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Frank

ID 302808
Slug frank-jon-ronson
Contributors
Author : Jon Ronson
Annotation
Description <p>In the late 1980s Jon Ronson was the keyboard player in the Frank Sidebottom Oh Blimey Big Band. Frank wore a big fake head. Nobody outside his inner circle knew his true identity. This became the subject of feverish speculation during his zenith years. Together, they rode relatively high. Then it all went wrong. Twenty-five years later and Jon has co-written a movie, Frank, inspired by his time in this great and bizarre band. Frank is set for release in 2014, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Domhnall Gleeson and directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie is a memoir of funny, sad times and a tribute to outsider artists too wonderfully strange to ever make it in the mainstream. It tells the true story behind the fictionalized movie.</p>
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320 Literaire non-fictie algemeen NUR
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Publisher Picador UK
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Language eng
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Publication date first 2014-01-15
Publication date latest 2014-01-15
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  • ISBN: 9781447265436 (EB)

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