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When the low-budget biker movie Easy Rider shocked Hollywood with its success in 1969, a new Hollywood era was born. This was an age when talented young filmmakers such as Scorsese, Coppola, and Spielberg, along with a new breed of actors, including De Niro, Pacino, and Nicholson, became the powerful figures who would make such modern classics as The Godfather, Chinatown, Taxi Driver, and Jaws. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls follows the wild ride that was Hollywood in the '70s -- an unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll (both onscreen and off) and a climate where innovation and experimentation reigned supreme. Based on hundreds of interviews with the directors themselves, producers, stars, agents, writers, studio executives, spouses, and ex-spouses, this is the full, candid story of Hollywood's last golden age.
MARTIN SCORSESE ON DRUGS: "I did a lot of drugs because I wanted to do a lot, I wanted to push all the way to the very very end, and see if I could die."
DENNIS HOPPER ON EASY RIDER: "The cocaine problem in the United States is really because of me. There was no cocaine before Easy Rider on the street. After Easy Rider, it was everywhere."
GEORGE LUCAS ON STAR WARS: "Popcorn pictures have always ruled. Why do people go see them? Why is the public so stupid? That's not my fault."

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Mark Harris Entertainment Weekly Peter Biskind's great, scathing, news-packed history...is one hell of an elixir -- salty with flavorsome gossip, sour with the aftertaste of misspent careers, intoxicating with one revelation after another,...an "A."

Dennis Drabelle The Washington Post Book World Biskind's devourable book is that rarity, a Hollywood exposé that you can read mouth agape, slurping up scandal and titillation so fast you're in danger of choking -- without feeling ashamed of yourself.

Brian Gunn San Francisco Chronicle Biskind is a magician at prying revealing yarns and juicy quotes out of his subjects. And the resulting scenarios are deliciously tawdry...moments of real intelligence and grace.

About the Author

Peter Biskind is the author of five previous books, including Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood. He is a contributor to Vanity Fair and was formerly the executive editor of Premiere magazine. He lives with his family in Columbia County, New York.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster; Later Printing edition (April 4, 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0684857081
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0684857084
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.07 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.28 x 8.44 inches

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Ron E. Goulet

Good Product

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2023

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Pages are yellowing (I wish vendors would mention that), but other than that book is in good shape and arrived on time.

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2023

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This book was interesting and held my attention throughout. It went into great detail about all the twisted personalities made more so by the rampant substance abuse and cutthroat business practices. These people might as well be from another galaxy. The money involved in the entertainment business is nothing short of astonishing. Despite all that, I don't find it surprising. The public sets a great store on being entertained. During the Great Depression, one industry fared very well. It was the movie business. Nothing changes🙄

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MXI

Film History and Gossip in the Last Golden Age of Hollywood - More of the former, less of the latter please!

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2017

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First, a huge congratulations to the author, Peter Biskind, whose passion and detail-orientation was so evident and in the end gave a rich and insightful look at the transition (rise) of Hollywood from the 60's to 70's and transition (fall) from the '70's to 80's. Biskind, while trying to make the book as salacious as possible (hence the sub-title) indeed intimates that the sex and drug issues were not necessarily core to the stories of the directors and movies but instead "rewards of success" in some cases and "creative fuel" in others. In both instances, it was the result of young directors struggling with the freedom in autonomy in the early days, frustration of Hollywood dependency in the later days and the megalomania that came from fame. Overall it was a fun read, from the vantage point of an appreciator of film, to just loving movie gossip.

As enjoyable as it was, I wish it served a higher purpose. That is, the era written about was a true golden age in movie making - both in the US and abroad - and I would have liked even more insight into why. Biskind focuses the book on some of the most important directors of the time - notably and obviously Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg, Scorcese and Ashby - spends way too much time on Dennis Hopper (who can blame him - he was a train wreck) and Warren Beatty and yet virtually ignores Woody Allen (who directed more movies, and some great ones at that, than any of the aforementioned directors), Stanley Kubrick, Sidney Lumet, John Schlesinger and Louis Malle all of whom directed some of the best movies in that era, let alone of all time. What was their contribution? What traits did they share with the featured directors? Perhaps their personal stories weren't as intriguing (not enough sex, drugs or violence), but their art was beautiful and helped make that particular age be golden.

Finally, can someone finally tell me why Harvey Keitel was fired from Apocalypse Now???

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Todd Gold

THE BOOK IS GOOD. PERIOD.

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2022

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I was on Audible earlier and saw several bad reviews for this book. I read it upon its publication in 1999 as a 20 year old student in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I’d been a film buff already since I was a kid, and the stories I read in this book, by turns made my jaw drop, as well as made me laugh till I had tears in my eyes. One reviewer on Audible stated that since a number of filmmakers and actors dismissed the book as having printed outright lies, that the stories should be taken with a grain of salt—Hogwash! It’s far more likely that the people involved are simply embarrassed by their own behavior…To date, since 1999, Peter Biskind hasn’t been sued by ANYONE featured in the book for slander, or defamation of character for his egregious “outright lies.” That’s a very good indication that Biskind wasn’t making stuff up. Not to mention, so many of the stories were told by the actors & filmmakers, themselves. If you have any interest in Film, the ‘60’s, or the ‘70’s, you’ll devour this book. I assure you that the book IS GOOD! Thanks. —todd gold

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Hollywood in the Seventies

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This is a fascinating history of the film industry of the 1970s, often referred to as “New Hollywood.” It focuses on directors like Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and others who introduced the kind of films that appealed to audiences at the time, films about criminals and drugs with anti-authority content. It unfolds chronologically and Peter Biskind quotes extensively from interviews he has conducted with many of the people who were there, telling stories ranging from the technical to the gossipy and everywhere in between about the financing, casting, editing, filming, and distribution of films such as ‘Bonnie and Clyde’, ‘Jaws’, ‘Apocalypse Now’ and ‘The Godfather.’ If you haven’t seen the films described in this book you will want to, if you have it will deepen your understanding of their cultural significance.

The narrative of the book charts the rise of the idea of the director as the author of films, supplanting the influence of studio executives, only to see the position of the director usurped at the end of the decade by the producer when smash hits like ‘Star Wars’ showed just how much money could be made by movies and high production and marketing costs along with product research displaced the influence of the artistry of the filmmakers. This book is an incredible story about film culture, business, and entertainment and every page of it is full of delicious information from a variety of perspectives.

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ralph alberts

The author writes for Vanity Fair and nobody writes about the movie industry better than Briskind

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 27, 2017

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I have read this many times. The author writes for Vanity Fair and nobody writes about the movie industry better than Briskind. The sequel to this forsaw the current Harvey Weinstein scandal by years. Honestly, just buy this as you'll love every page.

inimitable.heidi

The book is fine, but the original information is misleading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2016

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The edition posted was not the one I received. The book is fine, but the original information is misleading. As a film studies student it might have been important to receive the right one, but in the end it didn't matter this time. Still, disappointing.

Mr J E Illingworth

Different cover to the one pictured but it's the same ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2016

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Different cover to the one pictured but it's the same book. A bit tatty but that's what it said in the description and you can't complain for £0.01. Cheers!

Henry Huntingford

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2015

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Only the first chapter, poor description on Amazon

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