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and entertaining stories of love lost and won
Alone and rudderless in New York
When the young boy is accused of stealing a purse
There are hours of fun to be had in a galaxy far
Wayne Byrne: Nick McLean Behind the Camera [2020] paperback ATHRY The infinite expanse of theNick McLean, Sr., was one of the most acclaimed camera operators in American cinema of the 1970s, during which time he shot many classics of the New Hollywood movement including McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Heaven Can Wait, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, Marathon Man, and Being There. As a cinematographer throughout the 1980s, McLean would film blockbusters such as Cannonball Run II, City Heat, The Goonies, and Short Circuit before