The Stewardess is Flying the Plane!: American Films of the 1970s Book

From The Godfather to Squirm-an illustrated look at the second Golden Age of filmmaking.With films such as The Godfather, Star Wars, The Sting, Rocky, Apocalypse Now, Jaws, and M*A*S*H, the 1970s is now considered the second Golden Age of Hollywood, and the films are being looked at in a whole new light. Viewers are rediscovering early work by stars such as Jeff Bridges, Robert De Niro, and Meryl Streep, and directors such as Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Steven Spielberg. The Stewardess is Flying the Plane! is more than a lavishly illustrated, fun, and informative look at more than 400 films of the decade-from the classics to cult favorites and even spectacular flops-it is a pop culture history that places the films in a broader context in a period of American history when the counterculture became the culture. With a conversation about filmmaking during the +70s with Peter Bogdanovich, hundreds of never-before-published photographs-including rare behind-the-scenes shots-portraits of the seminal stars of the period, and new interviews with key participants in the +70s film industry, The Stewardess is Flying the Plane! is the most comprehensive overview of this fascinating era of American film.Read More