- Gebundene Ausgabe: 479 Seiten
- Verlag: Simon & Schuster Ltd (Juni 1996)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0684809311
- ISBN-13: 978-0684809311
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,6 x 16,5 x 3,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.5 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (8 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 367.050 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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If there is a more archetypical tale of Hollywood in the '80s than the buccaneers' adventures of Jon Peters, Barbra Streisand's former hairdresser, and his business partner Peter Guber, it hasn't been written yet. This thorough, stylish book recounts the rise of Peters and Guber, who together earned fortunes by schmoozing their way to the top, seducing gullible investors, and shoving aside the filmmakers who actually turned out successful films like "Rain Man" and "Batman." The Japanese executives at Sony, in this delightful insider account, were just the most recent and most hoodwinked in a long line of Peters' and Gubers' dupes.
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The pretension and behind-the-scenes machinations within the motion-picture industry can sometimes be more unreal or more entertaining than the actual products Hollywood creates. A perfect example is the story of Guber, Peters, and Sony. In an attempt to gain a foothold in Hollywood and with much hoopla, Sony hired the duo in 1989 to run its newly acquired Columbia Pictures. The two, after all, had produced--or been involved with--The Color Purple, Batman, Rain Man, The Way We Were, Shampoo, etc. Chauvinistic fears that the management-savvy Japanese would come to dominate Hollywood in the same way they had Detroit soon vanished after initial successes gave way to expensive box-office duds. Through it all, Guber and Peters treated themselves lavishly--even by Hollywood standards--and, in all, Sony lost billions. Griffin, Premiere magazine's West Coast editor, and Masters, Washington Post reporter and Vanity Fair contributor, provide the juicy details of what went wrong. Though it is tempting to look at this story as a modern-day version of David and Goliath, one cannot be sure who the Philistines are. David Rouse
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ON THE SUNNY AFTERNOON of September 16, 1955, ten-year-old John Peters was playing in the street near his family's ranch house at 13215 Bloomfield Street in Sherman Oaks, a San Fernando Valley suburb of Los Angeles. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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ON THE SUNNY AFTERNOON of September 16, 1955, ten-year-old John Peters was playing in the street near his family's ranch house at 13215 Bloomfield Street in Sherman Oaks, a San Fernando Valley suburb of Los Angeles. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters has written a interesting book about the two Hollywood Hustlers: Jon Peters and Peter Guber. The way they tell their side of the story makes it a wonderfull book. Just the part of the book, that tells to story og Sony and the purchase of Columbia and Tri-Star is worth every penny. You just sit back and wonder, how did they hustle their way all the way to the top.
To read something else about Peters and Guber, I've strongly recommend "Burton on Burton", where Tim Burton gives his personal view on them.
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This is one of those must-read Hollywood exposes, along the lines of "The Battle for Brazil" and "Indecent Exposure". It recounts the truly amazing story of how two small-timers in the business, Peter Gruber and Jon Peters, somehow rose to the top of the industry and headed Columbia Pictures for Sony...taking them on an incredible ride of excess and mismanagement. The real villan here though is Sony's seemingly endless series of bonehead moves during their purchase of Columbia, overpaying billions and putting their trust in two of the greatest flim-flam artists in Hollywood. Not only do they grossly overpay during the purchase, but they continue to pay and pay and pay...it really does boggle the mind. It's a ringing examination of the dangers of multi-culture dealings, and an entertaining, and truly frightening, trip through the Hollywood movie machine.
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Griffin and Masters have done a remarkable job of portraying the childishness of Hollywood executives. Read this if you think you may want a career making movies. If the motion picture industy is filled with men like Peters and Guber, (and I suspect it is), Hollywood is a scary, scary place.
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A VERY GOOD BOOK!!!!
i thought it was a good book,i couldn't put it down. nice
Am 18. April 1999 veröffentlicht
hit and miss
Plenty of good tidbits in here and an excellent feel for the way the insane Hollywood system works. The mix of muckraking, gossiping and moralizing, however, confuses as much as it... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
A different look at the Hollywood Machine
Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters has written a interesting book about the two Hollywood Hustlers: Jon Peters and Peter Guber. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. August 1998 veröffentlicht
A compelling tale of a great Hollywood tragedy
The authors have done an amazing job of compiling an incredible amount of information and assimilating it in a well-thought out and informative manner. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. Februar 1998 veröffentlicht
A fast paced gossipy romp through Tinsel Town.
This light and easy read is a wonderful tour through the world of business, money and excess in Hollywood. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. Juli 1997 veröffentlicht
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