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Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz
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Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz

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Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz: On the Frontlines of Lucasfilm and New Hollywood

Jacob T. H. Tibbs, M. A.

 

180 pages

6x9 size

ISBN 9798905351075 paperback

ISBN 9798905351082 hardback

 

Connecting during their education at the USC and UCLA film schools, Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz fell in love before embarking upon an odyssey through New Hollywood. As the American film industry experienced its greatest growth spurt, Huyck and Katz befriended and collaborated with the likes of George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, John Milius, Brian De Palma, and more. The couple's work on such classics as American Graffiti, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom would earn them critical acclaim and commercial success. 

Concurrently, Huyck and Katz endured a series of critical and commercial flops, including Lucky Lady, Best Defense, and the infamous Howard the Duck. Despite numerous attempts at a comeback—including a wild (and temporary) stint on Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible—the shadow of Howard proved too pervasive to elude. 

This diligently researched and insightful study of the Huyck-Katz canon—the first-ever book dedicated to the duo—spans decades of Hollywood history and includes exclusive statements from actor Miles Chapin and filmmakers Bill L. Norton, Paul Schrader, and Willard Huyck himself.