About this title: A longtime industry insider and acclaimed Hollywood historian goes behind the scenes to tell the stories of 15 of the most spectacular movie megaflops of the past 50 years, such as "Cleopatra", "The Cotton Club", and "Waterworld". He recounts, in every gory detail, how enormous hubris, unbridled ambition, artistic hauteur, and bad business sense on the parts of Tinsel Town wheeler-dealers and superstars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Clint Eastwood, and Francis Ford Coppola, conspired to engender some of the worst films ever.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780471691594ISBN:0471691593
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley
Date Published: 2007-02-09
ISBN-13:9780470098295ISBN:0470098295
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780471691594ISBN:0471691593
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Date Published: 2006
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Binding: book Softcover
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780470098295ISBN:0470098295
Description: Brand New. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 359 pages. 8.50 x 5.50 x 1.20 in. 12.5 oz. [W]hat AT CANAAN'S EDGE makes indelibly clear is the daunting burdens of leadership cast upon King's shoulders. Mr. Branch not only shows King's inspirational and managerial skills in dealing with the Selma crisis...but he also shows the continuing, day-by-day balancing act that King continually had to perform....--New York TimesÂ- Michiko Kakutani (01/13/2006). read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780471691594ISBN:0471691593
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Collectible. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. viii, 359 pp., filmography, biblio., index; 24 cm. AS NEW. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "An entertaining look at Tinseltown's most notorious big-screen disasters The only thing moviegoers love more than car crashes and explosions is watching a film go up in flames. Every season brings a number of financial disappointments, but it takes extraordinary circumstances--pampered stars, titanic egos, extensive rewrites, dying ... read more
Edition: 1st printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780471691594ISBN:0471691593
Description: New in new dust jacket. bright shiny brand new condition, Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 359 p. Audience: General/trade. 1st printing read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley New York
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780470098295ISBN:0470098295
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 216 by 142 mm. A longtime industry insider and acclaimed hollywood historian goes behind the scenes to tell the stories of 15 of the most spectacular movie megaflops of the past 50 years, such as cleopatra, the cotton club, and waterworld. he recounts, in every gory detail, how enormous hubris, unbridled ambition, artistic hauteur, and bad business sense on the parts of tinsel town wheeler-dealers and superstars such as elizabeth taylor, clint eastwood, and francis ford ... read more
"Interesting read on some really major film flops - esp. interesting since a friend is one (of a number) of screenwriters on one of them. (I'd be curious if he thinks the book portrays what happened to the film well.)
Some lessons from the book for life & leadership (though it's not a leadership book):
1. You've got to be willing to pull the plug on something that's not working. 2. Ego is a lousy decision-making tool; the more egos, the lousier the decision. 3. Substance is more important than style. 4. There's no such thing as a "sure thing" - and thinking there is can get you in over your head VERY quickly. 5. Organizations need strong leaders; organizations need someone with the guts to say "no".
Yeah, I know - pretty standard stuff. Doesn't make it any less true..."
"An interesting, if somewhat dry, look into the decisions that resulted in some of the biggest movie flops in history. It's amazing how often people can see a major disaster coming, and for whatever reason choose not to cut their losses while they can. Of course, this is a problem not relegated to the movie industry and I found myself trying to apply the lessons-learned from this book to my own projects. What am I working on today that I might someday look back on as being an obviously bad idea? Am I being blinded by pride or overcommitment or desire, so much so that I walk off a very evident cliff?
Parish's writing style tends to be a little dry with several sections of the book feeling like filler. He also has a very strange tendency to (over)use parentheticals - just like I did there. I can't tell whether it's a bad technique, but it tends to be distracting. And it'll be even MORE distracting now that I've pointed it out.
Also, Warren Beatty sounds like a real jerk. I'm just saying."
"Entertaining study of Hollywood hubris. I actually liked "The Last Action Hero," but it was interesting to read about how much better the script was, and how it went astray from the original vision. "The Postman," not so much."
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