{"product_id":"too-real-a-hollywood-memoir-paperback","title":"Too Real: A Hollywood Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDale Wheatley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe true story behind America's most infamous independent film and one movie star's obsession with destroying it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe decades-long dispute between indie film producer, Dale Wheatley, and two of Hollywood's biggest stars comes to a head in this raw, revealing, and often hilarious memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in 1990s Los Angeles, during a golden age of American independent film, Too Real: A Hollywood Memoir follows Dale as he emigrates from Canada to California in search of Hollywood glory. Within months, Dale is accepted into a close group of friends that includes some of Hollywood's hottest up-and-coming actors, and they quickly begin collaborating on a low-budget improvisational film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir experiment succeeds and the film garners interest from major film distributors, but one of the film's stars decides the performances were too real for his aspirations, and he begins a clandestine campaign that will eventually destroy life-long friendships and careers and ban an American film forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlacklisted and broken, Dale finds himself on a new path in life, to end the suppression of his work and reclaim his stolen dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 574\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50393826001133,"sku":"9798991174701","price":34.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/m-LVC5OukD9798991174701.webp?v=1785831478","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/too-real-a-hollywood-memoir-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}