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Either You're in or You're in the Way: Two Brothers, Twelve Months, and One Filmmaking Hell-Ride to Keep a Promise to Their Father

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Overview

When identical twin brothers Logan and Noah Miller's homeless father died alone in a jail cell, they vowed, come hell or high water, that their film, Touching Home, would be made as a dedication to their love for him. Either You're in or You're in the Way is the amazing story of how — without a dime to their name nor a single meaningful contact in Hollywood — they managed to write, produce, direct, and act in a feature film alongside four-time Academy Award nominated actor Ed Harris and fellow nominees Brad Dourif and Robert Forster.

Either You're in or You're in the Way is a mordern-day Horatio Alger on steroids — a fast-paced thrill ride of heartbreak and redemption that will both captivate and inspire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061763175
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/30/2010
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Raised as roofers in northern California, Logan and Noah Miller dreamed of being baseball stars and, when that dream failed, found professional success as bingo callers. After a brief tour in modeling, armed with seventeen credit cards, they pursued a career in filmmaking.

What People are Saying About This

Ed Harris

“What the Miller Brothers have accomplished is nothing short of miraculous. You’ve got to read it to believe it.”

Tess Uriza Holthe

“A tour de force of laugh out loud wit, determination, and triumph. With Either You’re in or You’re in the Way the Miller Brothers have grabbed the American dream by the tail. . . . This book deserves every accolade.”

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Editorial Reviews

This quick-witted narrative is bona fide inspiration—no canned chicken soup. It’ll suck you in, and it’s not just for movie fans.” — Library Journal (starred review)
“What the Miller Brothers have accomplished is nothing short of miraculous. You’ve got to read it to believe it.” — Ed Harris, Four-Time Academy Award Nominated Actor
“A tour de force of laugh out loud wit, determination, and triumph. With Either You’re in or You’re in the Way the Miller Brothers have grabbed the American dream by the tail. . . . This book deserves every accolade.” — Tess Uriza Holthe, bestselling author of When the Elephants Dance and The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes
“An upbeat and downright inspiring read, the Millers limn both the nail-biting tension they endure as they face each hurdle and the heights they reach with their many triumphs.” — Booklist

From the Publisher

A tour de force of laugh out loud wit, determination, and triumph. With Either You’re in or You’re in the Way the Miller Brothers have grabbed the American dream by the tail. . . . This book deserves every accolade.

Tess Uriza Holthe

What the Miller Brothers have accomplished is nothing short of miraculous. You’ve got to read it to believe it.

Ed Harris

An upbeat and downright inspiring read, the Millers limn both the nail-biting tension they endure as they face each hurdle and the heights they reach with their many triumphs.

Booklist

Identical twins make movie, write boring book about the experience.."The Bros," as they refer to themselves, recount their struggle to produce a feature film honoring the life of their father, a homeless alcoholic who died alone in jail. The baseball-players-turned-neophyte-moviemakers had a rough time, learning on the job as they struggled to find financing, negotiate with bureaucrats for permits and deal with inclement weather and skittish actors. They generally flailed about in the manner familiar to viewers of Project Greenlight or any of the myriad films about the difficulties of making films. The authors aren't covering any new ground here, and the crises threatening the completion of their cinematic roman-a-clef—Touching Home, a title to chill discerning moviegoers' blood if ever there was one—are decidedly low stakes. Compared to such infamous production snafus as Martin Sheen's heart attack on the set of Apocalypse Now, the Millers' picayune setbacks—crewmembers turning up late, equipment malfunctioning, money being mismanaged—fail to generate much drama. Much of the story centers around their successful campaign to secure modest movie star Ed Harris as the lead in their film. If Harris had been a raging diva given to outrageous behavior, there might have been a story here; as it stands, the authors' effusive paeans to his professionalism and integrity quickly pall. Strangely, the Bros don't discuss their baseball careers (apparently central to the film's narrative), their cinematic inspirations, their feelings about acting and directing with no prior experience or Touching Home's place in the tradition of baseball-themed male weepies. They are content to tell a few mildanecdotes, praise the cast and crew and lament the sad end of their father's life. This pleasant, bland chronicle of a wearyingly familiar subject provides little of interest for anyone beyond the authors' immediate circle..Rent Truffaut's Day for Night instead..Author events in Colorado, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Texas.

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