{"product_id":"my-adventure-with-sheena-queen-of-the-jungle-the-making-of-the-movie-sheena-paperback","title":"My Adventure With Sheena, Queen of the Jungle: The Making of the Movie Sheena (paperback)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN  9781629336886\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Making of the Movie \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSheena\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo some, she was the female Tarzan. To others, she was the sexiest pin-up of their teenage years. She was Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. The making of the 1984  movie \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSheena\u003c\/em\u003e was an adventure worthy of a behind-the-scenes book, and that’s what the film’s executive producer, Yoram Ben-Ami, has written in \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Adventure with Sheena, Queen of the Jungle\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCompleted days before actress Tanya Roberts’s tragic death, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Adventure with Sheena, Queen of the Jungle\u003c\/em\u003e is a tribute not only to its hard-working star but to the scores of technicians who made the first major studio film shot entirely in Africa. Ben-Ami was there for all of it and writes about working with Roberts, dealing with a director who wouldn’t take “no” for an answer, and a rhinoceros that wouldn’t take direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSheena\u003c\/em\u003e was controversial for its portrayal of a white heroine who rises to “save” African culture. The film could not be made today, but it was made, and it offers historical perspective of how far we have come and how far we have yet to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIsraeli-born American producer Yoram Ben-Ami had just scored a hit with\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Lone Wolf McQuade\u003c\/em\u003e when he embarked with director John Guillermin, stars Tanya Roberts and Ted Wass, and a menagerie of trained animals to mix with the wild animals of Africa and make what everyone thought was going to be the box office smash of 1984. Ben-Ami’s behind-the-scenes tales make for exciting, informative, funny, and sometimes touching reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYoram Ben-Ami has produced more than a dozen films including \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLone Wolf McQuade, Jury Duty, The Lion of Africa\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Stone Cold\u003c\/em\u003e. His previous book for BearManor was \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGuiding Royalty: My Adventure with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in the Los Angeles area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSFcrowsnest review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50211228844289,"sku":"rho1787307918455","price":18.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0756\/1979\/5201\/files\/my-adventure-with-sheena-queen-of-the-jungle-the-making-of-the-movie-sheena-pape_1.jpg?v=1787307925","url":"https:\/\/www.juniperavenue.shop\/products\/my-adventure-with-sheena-queen-of-the-jungle-the-making-of-the-movie-sheena-paperback","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}