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From Cowboy to Mogul to Monster: The Neverending Story of Film Pioneer Mark Damon | 
 enlarge | Authors: Mark Damon, Linda Schreyer
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Category: Book
List Price: $27.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 901741
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 552
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.4
ISBN: 1434377377
Dewey Decimal Number: 790
EAN: 9781434377371
ASIN: 1434377377
Publication Date: May 7, 2008
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"If you saw Mark Damon in a tux at the 55th Annual Academy Awards you probably wouldn't picture him in a toga. If he flashed his dazzling smile at his wife, Maggie, your first thought wouldn't be "Oooh, vampire fangs." But Mark played a beast and a vampire, rode across the desert in a toga as the son of Cleopatra, walked the streets of Toledo as a Spanish king named Peter the Cruel and cleaned up the West as two Spaghetti Western cowboys named Johnny. As an actor he played a hero, a rebel and a fool in over fifty teenflicks, Spaghetti Westerns and swashbucklers. As a producer and film distributor, he was involved in the success of over 350 films. Teen idol, singer, film director, writer and producer, astute businessman, inventor of the foreign film sales business - by 1983, Damon had pursued almost as many careers as a tomcat has lives..." - From Cowboy to Mogul to Monster Twenty-five years later, Mark Damon continues to reinvent himself in the film business. His is a NeverEnding Story.
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A Life Well Lived August 14, 2008
Mark Damon's excellent biography is a testament to determination and talent. Damon's amazing resilience to overcoming defeat and achieving success shines through again and again. The book resonates with the truth of a man who has looked at himself, warts and all, and has put it all out there for the reader. Having broken new ground in developing a new way of marketing motion pictures thoughout the world he has assured himself an important place in the history of the movie business. His book is a must read, not only for show business people, but as an inspirational statement about "picking yourself up, dusting yourself off and starting all over again." Mark Damon's multi faceted career, from a star of "spaghetti westerns" to a producer of major motion picures, with many acomplishments along the way, makes for a facinating read. I recommend the book without reservation.
Fabulous Autobiography! August 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I couldn't put it down. A real Hollywood page-turner. Very well written bio that flips back and forth between the childhood genius puzzle inventor and early age money maker to the high flying Hollywood film distributor/producer. Fast paced and inspiring, the book took me to Hollywood, via Chicago, Italy, and Cannes. I loved reading about this man who not only brought us some very important movies, like Das Boot, and Monster, but was also at the top of his game in at least three career areas, most wouldn't even attempt. I strongly suggest you try it--a great summer, or anytime read.
Outstanding Autobiography! July 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
From Cowboy to Mogul to Monster is a well written, outstanding autobiography. It's a true "American Success" story which mostly covers the last half of the twentieth century. Mark Damon has led a remarkable life which most people would envy. He truly invented the international film sales business. The story of his life is entertaining reading and the book will grab your attention and not let go. I would highly recommend it to anyone with any interest in the entertainment business (particularly film). A must read!.
 Intriguing Mark Damon autobiography June 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Fascinating and very entertaining autobiography on film star and movie mogul Mark Damon detailing his travails in the film industry from America to Italy and back again. The chronology of the book is all over the place but generous stories (stories that are both captivating and sometimes shockingly humorous) on his work in the Italian film industry where he made a number of westerns and horror pictures sit alongside equally interesting details of working on both in front of, and behind the scenes on some of the biggest hits of American cinema.
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