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The Path to Paradise
- A Francis Ford Coppola Story
- De: Sam Wasson
- Narrado por: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
Francis Ford Coppola is one of the great American dreamers, and his most magnificent dream is American Zoetrope, the production company he founded in San Francisco years before his gargantuan success, when he was only thirty. Through Zoetrope’s experimental, communal utopia, Coppola attempted to reimagine the entire pursuit of moviemaking. Now, more than fifty years later, despite myriad setbacks, the visionary filmmaker’s dream persists, most notably in the production of his decades-in-the-making film and the culmination of his utopian ideals, Megalopolis.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator was awful
- De Cyrus Nowrasteh en 12-17-23
- The Path to Paradise
- A Francis Ford Coppola Story
- De: Sam Wasson
- Narrado por: Timothy Andrés Pabon
Narrator was awful
Revisado: 12-17-23
Sam Wasson gets too caught up in the mystical connection between Coppola's work and character growth, or regression, depending on your point-of-view. Fact is, he became a megalomaniac who shot himself in the foot repeatedly. And it seems he's doing it again... Allowing 12-year-olds to direct actors on set of a $35M movie?! Directing from his trailer, not on-set with cast and crew? It's clear he lost focus, became consumed and charmed by technology instead of what really matters....Wasson conveys this but is so over-enamored with Coppola's B.S. about "the future" he missed that this is the reason his movies got bad, bad, bad....
I agree with critics of the narrator. He mispronounced 90% of the names. How does a person pronounce the name Marcia as 'Marsee-ah" how is that possible? Or instead of saying Warner Brothers he says Warner Bros as in "hey, bro!" Continual mispronounced words and names. It takes you out of the passages.
Does anyone oversee these recordings? We're paying a lot for this, and get readings by ninth graders?!
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The Church of Baseball
- The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit
- De: Ron Shelton
- Narrado por: Ron Shelton
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 206
Bull Durham, the breakthrough 1988 film about a minor league baseball team, is widely revered as the best sports movie of all time. But back in 1987, Ron Shelton was a first-time director and no one was willing to finance a movie about baseball—especially a story set in the minors. The jury was still out on Kevin Costner’s leading-man potential, while Susan Sarandon was already a has-been. There were doubts. But something miraculous happened, and The Church of Baseball attempts to capture why.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great movie, great story
- De Kathy Morris en 07-11-22
- The Church of Baseball
- The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit
- De: Ron Shelton
- Narrado por: Ron Shelton
Great book, great filmmaker....
Revisado: 07-13-22
Ron Shelton has written the best book by an American director since Elia Kazan's A LIFE and Richard Fleischer's JUST TELL ME WHEN TO CRY. He gets inside the entire process. A primer for screenwriters and the battles a first-time director faces in the studio system. The book is full of insight and humor, just like the man's films. His sharp sensibility eludes the Hollywood of today and boy are we missing out. Thank you, Ron Shelton, for this fine book. I will read over-and-over again. I'm always wary when the author reads his own book but Shelton does a great job. Read, listen, enjoy....
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Blow
- How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All
- De: Bruce Porter
- Narrado por: Stephen Bowlby
- Duración: 13 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,229
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,066
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,058
Blow is the unlikely story of George Jung's roller-coaster ride from middle-class high school football hero to the heart of Pablo Escobar's Medellín cartel - the largest importer of the United States cocaine supply in the 1980s. Jung's early business of flying marijuana into the United States from the mountains of Mexico took a dramatic turn when he met Carlos Lehder, a young Colombian car thief with connections to the then newly-born cocaine operation in his native land. Together they created a new model for selling cocaine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Head shaking story!
- De Anonymous User en 09-06-18
- Blow
- How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All
- De: Bruce Porter
- Narrado por: Stephen Bowlby
Best of all drug books
Revisado: 03-23-22
I read "BLOW" when it first came out in the 90s. When it became available on Audible (as part of my membership, yet) I had to reconnect. And it was everything I remembered. A fantastic read/listen. It is, for my taste, the best of all the drug smuggling and drug era books mainly because the man at the center of it, George Jung, is from a different time and sensibility. A truly unique character, very likable, an average guy. He came out of the post WW2 50s a bit naive, seeking simple adventure in the form of fun, girls, and calculated risk. What started as simple marijuana runs reminiscent of the wild west inevitably turned into the hard drug smuggling era of cocaine and Colombians. But it was a heck of a ride -- and the book ends in an emotionally moving denouement. The Johnny Depp movie from this book is utter crap. Don't even bother. Read/listen to the book!
