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Title: Shoot Out: Surviving Fame and Misfortune in Hollywood by Peter Guber, Peter Bart ISBN: 0-399-14808-6 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 09 May, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.3 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: War Stories and How to Make a Movie
Comment: This book is unique in that it tries to tell the "behind the scenes" true war stories inside the context of a "road map to Hollywood deal making". I prefer the war stories but this book does a very good job in it's "how to" section being very careful to not let the reader get bored.
Peter Bart, who appears to do 80% of the writing, does an excellent job describing what is involved in doing a deal. It lets a nonindustry person realize why some movies are made that turn out to be bad movies. The bottom line is there is a process, a "Hollywood dance" so to speak, that is how deals progress. Many outsiders have talked about changing Hollywood to a more standard business environment. It will never happen. Too much history to change and frankly, with the creative people involved, they probably couldn't work in that environment. Disney has tried to shift the process with some success but the negative press does keep some creative people from working with them.
Peter Bart provides many war stories from the 1970s with Guber has more current stories given his success as a producer. I expected this book to be similar to Mike Medavoy's biography of his movie career. It wasn't. But it was still very good and would recommend it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Hollywood Campfire Stories
Comment: I had a chance to hear Bart and Guber speak at the Los Angeles Times Book Fair about this book and to meet them at the book signing afterward. My initial interest was in trying to find out if the stories you hear about guys like this are true. Was Guber really the type of person depicted in Kim Masterss book "Hit and Run"? Was Bart really the most hated man in Hollywood as a recent Los Angeles Magazine article suggested. Was Shoot Out (a loaded title if I ever heard one) the chance for these two guys to launch a full scale assault against their numerous critics? If that's what anyone is expecting (I know I was) you might be a bit disappointed. But it's not all bad.
This book is an interesting guidebook through the process of making movies from A to Z and I have to admit that it was a pretty enjoyable read. These guys have been in the entertainment business a long time and clearly know a thing or two about a thing or two when it comes to making movies. I found many of the stories and anecdotes amusing and relevant not only to "the industry" (in which I toil away at a menial production job currently) but relevant to many business practices in general.
In a way, I respect them for not pandering to the lowest common denominator and writing a Lynda Obst or Mike Medavoy style tell all (in case you haven't noticed I read way to many of these types of books). Shoot Out is not a great book, but for anyone who wants to learn about the true inner workings of Hollywood from two guys who've held a bunch of high level jobs, it is well worth your time...
Rating: 4
Summary: Solid yet careless in detail
Comment: An intriguing book but one that is in definite need of a date checker. You would think that Peter Guber would know what year Midnight Express (his own production) won the Golden Globe (1978, not 1974). The ten other errors regarding release dates, etc. do not lessen the educational value, but do lend a careless feel to the read.
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Title: HIT AND RUN by Nancy Griffin ISBN: 0684832666 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 17 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Hello, He Lied by Linda Obst ISBN: 0767900413 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 02 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line by Art Linson ISBN: 1582342407 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: 02 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again by Julia Phillips ISBN: 0451205332 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Mailroom : Hollywood History from the Bottom Up by David Rensin ISBN: 0345442342 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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