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.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
This biography of the Briton who produced Midnight Express and Chariots of Fire falls into two sharply divided sections: the first details David Puttnam's rise to the top of England's movie industry amid feelings that he was the hope of his nation's flagging film business, while the second describes his year as the head of Columbia Pictures in Hollywood and the disaster which overtook him there. British journalist Yule ( Hollywood-a-Go-Go ) traces his subject's struggle to make quality pictures in his early years, pictures based principally on moral dilemmas, and his success in breaking new cinematic ground. This portion of the book should appeal to most readers. The second segment, however, relating the corporate maneuvering that ousted Puttnam one year into a three-year contract will be of little interest to anyone not a film-biz insider. Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Englishman Puttnam produced such films as Chariots of Fire and The Killing Fields before being selected as Columbia's chief executive officer. When he departed after only a year, it seemed that the Philistines had triumphed. Puttnam was not a naive victim, however, but a complex, driven man who contributed to his own "fast fade." Despite the subtitle, over half this account is devoted to Puttnam's life and career prior to the Columbia debacle. Numerous associates are quoted about their relationships to Puttnam, but Yule does little to reconcile widely conflicting points of view and the man remains elusive. This will be compared to David McClintick's Indecent Exposure ( LJ 8/82), which also dealt with fierce Columbia infighting, but it is far less compelling. Roy Liebman, California State Univ. Lib., Los Angeles
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence:
In 1931, Len Puttnam met a pretty Jewish girl, Marie Goldman. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
David Puttnam, Fay Vincent, Alan Parker, Ray Stark, New York, Midnight Express, Los Angeles, Chariots of Fire, The Killing Fields, Herbert Allen, United States, Hugh Hudson, David Picker, Victor Kaufman, Alan Marshall, Ridley Scott, Local Hero, Bugsy Malone, Mike Ovitz, Tom Lewyn, Bill Forsyth, Bill Murray, Dustin Hoffman, Sandy Lieberson, Warren Beatty New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
In 1931, Len Puttnam met a pretty Jewish girl, Marie Goldman. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
David Puttnam, Fay Vincent, Alan Parker, Ray Stark, New York, Midnight Express, Los Angeles, Chariots of Fire, The Killing Fields, Herbert Allen, United States, Hugh Hudson, David Picker, Victor Kaufman, Alan Marshall, Ridley Scott, Local Hero, Bugsy Malone, Mike Ovitz, Tom Lewyn, Bill Forsyth, Bill Murray, Dustin Hoffman, Sandy Lieberson, Warren Beatty New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 31
books:
See all 31 books this book cites
8
books
cite this book:
See all 8 books citing this book
- Bugsy Malone (Collins Drama) by A Parker on 8 pages
- Hope and Glory by John Boorman on 6 pages
- Midnight Express by Billy Hayes on page 77, page 80, and page 91
- Chariots of Fire by W. J. Weatherby on page 89, page 91, and page 106
- Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer on page 34, page 35, and page 133
See all 31 books this book cites
- Hollyworld: Space, Power, and Fantasy in the American Economy by Aida Hozic in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Carnival Culture: The Trashing of Taste in America by James B. Twitchell on page 127, and Back Matter
- Movies and American Society (Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History) by Steven J. Ross on page 359, and page 366
- City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures by Bernard F. Dick in Back Matter
- Stanley Kubrick: A Biography by John Baxter in Back Matter
See all 8 books citing this book
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
