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Dan Bessie

Dan Bessie

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Author, book editor and illustrator, screenplay coach, cartoonist, film director, sometime publisher. Since 06 my wife Jeanne and I (she's also a writer), have been living in rural France. 

Murdo

Murdo

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<p>When Jessica Bryant pesters her wealthy parents to allow her to have a dog as a pet, the answer is a resounding &quot;No&quot;; but they soon come to regret their decision when thier home is broken into one evening whilst they are out and their daughter kidnapped and held for ransom. The kidnappers, in the form of four seedy and incompetent characters wearing Disneyland-type masks, take her hostage and keep her incarcerated in a place from which there appears to be no escape. However, they reckon without the resourcefulness of our heroine, and the courage of a wonderful stray dog who comes to her aid and whom she names 'Murdo'. And so begins an exciting and humurous accounting of the couples' adventures together as they consistently foil and outwit the abductors whilst on the run together.<br /> This is a lovely story of the friendship between a girl and a dog, bringing out themes of responsibility, camaraderie, redemption, salvation and self-sacrifice. It includes some wonderful dialogue sequences as Jessica teaches her new four-legged friend how to communicate with her, with additional delightful conversations between the animals when a rabbit and a sparrow join forces with them in an effort to outwit the kidnappers and restore Jessica safely back to her parents' home. </p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11pt;"><span style="font-size:12px;">&quot;Dan Bessie's book should be obligatory for anyone considering a creative life. The story is rich in detail, funny, and honest. Bessie has compromised no more than he had to, and reviews a rich and sometimes desperate life as a creative erson who sustained himself by wit and wile. I hope that I'll be able to say as much about my own. / from the forward by PETER COYOTE, Emmy-winning actor / ET, Erin Brocovich, etc.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10px;"><br /></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><em><span style="font-size:12px;">&quot;Reeling Through Hollywood'</span></em></span><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-size:13px;"> is a storyteller's story. It was hard to put down. Reading it was like looking under the curtain and seeing the inside of the movie business. Dan Bessie has written a true description of a life in film. And it is a page-turner.&quot; / Robert Dalva, director and Oscar nominated film editor (The Black Stallion, October Sky, etc)</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11pt;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11pt;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size:13px;"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11pt;"><span style="font-size:12px;">&quot;If you've ever wondered what Jane Fonda, Spiderman, Clint Eastwood, Bertholt Brecht, Tom and Jerry and Ken and Barbie and Roy and Dale plus others including the Culligan Man and the House UnAmerican Activities Committee have in common, the answer is Dan Bessie. He encounters them all in his lively account of his struggles to make films his way. <em>'Reeling Through Hollywood</em></span><span style="font-size:12px;">' is both a delight and a powerful tutorial in independent filmmaking.&quot; / Tom Rickman, Oscar &amp; Emmy- nominated screenwriter (Coal Miner's Daughter, Truman)</span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span>            </span><span style="font-size:10px;">            </span></span></p>