Kevin Costner became one of the great movie stars of the late 20th century. He won hearts with "Field of Dreams," box office gold with "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and "The Bodyguard," and Academy Awards with "Dances With Wolves."
His years of success were followed by years of struggles at the box office and with film critics.
But the headlines - good and bad - don't provide the whole story of Costner's films during the 1980's and 1990's.
This book, the first of two, analyzes 24 Costner films - from "Stacy's Knights," his first starring role in 1982, to "Thirteen Days," the award-winning 2000 film about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Each film features a review, a listing of principal cast and crew members and DVD details. There's also a close look at Costner's motivations in making particular films.
Whether you're a long-time fan or just discovering his movies, "Kevin Costner Cinema Collection" will be a handy guide!
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Born in Miami, Florida, Sylvia Gurinsky is a history consultant, tour guide and freelance writer. She works with Context Travel, Florida International University and Nova Southeastern University's lifelong learning programs and the Girls Empowerment and Mentoring program at the Women's Park in Miami. She co-hosts the television series "Roadside Florida" for the Lynn & Louis Wolfson Florida Moving Image Archives and is planning a series of books about top historical locations in South Florida. She has been an educator and tour guide at HistoryMiami Museum and was a journalist at WPLG-Channel 10 and the Jewish Journal, among others, for 17 years. She won two Florida Associated Press Awards for Editorial Writing and was a 2008 Fellow for the Peter Jennings Project For Journalists and the Constitution at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. She has just finished "Kevin Costner Cinema Collection, Volume One: 1982-2000; High Rollers, Heroes & Home Runs," which she has just published here at Smashwords.