This anthology from award winning writer and Yahoo Movies! columnist Timothy Sexton examines nonconformity in the movies from a variety of perspectives. You will learn who are the greatest nonconformist characters in Hollywood film. Another chapter examines why so many actors have been so reluctant to play nonconformist sailor Fletcher Christian. Is being a faithful to the novel when making a movie an example of nonconformist Hollywood filmmaking? Learn how one of the most nonconforming directors ever, Robert Altman, predicted the now inextricably intertwined worlds of show business and politics. And did you know that Harry Houdini was one of the biggest movie stars in the world as well as an escape artist and magician?