The Films of Hal Ashby

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Hal฀Ashby the฀films฀of contemporary฀approaches฀to฀film฀and฀television฀series A complete listing of the books in this series can be found online at wsupress.wayne.edu General Editor Barry Keith Grant Brock University Advisory Editors Patricia B. Erens School of the Art Institute of Chicago Lucy Fischer University of Pittsburgh Caren J. Deming University of Arizona Robert J. Burgoyne Wayne State University Tom Gunning University of Chicago Anna McCarthy New York University Peter X. Feng University of Delaware Lisa Parks University of California-Santa Barbara Frances Gateward Ursinus College Walter Metz Montana State University Thomas Leitch University of Delaware © 2009 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission. Manufactured in the United States of America. 13 12 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beach, Christopher. The films of Hal Ashby / Christopher Beach. p. cm. — (Contemporary approaches to film and television series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8143-3415-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Ashby, Hal—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. PN1998.3.A7635B43 2009 791.4302’33092—dc22 2009004088 All photos courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. “For What It’s Worth,” words and music by Stephen Stills © 1967 (renewed) Cotillion Music Inc., Ten East Music, Springalo Toones and Richie Furay Music. All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Alfred Publishing Co. Inc. Designed and typeset by Maya Rhodes Composed in The Mix Black and Dante MT ...