My Indecision Is Final [Paperback]

Jake Eberts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 13, 1992

In 1983, Goldcrest Films was hailed as the "saviour of the British film industry" but within two years the company was virtually bankrupt. This book tells the story of Goldcrest Films and was one of "The Financial Times" Business Books of the Year.

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Faber Paperbacks (April 13, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571148891
• ISBN-13: 978-0571148899
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,733,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good case study but needs an epilogue, March 10, 2009

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This review is from: My Indecision Is Final (Paperback)

Part memoir and part case study, My Indecision Is Final, is the story of Goldcrest Films, an independent British film studio, which had immense success from 1976-1987 and then fizzled into obscurity after a string of failures and miscalculations. Though written with exhaustive details about the story of Goldcrest, the book raises many questions about independent studios. Can an independent studio succeed? Once there is a hit, how can success be properly managed? How important is leadership and what kind of leadership is needed for the film industry? In times of conglomeration, and without a distribution channel, can a studio truly remain independent? Is it incumbent on independent studios to foster new talent, or should they only work with established filmmakers? Finally, in the case of Goldcrest, how did their success lead to their own demise? By looking at the history of Goldcrest, My Indecision Is Final focuses on, and often answers those questions on the micro level; it is left to the reader then, to extrapolate how the problems that Goldcrest faced have been echoed throughout the film industry, to studios and independent productions. The strength of the book lies in the questions it raises and the examples given of how one group of men handled their studio.