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Ben Elton

Autor von Tödlicher Ruhm.

76+ Werke 14,158 Mitglieder 283 Rezensionen Lieblingsautor von 29 Lesern

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Born May 3, 1959 in Catford, South London, Ben Elton began life as a member of an upper-class academic family. During the war his family had been forced to flee Prague when Hitler invaded. In Godalming Grammar School young Elton participated in amateur dramatics and wrote his first play when he was mehr anzeigen fifteen years old. He later attended Manchester University and earned a degree in drama. He started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1980. Joining Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson in the Comedy Store in Leicester Square in London, Elton soon became one of the regular masters of ceremony. He continued to do stand-up in order to perform his own material. Soon, however, he branched out into plays, novels, and films. His first novel, Stark (1989), sold well in Britain and Australia. Popcorn, published in 1996, opened as a play in April 1997 and won the Laurence Olivier Award for best comedy in 1998. (Bowker Author Biography) Ben Elton is the author of four previous novels, Stark, Gridlock, This Other Eden, and Popcorn. He lives with his wife in London. (Bowker Author Biography) Ben Elton has written the British comedy series The Young Ones. His novels include Popcorn. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Tödlicher Ruhm. (2001) 1,478 Exemplare
Popcorn (1996) 1,174 Exemplare
Letzter Countdown. Roman. (1989) 1,052 Exemplare
High Society (2002) 955 Exemplare
Past Mortem (2004) 912 Exemplare
Seitensprünge, 3 Audio-CDs (1999) 865 Exemplare
The First Casualty (2005) 841 Exemplare
Abgefahren! (1991) 790 Exemplare
Kalt erwischt. (1988) 750 Exemplare
Blind Faith (2007) 739 Exemplare
This Other Eden (1993) 673 Exemplare
Chart Throb (2006) 654 Exemplare
Time and Time Again (2014) — Autor — 533 Exemplare
Two Brothers (2012) 353 Exemplare
Meltdown: It's crunch time... (1900) 321 Exemplare
Bachelor Boys: Young Ones Book (1984) 158 Exemplare
Identity Crisis (2019) 129 Exemplare
Mr. Bean: The Whole Bean: The Complete Set (2003) — Screenwriter — 100 Exemplare
Blackadder the Third [1987 TV series] (1987) — Screenwriter — 56 Exemplare
Gasping (1990) 46 Exemplare
Black Adder II [1986 TV series] (1986) — Screenwriter — 44 Exemplare
Love Never Dies [2012 film] (2012) — Screenwriter — 37 Exemplare
Black Adder Goes Forth [1989 TV series] (2001) — Screenwriter — 35 Exemplare
Blackadder's Christmas Carol [1988 film] (1992) — Screenwriter — 27 Exemplare
All Is True [2018 film] (2018) — Screenwriter — 26 Exemplare
Blackadder Goes Forth (BBC Radio Collection) (1995) — Autor — 25 Exemplare
Blackadder - Back and Forth (2000) 17 Exemplare
Ben Elton Plays: 1 (1998) 15 Exemplare
Silly Cow (1993) 14 Exemplare
Upstart crow (2018) 13 Exemplare
Blackadder II (BBC Radio Collection) (1995) — Autor — 12 Exemplare
Maybe Baby [2000 film] (2000) — Director — 8 Exemplare
Very Live, Tour De Force 1993 (1999) 5 Exemplare
The Man From Auntie 2 (1995) 3 Exemplare
The Best Bits of Mr. Bean [1995 TV episode] (1996) — Screenwriter — 3 Exemplare
Three Summers [2017 film] — Herausgeber — 2 Exemplare
Live 1989 (1997) 2 Exemplare
The First Victim 2 Exemplare
Une Jolie Bombe (2003) 1 Exemplar
Pervaia zhertva : roman (2009) 1 Exemplar
Motorvation 1 Exemplar
Uncontrollable (2009) 1 Exemplar
Motormouth and Motorvation (1994) 1 Exemplar

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Ein Regisseur macht Filme voller Gewalt und Blut, vornehmlich um dies als Metapher für den Niedergang der amerikanischen Kultur oder so zu nehmen. Er erhält den Oscar und wird in der selben Nacht von einem Pärchen aufgesucht, das wie die (Anti-)Helden seiner Filme sinnlos mordend durch das Land zieht, auf de Suche nach Kick und ohne jegliche Empathie.Das Buch ist eine wilde Mediensatire, geschrieben zu einer Zeit (1996), die medienmäßig im Vergleich zur heutigen noch direkt "beschaulich" war. Ben Eltons Aussage kommt rüber, vor allem am Ende, als zugunsten der Einschaltquoten ein Menschenleben geopfert wird. Dennoch habe ich das Buch nicht gern gelesen, mir ist es einfach zu grauenhaft gewesen.… (mehr)
 
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