| Description |
xiii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Lure of the Million-Dollar Script: Where is the wizard in today's Hollywood? And how does he create the wonderful illusions that he does? -- 2. Feeding on Frenzy: How the spec buying process emerged, and why the bottom-line focus of today's Hollywood dominates its decisions -- 3. The Sleeper Surprise: A birthday package awaited the sale of While You Were Sleeping -- 4. Maintaining the Vision: Keeping an eye on the big picture when the big deal entices -- 5. Hollywood's Fear Factor: Selling is a passion, but buying is a fear. And the greater pressure is always on the buyer -- 6. Sin, Sacrifice, and Success: The pathological path of Seven -- 7. Lightning Bolts and Train Wrecks: In a world where material drives everything, the gods of film ultimately determine disaster or success for an entertainment form that can change the contemporary zeitgeist -- 8. Shooting for the Stars: The scattershot origins of in the Line of Fire |
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9. Slick Tricks Studios Play: Or, how executives learn to stop worrying and love the other studio's bomb. The Player is alive and well in Los Angeles --10. When Big Guns Conspire: The polemical passage of Extremely Violent, the caboose that drove Last Action Hero -- 11. Filmmaking's Feeder Ponds: How novel ideas piqued Hollywood's latest frenzies. TV or not TV, that is an executive's first question -- |
| Summary |
The Big Deal takes you right inside the Hollywood movie machine with behind-the-scenes stories from hundreds of playerswriters, agents, directors, producers, and studio execs who share their secrets of success and cautionary tales of woe. Whether you're a genuine scribe or diehard fan who craves the real dish, The Big Deal will put you in the picture |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Motion picture authorship.
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| LC no. |
98048054 |
| ISBN |
0688161715 (alk. paper) |
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