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Fast Fade: David Puttnam, Columbia Pictures, and the Battle for Hollywood
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ISBN10: 0385300069
ISBN13: 9780385300063
Publisher: Delta
Published: Dec 1 1989
Pages: 388
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.98 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780385300063
Publisher: Delta
Published: Dec 1 1989
Pages: 388
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.98 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
A definitive insider's account of the triumphs and tribulations of a legendary Hollywood film producer A great story about vision, tactics, egos, and filmmaking . . . a complicated portrait of a complicated man.--Louise Bernikow, Cosmopolitan
Gripping on every page and awash with toweringly overblown celluloid giants in rapturous megalomania.--Kirkus Reviews A Hollywood book that is not only well-researched and well-reasoned, but fair and entertaining in the bargain.--Inside Books Joins the ranks of Final Cut and Indecent Exposure as a captivating glimpse of the Hollywood most people never see.--Palm Beach Post A fascinating study of power in the boardrooms, bedrooms, and such watering holes as Chasen's, Morton's, and Trump.--Riverside Press-Enterprise Yule pulls no punches, and neither do Puttnam's friends, in describing the film genius's considerable personal flaws.--The Orlando Sentinel
Gripping on every page and awash with toweringly overblown celluloid giants in rapturous megalomania.--Kirkus Reviews A Hollywood book that is not only well-researched and well-reasoned, but fair and entertaining in the bargain.--Inside Books Joins the ranks of Final Cut and Indecent Exposure as a captivating glimpse of the Hollywood most people never see.--Palm Beach Post A fascinating study of power in the boardrooms, bedrooms, and such watering holes as Chasen's, Morton's, and Trump.--Riverside Press-Enterprise Yule pulls no punches, and neither do Puttnam's friends, in describing the film genius's considerable personal flaws.--The Orlando Sentinel
Fast Fade is well-written . . . well-researched . . . and will appeal to all those curious about the recent history of the film industry.--Barron's Weekly
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