{"product_id":"book-imt8","title":"Box Office Poison","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"A wild success.\" — \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A surefire hit.\" —\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/em\u003eSTARRED review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliant star turn.\" —Andrew O’Hagan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA riotous and revealing story of Hollywood’s most spectacular flops and how they ended careers, bankrupted studios and changed film history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Failure fascinates, for all the reasons that success is a drag…”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, \u003cem\u003eBox Office Poison \u003c\/em\u003etells a hugely entertaining alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops. What can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public’s appetite–or lack of it–and the circumstances that saw such flops actually made? Away from the canon, this is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobey covers a vast century of flops, including:\u003cem\u003e Intolerance; Queen Kelly; Freaks; Sylvia Scarlett; The Magnificent Ambersons; Land of the Pharoahs; Doctor Dolittle; Sorcerer; Dune; The Adventures of Baron Munchausen; Nothing But Trouble; The Hudsucker Proxy; Cutthroat Island; Speed 2: Cruise Control; Babe: Pig in the City; Supernova; Rollerball; The Adventures of Pluto Nash; Gigli; Alexander; Catwoman; A Sound of Thunder; Speed Racer; Synecdoche, New York; Pan;\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCats.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph \u003c\/em\u003efilm critic Tim Robey, this is a brilliantly fun exploration of human nature and stupidity in some of the greatest film flops throughout history.","brand":"Harlequin Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49279431082288,"sku":"BDimt8","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/622260-imt8-Square.jpg?v=1732443933","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-imt8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}