Box Office Poison

'So entertaining, smart and funny.' DAVID NICHOLLS
'Beautifully written. I really enjoyed it.' MARINA HYDE
'Fascinating.' EMPIRE
'Wildly enjoyable.' GUARDIAN
'Hugely entertaining.' PROSPECT

'Failure fascinates, for all the reasons that success is a drag . . .'

From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to cat-astrophic literary adaptations, Tim Robey's hugely entertaining Box Office Poison tells an alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops.Freaks, Land of the Pharaohs, Dune, Speed 2, Catwoman, Cats: what can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public's appetite - or lack of it - and the circumstances that saw such box office disasters actually made? Away from the canon, here is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures.

'Expertly researched.' SIGHT & SOUND
'A rollicking, gossipy triumph.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Amusing and wince-inducing in equal measure.' INDEPENDENT