"ZULU; WITH SOME GUTS BEHIND IT." THE EPIC BOOK ABOUT THE EPIC MOVIE – NOW IT’S BACK!

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One of the best-loved and most enduringly popular British films ever made, Zulu tells the epic story of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift of 1879, in which barely 150 soldiers of the British Army in South Africa fought for twelve hours to defend an isolated mission station against an attack by 4,000 highly disciplined Zulu warriors. Here is the full story of its making, based on years of original research and dozens of interviews with cast and crew members and their families.
In this fully revised and expanded Second Edition of Sheldon Hall’s highly acclaimed, sell-out book you will find additional material including a first-hand account of the film’s shooting and post-production by the personal assistant to the producers; never-before-seen insider information on the financing of the production; a critical account of the film itself; and over a hundred new illustrations, some never before published, including a new colour section.
Carried over from the First Edition are the full original main text, including extracts from the screenplay and script notes; letters and production documents; biographies of all the principal actors and filmmakers; screenwriter John Prebble’s original magazine article on Rorke’s Drift; and hundreds of rare and unusual images.

Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 62 Location : UK

Happy days, I see Mr Sheldon Hall has joined us. Well come to the forum Mr Hall Salute

Posts : 2593 Join date : 2009-04-24

Pete, Will there be any additional information, to that of the 1st addition?

Posts : 2593 Join date : 2009-04-24

Further information!

"Dr Sheldon Hall
BA, PhD
Senior lecturer

Phone 0114 225 6224
E-mail s.hall@shu.ac.uk

Research interests/current work

American, British and international film history
Hollywood cinema, especially in the 1950s and 60s
film criticism, textual analysis and aesthetics
widescreen cinema
film distribution and exhibition
films on television
I am currently writing a history of the showing of cinema films on UK TV, provisionally entitled Armchair Cinema: Feature Films on British Television, for publication in 2014 by Tomahawk Press. I am also working on two book chapters on British cinema history, a journal article on the work of the company film Finances, and a revised second edition of my monograph Zulu: With Some Guts Behind It, also for publication in 2014.

Key publications
'Pass the Ammunition: a Short Etymology of "Blockbuster"', in Andrew B.R. Elliott (ed.), The Return of the Epic Film (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming)

'Nigel Green' and 'Geoffrey Unsworth', in Lawrence Goldman (ed.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography New Edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming)

'Jerry Pickman: "The Picture Worked." Reminiscences of a Hollywood publicist', InMedia, no. 3, http://inmedia.revues.org (posted April 2013)

'Ozoners, Roadshows and Blitz Exhibitionism: Postwar Developments in Distribution and Exhibition', in Steve Neale (ed.), The Classical Hollywood Reader (London: Routledge, 2012), ISBN 10-0415576725, pp. 343-54

'Carry On, Cowboy: Roast Beef Westerns', Iluminace: The Journal of Film History, Theory, and Aesthetics, vol. 25, no. 3 (Fall 2012), pp. 103–25

Blockbusters', Oxford Bibliographies Online (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), http://www.obo.com

Co-author, Epics, Spectacles and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2010), ISBN 978-0814330081, 370 pp. with Steve Neale (University of Exeter)

Co-editor, Widescreen Worldwide (New Barnet: John Libbey Publishing, 2010), ISBN 978-0861966943, with Steve Neale and John Belton (Rutgers University)

'Alternative Versions in the Early Years of CinemaScope', in John Belton, Sheldon Hall and Steve Neale (eds), Widescreen Worldwide (New Barnet: John Libbey Publishing, 2010), pp. 113–31

'The Wrong Sort of Cinema: Refashioning the Heritage Film Debate', in Robert Murphy (ed.), The British Cinema Book (Second Edition; London: British Film Institute, 2001; Third Edition forthcoming in 2008)

'Under Siege: The Double Rape of 'Straw Dogs'', in Robert Shail (ed.), British Cinema of the 1970s (London: British Film Institute, forthcoming in 2008)

'Twentieth Century Fox in the 1960s', 'Blockbusters in the 1970s' and 'The Sound of Music', in Linda Ruth Williams and Michael Hammond (eds), Contemporary American Cinema (London and New York: McGraw-Hill/ Open University Press, 2006), ISBN 0-33521-831-8, pp. 26–28, 46–49, 164–81

Zulu: With Some Guts Behind It - The Making of the Epic Movie (Sheffield: Tomahawk Press, 2005; reprinted 2006), ISBN 0-9531926-6-0, 431 pp.

'Carpenter's Widescreen Style', in Ian Conrich and David Woods (eds), The Cinema of John Carpenter: The Technique of Terror (London: Wallflower Press, 2004), pp. 66–77

'Dial M for Murder', Film History, 16: 2 (2004), pp. 243–55

'Monkey Feathers: Defending 'Zulu'', in Claire Monk and Amy Sargeant (eds), British Historical Cinema (London: Routledge, 2002), pp. 110–28

'Tall Revenue Features: The Genealogy of the Contemporary Blockbuster', in Steve Neale (ed.), Genre and Contemporary Hollywood (London: BFI Publishing, 2002), pp. 11–26

'Selling Religion: How to Market a Biblical Epic', Film History, 14: 2 (2002), pp. 170–85"

Posts : 2593 Join date : 2009-04-24

Just thought I would add the above, as he hasn't introduced himself on the forum.

Hi All,
Just received my copy of this £23 including delivery. Brand new paperback, better than paying £140 on evilbay Very Happy

So if your looking for a copy get onto Tomahawk Press. www.tomahawkpress.com
cheers
Richie

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Hi Richie
'' Evilbay '' very funny , I call it '' Bargainbay '' cant say I've been burnt before ! .
Les .
Yes mate , Sad isnt it ! Hhahahhahahahahaha Very Happy

. I dont think I'll be getting it , I dont have it's brother , to many others have been on my list , only looking for Diaries now , or really inexpensive books I dont really want , or need ? . I tend to wait for the ' Naval & Military Press sales , when they have a sale its a bloody excellent sale isnt it ? You need to study mo

. I love em ! . Very Happy

90th

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Hey Gary, same as you i think ebay and all the others are like
Aladdin caves, something for everybody! you might not know
this but i collect books.. Very Happy

but at the end of the day thats all
they are..researching your Medals must be more satisfying,
on a different level.. xhosa

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So what extras are there in edition 2 Question

» "Zulu": With Some Guts Behind It, The Making of the Epic Movie by "Sheldon Hall"
» Zulu with some Guts behind it - revised edition
» On the Set of the Movie Zulu Dawn