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   1 result. Results. Sex, Drugs & Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director. by Joel Thurm | Dec 12, 2022. 57. Paperback. $2851. List: $32.00. FREE delivery Mon, Apr 1 on $35 of items shipped by Amazon. More Buying Choices. $18.48 (27 used & new offers) Hardcover. $4200. FREE delivery. Usually ships within 3 to 5 days. More Buying Choices.

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   Oct 31, 2023 · Oct 31, 2023. 12. Casting director Joel Thurm’s star-making, keen eye for talent is more than clearly evident in some of the most popular feature films and television shows in the history of entertainment. With the publication of his new, riveting, and straight-out stellar memoir, Sex, Drugs, and Pilot Season: Confession of a Casting Director ...

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   From his humble beginnings growing up on his grandfather's dairy farm in New York, JOEL THURM became one of the most admired, powerful, and accomplished casting directors in Hollywood, Early on, Thurm's instincts proved beyond reproach when he recognized John Travolta as much more than a teen idol, casting him in the TV movie THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE.

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   Jan 20, 2023 · by Joel Thurm. BearManor Media . Jan. 2023. 420p. ISBN 9781629339528. pap. $30. MEMOIR. COPY ISBN. Thurm was responsible for casting many popular TV shows, such as The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, Cheers, the pilot for Fantasy Island, and more, as well as the movies Grease and Airplane.

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   Feb 2, 2023 · She didn’t get the part, but Mr. Thurm said he had known “there was something special about her.”. He also instantly saw it in a 17-year-old John Travolta when he met him in New York. “He ...

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   2020-2024 Jeff Dwoskin. Embark on a captivating journey through Joel Thurm's memoir, "Sex, Drugs & Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director," where he unveils the inner workings of the casting industry and his contributions to many movie and TV classics.

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   How much does a 'Moir Thurm' book cost?

   • ISBN 9781629339528. pap. $30. MEMOIR Thurm was responsible for casting many popular TV shows, such as The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, Cheers, the pilot for Fantasy Island, and more, as well as the movies Grease and Airplane. Thurm has insider tales to tell, and he doesn’t hold back in this industry memoir.

   Sex, Drugs and Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director

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   Does Thurm think casting directors get the respect they deserve?

   • Though Thurm asserts that 90 percent of the success of a TV show or film is in good casting, he doesn’t think casting directors get the respect they are due. The book ends with a list of every pilot that made it to series at NBC when he was there, with his trenchant opinions about each.

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   Who was John Thurm?

   • United Archives/Getty Images As a gay man living in Hollywood in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, Mr. Thurm often found himself in situations that almost certainly wouldn’t fly today — like massaging the actor Robert Reed’s back after he had to undergo several hair treatments for his role “The Boy in The Plastic Bubble.”

   Reflections on Star Quality From a Golden Age of ‘Junk TV’

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   How did John Thurm grow up?

   • The memoir is not just about Mr. Thurm’s dealings in Hollywood but his upbringing: growing up on a kosher milk farm in East New York. Attending Hunter College in Manhattan when it was nearly an all-girls school. Hanging out in Greenwich Village in its bohemian heyday. Flunking out of college and traveling through Italy in his early 20s.

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   Publisher: BearManor Media. Publish Date: January 2022. Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.85 inches. Shipping Weight: 1.28 pounds. Page Count: 416. Sex, Drugs & Pilot Season | From his humble beginnings growing up on his grandfather's dairy farm in New York, JOEL THURM became one of the most admired, powerful, and accomplished casting directors in ...