{"product_id":"goin-crazy-with-sam-peckinpah-and-all-our-friends-paperback","title":"Goin' Crazy with Sam Peckinpah and All Our Friends - 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\u003eMax Evans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Nott\u003c\/b\u003e (As Told to)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the 2015 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for Biography--Other\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost as famous for the legendary excesses of his personal life as for his films, Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984) cemented his reputation as one of the great American directors with movies such as \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Bunch\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePat Garrett and Billy the Kid\u003c\/em\u003e. Max Evans, one of Peckinpah's best friends, experienced the director's mercurial character and personal demons firsthand. In this enthralling memoir we follow Evans and Peckinpah through conversations in bars, family gatherings, binges on drugs and alcohol, struggles with film producers and executives, and Peckinpah's abusive behavior--sometimes directed at Evans himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvans's stories--most previously unpublished--provide a uniquely intimate look at Peckinpah, their famous friends (including Lee Marvin, Brian Keith, Joel McCrea, and James Coburn), and the business of Hollywood in the 1960s and 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Evans\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of over thirty works of fiction and nonfiction. He is the recipient of the Spur, Wrangler, and Owen Wister awards, and he is the subject of the biography \u003ci\u003eOl' Max Evans: The First Thousand Years\u003c\/i\u003e and a documentary film of the same title. Evans has made his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for over fifty years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Nott \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Films of Randolph Scott\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Last of the Cowboy Heroes: The Westerns of Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Audie Murphy\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Films of Budd Boetticher\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the coauthor, with Max Evans, of \u003ci\u003eGoin' Crazy with Sam Peckinpah and All Our Friends\u003c\/i\u003e (UNM Press). He has been a reporter for the \u003ci\u003eSanta Fe New Mexican\u003c\/i\u003e for the last twenty-five years.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.21 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53154602942688,"sku":"9780826365026","price":22.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/MWMAIYJ0N99780826365026.webp?v=1782159280","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/goin-crazy-with-sam-peckinpah-and-all-our-friends-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}