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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of a Television Classic |  | Author: Jon Heitland
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
List Price: $21.99
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Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 30114
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 288
Number Of Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0312000529
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4372
EAN: 9780312000523
ASIN: 0312000529
Publication Date: December 15, 1987
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Product Description
Drawing on extensive interviews with the cast and crew of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Jon Heitland has assembled an incredibly comprehensive, fully illustrated account of the show's history, including:
-the program's conception in conference with Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond
-U.N.C.L.E.'s remarkable surge in popularity
-the camaraderie between Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, the show's stars
-the factors that led to the show's sudden cancellation
-a complete episode guide, including companion program The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
-plus information and anecdotes on the show's production, filming, guest stars, stunts, props, merchandising, and much more.
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 EVERYthing you ever wanted to know! October 29, 2009
Daisy (Hobe Sound, Florida)
I got this book for a friend who is a fan of the show but not a great reader. He was thrilled and is DEVOURING every detail and passing it on to his friends, whether or not they are listening! I have to say, though, there are some fun facts. Who knew that Elvis Presley was initially tapped for the lead in this 1960's TV show? If you're a fan of the show, even a little bit, you will love this book.
 For U.N.C.L.E. Die-Hards Only July 9, 2008
King Richard (Live Oak, Texas United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you're a die-hard U.N.C.L.E. fan and are looking for a book about the series - this is it - as in, its apparently the only one ever written about a truly great TV series. Sadly, the book fails and suffers in many areas.
First we have the writing style. The book in places reads like it was written for a 10-year-old with the author feeling the necessity to explain to the reader what everyone does on a set (the editor does this, the director does that etc. etc.). Boring.
Second, we have the typesetting. The book looks more like it was produced and run off on a copying machine than actually printed on a press. And its a shame. If there were typesetters they never caught some of the misspelled words and other typos such as letters - usually the letter "s" - left off the end of words.
Third, and last, we have the photos. Most are entirely too dark being all in black-and-white and its absolutely, totally impossible to see the detail in any of the photos. And, in some cases, its impossible to see the faces all that well either which is a shame since there are some photos that could have added a great deal to the book.
Since this book was published in the mid-1980's, it seems somewhat of a crime that it should be selling for full-price, but we'll put that down to its being a "classic" which was never re-printed. This book however, is crying out to be updated!! As it now exists, it is somewhat superficial since the series has come out on DVD and a great deal could be added.
There has to be some saving grace to this book, so let's at least give the author credit for trying. It gets 3 stars because its the only book that has ever apparently been written on the subject. Let someone else come along with one more comprehensive and that would drop to one star.
Caveat emptor! Let the buyer beware! This is for the die-hard U.N.C.L.E. fan!
For the die-hard fan. December 9, 2007
Ivan Price Jr. (North Carolina)
This book tells the ENTIRE story of the short-lived TV classic. Practically day-by-day. It was published in the '80s so there are some badly reproduced photos. Fans will also want to get the book "Spy-Fi" which has some very good photos of rare props used on the show.
Excellent, but devoted more to the nuts and bolts than to the stories November 14, 2005
Joseph A. Admire (Manassas, VA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
As an overview of the inner workings and production of one of the defining television shows of the 1960's, "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." book is simply excellent, the best on the subject - much more so than the later "U.N.C.L.E. Tribute Book". Subjects such as writing, photography/cinematography, music, direction, special effects, props, the development of the pilot and series concept and the like are all covered in exhaustive detail. There are also many rare photos, all in B & W.
However, the book does have a serious shortcoming in my opinion, which prevents me from giving it 5 stars, in that it does not really go into much detail in discussing the episodes themselves - the 100 episodes of MFU itself and the season's worth of its sister show, "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.". MFU fans will need to search out the long-out-of-print Files Magazine series "The U.N.C.L.E. Files", which has extensive discussions of every single episode. It must also be said that "The U.N.C.L.E. Tribute Book" does better than this book in reviewing the various MFU novels and the magazine short stories.
Excellent book July 31, 2005
TulsaTV (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I watched the show in its original run. As one reviewer below said, as a kid, I wanted it to be real. As an adult fan today, I was delighted to get all the detail and inside information from this well-written book. Mr. Heitland has done all us wannabe UNCLE agents a great service.
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