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A Kim Jong-Il production : the incredible true story of North Korea and the most audacious kidnapping in history

This is a Kim Jong-Il Production by Paul Fischer - love, films and kidnapping in North Korea, the world's wildest regime. Before becoming the world's most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's film industry. He directed every film made in the country but knew they were nothing compared to Hollywood. Then he hit on the perfect solution: order the kidnapping of South Korea's most famous actress and her ex-husband, the country's most acclaimed director. In a jaw-dropping mission the couple were kidnapped, held hostage and then 'employed' to make films for the Dear Leader, including a remake of Godzilla. They gained Kim's trust - but could they escape? A non-fiction thriller with a plot so jaw-dropping even Hollywood couldn't make it up, this extraordinary book will be enjoyed by fans of Argo and Nothing to Envy. "A story almost too wild to believe ...Unputdownable". (Benjamin Wallace, author of New York Times bestseller The Billionaire's Vinegar). Paul Fischer is a film producer and writer. Born in Saudi Arabia and raised in France, he studied Social Sciences at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and Film at the University of Southern California and the New York Film Academy. He has worked as an independent film producer in London for the past seven years; his first feature, the documentary Radioman, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Doc NYC festival. A Kim Jong-Il Production is his first book.

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32320004024182 791.43 FIS
Adult Non Fiction   Maitland Library . . Available .  
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ISBN 9780241004302 (paperback)
0241004306 (paperback)
Classification Number 791.43 FIS
Author Fischer, Paul
Title A Kim Jong-Il production : the incredible true story of North Korea and the most audacious kidnapping in history [BK]
Publisher London : : Viking,, 2015.
Physical Description illustrations (some colour), portraits ;
This is a Kim Jong-Il Production by Paul Fischer - love, films and kidnapping in North Korea, the world's wildest regime. Before becoming the world's most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's film industry. He directed every film made in the country but knew they were nothing compared to Hollywood. Then he hit on the perfect solution: order the kidnapping of South Korea's most famous actress and her ex-husband, the country's most acclaimed director. In a jaw-dropping mission the couple were kidnapped, held hostage and then 'employed' to make films for the Dear Leader, including a remake of Godzilla. They gained Kim's trust - but could they escape? A non-fiction thriller with a plot so jaw-dropping even Hollywood couldn't make it up, this extraordinary book will be enjoyed by fans of Argo and Nothing to Envy. "A story almost too wild to believe ...Unputdownable". (Benjamin Wallace, author of New York Times bestseller The Billionaire's Vinegar). Paul Fischer is a film producer and writer. Born in Saudi Arabia and raised in France, he studied Social Sciences at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and Film at the University of Southern California and the New York Film Academy. He has worked as an independent film producer in London for the past seven years; his first feature, the documentary Radioman, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Doc NYC festival. A Kim Jong-Il Production is his first book.
Sin, Sang-ok 1926-2006
Ch'oe, Ŭn-hŭi 1930-
Kim, Chŏng-il, -- 1942-2011
Subject Actresses -- Korea (South)Biography
Motion pictures -- Korea (North)History -- 20th century
Motion picture producers and directors -- Korea (South)Biography
Motion pictures -- Korea (North)History
Kidnapping -- Korea (North)
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