Two of Hollywood's major players come together to share their insights and anecdotes about the art and business if film-making in the 21st century. A superb view from the inside drawing on a vision of the future as well as the oft-unheeded lessons of the past. (non)

Shoot Out : Surviving the Fame and (Mis)Fortune of Hollywood

Humor & Entertainment

PETER BART

Movies

Gardners Books

'Shoot Out' is about how movies are made, from the first pitch to the final cut. Two of Hollywood's major players come together to share their insights and anecdotes about the art and the business of film-making in the 21st century.

Shoot Out : Surviving Fame and (Mis)Fortune in Hollywood

Faber&Faber

HARDCOVER w/dust jacket. View my customer provided image. Library Binding. From Private Collection. Pristine Condition.

Destinies

Denne Bart Petitclerc

Simon&Schuster

A behind-the-scenes account of the decline and fall of a once great studio, tracing MGMs corporate convulsions from 20 years ago, when Kirk Kerkorian bought control to the present, the financial disasters of "Yentl", "Mrs Soffel" and "2010" and the final "take over" by Pathe. In 1983 MGMUA was in the midst of a comeback. Under the new management of Frank Yablans the company had secured assurances of financial backing from CEO-financier Kirk Kerkorian and a series of dazzling new movies was in development. Top stars like Jack Nicholson, Barbara Streisand and Mel Gibson were on the programme, a sequel to the cult classic "2001" was planned and "Wargames" was in release. What nobody anticipated was that Kerkorian, ever the smart Las Vegas game-player, had evolved his own scheme to harness Hollywood's myth making machinery to his own personal ends. The end result was that Kerkorian emerged a billionaire and his companies emerged a shambles. The films anticipated to be immense successes - "Yentl", "Mrs Soffel" and "2010" - turned out to be financial disasters of immense proportions. The Nicholson movie never even got made and the success of "Wargames" couldn't compensate for the extent of the disaster.

Fade Out Calamitous Final Days of Mgm

William Morrow & Co.

Describes the highlights of each decade at Cannes, and shares the impressions of past attendees

Cannes: Fifty Years of Sun, Sex & Celluloid : Behind the Scenes at the World's Most Famous Film Festival

The Editors of Variety

Miramax

SECRETO DE LOS FILMS QUE TRIUNFARON, EL (Spanish Edition)

Robin Book.

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