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The Nightwalker
- De: Thomas Tessier
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 7 h y 59 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 14
US expatriate Bobby Ives is an aimless Vietnam veteran living in London with his girlfriend. The extremely volatile Ives is obsessed with two strange events in his past: the fact that he was declared dead in Vietnam via administrative error, and the time he experienced a vivid waking dream in which he became a zombie. Ives finds himself becoming more susceptible to uncontrolled rage; he also experiences quasi-fugue states where he lets that rage overwhelm him. In the midst of such a fugue state, he's capable of great violence. His girlfriend dies as the result of one of his rages; other victims soon follow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant, compelling!
- De Cyrus Nowrasteh en 09-16-16
- The Nightwalker
- De: Thomas Tessier
- Narrado por: John Lee
Brilliant, compelling!
Revisado: 09-16-16
Would you listen to The Nightwalker again? Why?
Absolutely I would listen again. John Lee is a superb narrator who has taken great care with this work by Thomas Tessier, one of the best horror/thrillers of the last 50 years -- so says Stephen King!
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Nightwalker?
The slow-burn of the main character's descent into hell is a metaphor for so many things we all go through in life....but what happens with his girlfriend is as chilling a moment as any in all the fiction I've read...
Which scene was your favorite?
The opening is a grabber...as is the scene with his girlfriend at the bus stop...
If you could rename The Nightwalker, what would you call it?
Why rename it? To what purpose? It's a great title.
Any additional comments?
Read. Listen. This one you'll never forget!
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American Legends: The Life of Tecumseh
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: James Weippert
- Duración: 1 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Tecumseh's reputation among Americans has been both the most unique and anomalous. As the leader of the Shawnee, Tecumseh was the most famous Native American of the early 19th century, and he attempted to peacefully establish a Native American nation east of the Mississippi River in the wake of the American Revolution.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Please hire narrators who graduated High School --
- De Cyrus Nowrasteh en 06-08-15
- American Legends: The Life of Tecumseh
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: James Weippert
Please hire narrators who graduated High School --
Revisado: 06-08-15
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
This is way too broad and generalized an account. No interesting details, no insights, it's like a broad book report somebody slap-dashed together the night before it was due. This has me quite concerned about the quality of the 'Charles Rivers Editors' books --
What do you think your next listen will be?
Something better.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
He mispronounces words constantly i.e. pronounces avarice as 'avar-eyes', and cowardice as ' coward-eyes', usurpation as 'ooo-ser-pation', and numerous other words. Distracting and unacceptable.A BASIC UNDERSTANDING of English should be a prerequisite for reading an Audible book. It ruins the entire book if the reader's unqualified. And where are the editors, the producers, of these audible books -- aren't they there to oversee quality control?Amazing!
What else would you have wanted to know about Charles River Editors’s life?
Why he's in the book business -- and the question is absurd since the book is supposedly about Tecumseh.
Any additional comments?
Better readers!!
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Full Metal Jacket Diary
- De: Matthew Modine
- Narrado por: Matthew Modine
- Duración: 3 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 97
In 1985, Stanley Kubrick encouraged Matthew Modine to keep a journal and take photographs while playing the lead role of Pvt. Joker - a combat correspondent - on the set of his Vietnam War film, Full Metal Jacket. In 2005, Modine published a limited edition book of his diary and photos which later became an interactive experience for the iPad. Now, with the Full Metal Jacket Diary audiobook, fans can listen to Modine as he performs his diary with sound effects and original music.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great
- De alexdf en 01-30-16
- Full Metal Jacket Diary
- De: Matthew Modine
- Narrado por: Matthew Modine
Merely taps the surface.
Revisado: 01-04-15
What about Matthew Modine’s performance did you like?
Modine is a fine actor and reads it well. I didn't like all the chapter breaks that told you where you were, what date, etc. They were too frequent, interrupted the flow.
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
- De: Dale Carnegie
- Narrado por: Andrew MacMillan
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 100,399
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80,265
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79,679
You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you!
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is well worth listening too! Main points are.
- De Ralph en 10-21-11
- How to Win Friends & Influence People
- De: Dale Carnegie
- Narrado por: Andrew MacMillan
A timeless guide for everyone.
Revisado: 03-05-12
If you could sum up How to Win Friends & Influence People in three words, what would they be?
A must-read guide for not only business, but one's personal relations with friends and family.
What was one of the most memorable moments of How to Win Friends & Influence People?
The personal/historical examples are perfect, from Abraham Lincoln to Teddy Roosevelt to Charles Dickens. 30 years ago my father-in-law advised I read this book -- that it had changed his life -- and it took me this long to get to it! Better late than never....
Which character ??? as performed by Andrew MacMillan ??? was your favorite?
The Lincoln examples are memorable.
What did you learn from How to Win Friends & Influence People that you would use in your daily life?
His list of principles are clear and well-defined and flow naturally in the narrative.
Any additional comments?
Read this book and learn how to influence, to motivate, to succeed...
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