Infamous Players
A Tale of Movies, The Mob (And Sex)
by Peter Bart
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Pub Date May 01 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Description
When Bart was lured to Paramount by his friend and fellow newcomer, the legendary Robert Evans, the studio languished, its slate riddled with movies that were out of touch with the dynamic sixties. By the time Bart left Paramount, in 1975, the studio had completed an extraordinary run with such films as The Godfather, Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude, Love Story, Chinatown, Paper Moon, and True Grit. But this new golden era at Paramount was also fraught with chaos and company turmoil. Drugs, sex, runaway budgets, management infighting, and even the Mafia started finding their way onto the Paramount back lot.
Bart reflects on the New Hollywood era at Paramount with insider details and insightful analysis; here too are his fascinating recollections of the icons from that era: Warren Beatty, Steve McQueen, Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Polanski, and Frank Sinatra, among others.
Peter Bart spent seventeen years as a film executive (at Paramount, MGM, and Lorimar Film Co.), only to return to print as editor in chief of Variety. Along the way, he was responsible for seven books, including Shoot Out, written with Peter Guber. He is now the host of Movie Talk, a weekly television show broadcast here and abroad.
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Advance Praise
"Maybe it's because I came of age with the great movies that Peter
Bart brought to the screen, but I couldn't put this book down. I
thought I knew a thing or two about Hollywood, and that's exactly
how much I did know. Herewith, the rest."
-- Bill Maher
"A fast, funny, no-nonsense, and graphic account of Paramount's
most dizzyingly high times. [Bart] may have been a studio
executive, but he started out reporting. He's a sharp-eyed
reporter still."
-- Janet Maslin, New York Times
"Readers are fortunate to have such a well-placed guide. He is
not only an insightful journalist but an insider: He immersed
himself in Hollywood's curious culture of that era."
-- Edward J. Epstein, Wall Street Journal
"Perhaps the only truthful account of moviemaking in the sixties,
and it is so frank and full of detail and history-as-gossip, I
just couldn't resist it."
-- Liz Smith, Wowowow.com
-- Michael Douglas
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781602861664 |
| PRICE | $15.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 288 |
