| Fast Fade: David Puttnam, Columbia Pictures, and the Battle for Hollywood Contributor(s): Yule, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385300069 ISBN-13: 9780385300063 Publisher: Delta OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1989 Annotation: Featuring 16 pages of photographs, this ultimate inside-Hollywood story of egos and ambition offers an intimate account of the feud between David Puttnam and Columbia Pictures. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.14" W x 9.04" (1.35 lbs) 388 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 "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 |
