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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A comprehensive guide to all of Robin Williams's movies, with facts about plots, performances, and cast, as well as notable trivia and behind-the-scenes details about each film.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A comprehensive guide to all of Robin Williams's movies, with facts about plots, performances, and cast, as well as notable trivia and behind-the-scenes details about each film.</b> <p/>Did you know that, according to director Chris Columbus, Robin Williams improvised so much during the filming of<i> Mrs. Doubtfire</i> that the studio had enough footage to release PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17 versions of the movie? Or that Robin ad-libbed all his lines in <i>Good Morning, Vietnam </i>because the DJ the movie was based on didn't really do comedy during his shows? <p/><i>Robin Williams, American Master</i> looks at Robin's seventy movies, from his earliest appearance in <i>Can I Do It...'Til I Need Glasses?</i> to his final posthumous voice-only appearance in <i>Absolutely Anything</i>. <p/>Each film is discussed in detail, with special emphasis on Robin's performances and how they exist in the context of his entire body of work. <p/><i>Robin Williams, American Master</i> is the perfect tour guide through Robin's epic collection of cinematic genius.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Author and University of New Haven Practitioner in Residence (ret.) Stephen Spignesi writes extensively about popular culture and is considered a world authority on Stephen King, The Beatles, Robin Williams, Woody Allen, <i>The Andy Griffith Show</i>, <i>ER</i>, and other pop culture subjects and TV shows. His other areas of interest include American history, the US presidents and founders, the <i>Titanic</i>, true crime, and the paranormal. He appears in the 2015 ITV documentary <i>Autopsy: The Last Hours of Robin Williams</i>. His first novel <i>Dialogues</i> was hailed as a "reinvention of the psychological thriller."

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