A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Movie Industry Slang

Who's Alan Smithee and why is he the director of so many movies? When is a martini not a martini? Who is the best boy anyway?

Camera operator and film industry veteran Dave Knox talks to Susan Stamberg about these terms and other movie industry mysteries as a run-up to the 78th Academy Awards ceremony on March 5. Knox is the author of an insider's guide to film slang, Strike the Baby and Kill the Blonde.

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Strike The Baby And Kill The Blonde

An Insider's Guide To Film Slang

By Dave Knox

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