Henry Jaglom's Babyfever: For Those Who Hear Their Clock Ticking (Paperback) - Softcover

Henry Jaglom; Victoria Foyt

9781878965035: Henry Jaglom's Babyfever: For Those Who Hear Their Clock Ticking (Paperback)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878965034 ISBN 13: 9781878965035

Publisher: Rainbow Filmbooks, 1994

This volume contains the complete BABYFEVER screenplay along with a selection of stills from the film, highlighted by personal notes written by Henry Jaglom and most of the actresses in the film on the subject of babyfever. For years now, independent filmmaker Henry Jaglom has been wrestling with the thorniest of Freudian questions: What do women want? Now, with his leading lady Victoria Foyt and a large ensemble cast, Jaglom has crafted his most poignant and satisfying reply. Together in the course of a baby shower, they explore an anomaly of our times: Women's frantic race against their biological clock. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: TheRainbowStore.com

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About the Author:

The filmmaker/playwright trained in New York at The Actor s Studio, studying acting with Lee Strasberg and writing/directing with Harold Clurman. He performed in off-Broadway theatre and cabaret before coming to Hollywood under contract to Columbia Pictures, where he guest-starred on TV shows ('Gidget,' 'The Flying Nun') and was featured in a number of films, including ones directed by Jack Nicholson (Drive, He Said), Dennis Hopper (The Last Movie) and Orson Welles (The Other Side of the Wind), each of whom he eventually directed in return. Jaglom began his acclaimed filmmaking career, working with Nicholson to edit Hopper's 1969 hit Easy Rider. He made his debut as a writer/director with 1971's A SAFE PLACE, which starred Tuesday Weld, Nicholson and Welles. Since then, Jaglom has written and directed 18 more films, including TRACKS (1976), SITTING DUCKS (1980), CAN SHE BAKE A CHERRY PIE? (1983), ALWAYS (But Not Forever) (1985), SOMEONE TO LOVE (1987), NEW YEAR'S DAY(1989), EATING (1990), VENICE/VENICE (1991), BABYFEVER (1994), LAST SUMMER IN THE HAMPTONS (1996), DEJA VU (1998), FESTIVAL IN CANNES (2002) and GOING SHOPPING (2004). Since selecting her to star in his 2007 HOLLYWOOD DREAMS, Jaglom has collaborated with actress Tanna Frederick on the films IRENE IN TIME (2009), QUEEN OF THE LOT (2010) and THE 'M' WORD, which is currently in post-production.

Review:

BABYFEVER is warm, winning, witty and very wise and it introduces a score of vivid and endearing characters in hilarious and heart-felt fashion. Henry Jaglom's long-time fans will love every minute of BABYFEVER, while its humor and insight will help win many new admirers for America's most personal and provocative filmmaker! --Jules Feiffer, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

BABYFEVER is hilarious; a rare film so engaging and so insightful you'll want to see it more than once! --Michael Medved, SNEAK PREVIEWS, PBS-TV/New York Post

BABYFEVER is a witty and buoyant film about procreation! --Michael Musto, THE VILLAGE VOICE

BABYFEVER is hilarious; a rare film so engaging and so insightful you'll want to see it more than once! --Michael Medved, SNEAK PREVIEWS, PBS-TV/New York Post

BABYFEVER is a witty and buoyant film about procreation! --Michael Musto, THE VILLAGE VOICE

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