{"product_id":"nightmare-alley-film-tie-in","title":"Nightmare Alley Film Tie In","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOUT NOW IN CINEMAS AND NOMINATED FOR FOUR OSCARS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cool, cruel, rediscovered classic of American noir adapted for cinemas b\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ey Guillermo del Toro, starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Read and shudder. And relish'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A creepy, all-too-harrowing masterpiece'' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStanton Carlisle, employed as a carny at a travelling circus watches their freak-show geek - an abject alcoholic, the object of the voyeuristic crowd’s gleeful disgust and derision - and wonders how a man could fall so low. There’s no way in hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike the tragic figure he sees before him, Stan is young, clever and ambitious and quick to learn from the other carnival acts. Initially teaming up with a beautiful but vulnerable woman as part of a double act in which he mesmerises her, Stan soon leaves his circus days behind him, becoming a successful spiritualist who exploits the weak and the wealthy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut even the very best con-men can meet their match....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction from James Smythe,\u003ci\u003e Nightmare Alley \u003c\/i\u003eis a forgotten classic of Depression-era America: a brilliant, horrifying, compulsive journey into the true darkness of the human mind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314736636286,"sku":"NW9781526640864","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781526640864.jpg?v=1778714245","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/nightmare-alley-film-tie-in","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}