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| "Dispatches from Armageddon" is a behind-the-scenes record of the making of "Megiddo", the big-budget sequel to "The Omega Code", the most successful limited release film of 2000. In "Megiddo", Michael York reprises his role as Stone Alexander, the charismatic media mogul turned politician, who strives to unite the world under his leadership. He also happens to be, literally, the Devil incarnate, ultimately leading his forces into the crucial battle of Armageddon. The book takes the form of a diary that records the progress of the film from story idea, through script development and on to actual shooting and post-production. It is written in the heat of the moment, both on-set and off, and against a background stretching from Los Angeles and the California desert to Rome and the Italian countryside. With it s international cast of thousands, "Dispatches from Armageddon" is both epic and intimate, funny and fantastic. Reviewing his 1991 autobiography, "Accidentally on Purpose", the Associated Press commented, "Michael York inherits the mantle of his fellow countryman, David Niven, as a premiere story teller." In this diary, at once a memoir, a travel tale and a film commentary, all of York's gifts of observation and interpretation, so indispensable for the actor, are again put to literary use. Professor Richard Brown of N.Y.U. has hailed the book as "one of the most readable' literate' and insightful works ever written on the process of making movies. " |