{"product_id":"big-bosoms-and-square-jaws-the-biography-of-russ-meyer-king-of-the-sex-film-9780307338440","title":"Big Bosoms and Square Jaws: The Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Film","description":"Russ Meyer, cult hero, creator of the sexploitation film, and the man the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e called the King Leer of Hollywood, made movies that filled the big screen with \"big bosoms and square jaws.\" In the first candid and fiendishly researched account of the late cinematic instigator's life, Jimmy McDonough shows us how Russ Meyer used that formula to turn his own crazed fantasies into movies that made him a millionaire and changed the face of American film forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis former WWII combat photographer immortalized his personal sexual obsession upon the silver screen, creating box-office gold with \u003ci\u003eThe Immoral Mr. Teas\u003c\/i\u003e in 1959. The modest little film pushed all preexisting limits of on-screen nudity, and with its success, the floodgates of what was permitted to be shown on film were thrust open, never to be closed again. Russ Meyer ignited a true revolution in filmmaking, breaking all sex, nudity, and violence taboos. In a career that spanned more than forty years, Meyer created a body of work that has influenced a legion of filmmakers, fashionistas, comic book artists, rock bands, and even the occasional feminist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing his anecdote- and action-packed biographical style to another renegade of popular culture, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eShakey\u003c\/i\u003e Jimmy McDonough offers a wild, warts-and-all portrait of Russ Meyer, the director, writer, producer, and commando moviemaking force behind the sexploitation classics \u003ci\u003eVixen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Valley of the Dolls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFaster, Pussycat  Kill  Kill \u003c\/i\u003e and many others. \u003ci\u003eBig Bosoms and Square Jaws\u003c\/i\u003e blows the lid off the story of Russ Meyer, from the beginning to his recent tragic demise, creating in the process a vivid portrait of a past America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16152495\"\u003eJimmy McDonough\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.28w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307338440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307338444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO005000\"\u003eEntertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER004030\"\u003eFilm | History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJimmy McDonough is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ghastly One: The Sex-Gore Netherworld of Filmmaker Andy Milligan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShakey: Neil Young's Biography\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit him at jimmymcdonough.net.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43830514188427,"sku":"9780307338440","price":23.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_6910fe03-3d0a-4117-8b27-8e176f38cf9c.jpg?v=1755578873","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/big-bosoms-and-square-jaws-the-biography-of-russ-meyer-king-of-the-sex-film-9780307338440","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}