister, Robin Miles, Samuel Roukin, and Will M. Watt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSupplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49342714020144,"sku":"BDet9c","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49342714085680,"sku":"ZEet9c","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49342714151216,"sku":"ZMet9c","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/et9c-Square-cover.jpg?v=1777085047","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-et9c","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}