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Killer Life
Christine Vachon & Austin Bunn
In A Killer Life, Christine Vachon follows up her independent
producing handbook, Shooting to Kill,
with a behind-the-scenes memoir of the battle between creativity and commerce.
She recounts the rise of independent film and the evolution of her company, Killer
Films, revealing the stories behind star castings and firings and films that
never got made; how sexuality factors into the films she produces; and how the
often lethal combination of finance and creativity affects what we see on the
big screen. Softcover, 300 pp. $19.95.
 The Dream Team
Daniel Kimmel
In The Dream Team, Daniel M. Kimmel tells the behind-the-scenes story of the Dreamworks' rise - and the end of the dream eleven years later, when most of the company was sold off or shut down. What caused the spectacular rise of fall of this seemingly unstoppable company? Kimmel offers intriguing answers, showing how the guys tilting at windmills unsually end up on the ground. Softcover, 238 pp. $18.95.
 The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney
Michael Barrier
Walt Disney (1901-1966) was one of the most signifcant creative forces of the twentieth century, a man who made a lasting impact on the art of the animated film, the history of American business, and the evolution of twentieth-century American culture. Based on decades of research in the Disney studio's archives and dozens of public and private archives in the United States and Europe, The Animated Man offers illuminating accounts of Disney's childhood and young adulthood in rural Missouri and Kansas City. Barrier describes how Disney transformed himself from Midwestern farm boy to scrambling young businessman to pioneering artist and, finally, to entrepreneur on a grand scale. Hardcover, 393 pp. $38.99.
 Tell Me How You Love the Picture
A Hollywood Life
Edward S. Feldman & Tom Barton
As a top studio exec and one of Hollywood's most respected producers, Ed
Feldman has seen the film business from the inside out, worked with some
of the best talent in the industry, and experienced things few can imagine.
This witty, surprising, and hilarious autobiography takes us behind-the-scenes
with wild, no-holds-barred stories about major Hollywood personalities
ranging from Bette Davis to Elizabeth Taylor, Stanley Kubrick to Scott
Rudlin, Harrison
Ford to Jim Carrey, and more. An incredible Hollywood memoir from one
of moviedom's renowned producers, Tell Me How You Love the Picture is
full of insight and the stuff of gossip, bad behaviour, and high success.
Hardcover, 239 pp. $33.95.
 Korda: Britain's Only Movie Mogul
Charles Drazin
Sir Alexander Korda was one of the world's most important and charismatic
movie
moguls. In Britain, with films like Rembrandt, The Thief of Bagdad, The
Four Feathers and The Third Man, he made movies that in their scale,
glamour and sophistication equalled and often surpassed Hollywood. Drawing on
a wealth of previously unpublished material, this is the first biography to go
behind the myths to reveal the many sides of one of the twentieth century's most
intriguing
figures. Hardcover, 411 pp. $38.95.
 Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood
Robert S. Birchard
Cecil B. DeMille -- director of such classics as The Ten Commandments, Samson
and Delilah, and The Greatest Show on Earth -- was one of the giants
of twentieth-century Hollywood. His box-office record was unsurpassed, and his
swaggering style established the public image for movie directors. This revealing
biography cuts through DeMille's mythic facade and provides a detailed and definitive
chronicle of the life and career of one of the true giants of cinema. Hardcover,
430 pp. $65.95.
 Dino: The Life and Films of Dino De Laurentiis
Tullio Kezich & Alessandra Levantesi
In a career that has spanned six decades, Dino De Laurentiis has walked the cutting
edge of filmmaking, He has personified the powerful, visionary Hollywood producer
for one reason: he invented the role. This spellbinding biography celebrates
this living legend and his passionate, exhilarating life in the pictures. Hardcover,
352
pp. $36.95.
 Hal Wallis: Producer to the Stars
Bernard F. Dick
The words "A Hal Wallis Production" grace the opening credits of several
of America's best-loved films. During nearly half a century of work in Hollywood,
this self-proclaimed "starmaker" produced countless timeless classics
and helped launch the careers of some of the era's biggest stars. This biography,
by film historian Bernard F. Dick, brings to vivid life the story of Hal Wallis.
Hardcover,
287 pp. $57.95.
 Mr. & Mrs. Hollywood
Edie and Lew Wasserman and their Entertainment Empire
Kathleen Sharp
From Hollywood back lots to the Oval Office, here is the full,
authoritative story of how super-agent to the stars, Lew Wasserman,
and his politically savvy wife, Edie, built and refined an entertainment
empire that determined the course of Americas. For everyone interested
in the entertainment industry, this first dual biography of Hollywood's
preeminent power couple is essential reading. Hardcover, 599 pp.
$41.95.
 When Hollywood Had a King
Connie Bruck
As the head of MCA, Lew Wasserman ushered in the Hollywood that we know
today. He is the link between the old-school moguls with their ironclad studio
contracts and the new industry defined by multimedia conglomerates, power agents,
multimillionaire actors, and profit sharing. This telling biography reveals
what it took for this savvy businessman and entertainment visionary to, for
a time, reign over Tinseltown.
Softcover, 512 pp. $24.95.
 Sam Spiegel
Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni
The incredible life and times of Hollywood's most iconoclastic producer, the miracle
worker who went from penniless refugee to show biz legend, and made possible The
African Queen, On the Waterfront, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Lawrence of Arabia,
is recounted in this rich and brilliant biography. Hardcover, 465 pp. $47.50.
 You're Only As Good As Your Next One
Mike Medavoy & Josh Young
With a C.V. that includes such classics as Apocalypse Now, One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Platoon, and The Silence of the Lambs,
Mike Medavoy is a one of the major figures of recent American cinema. In this
tell-all memoir, he candidly recounts everything from his start in the Universal
Studios mailroom right up to his current position as the head of Phoneix Pictures.
Softcover, 380 pp. $22.00.
 The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up
David Rensin
Some of the most powerful men in entertainment -- including David Geffen, Barry
Diller, and Michael Ovitz -- began as trainees in musty talent agency mailrooms.
This book reveals why Harvard M.B.A.s turn down secure six-figure corporate salaries
to work at a major agency for less than $400 a week, as well as what you need
to know to work your way to the top. Hardcover, 439 pp. $37.95.
 The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
David Thomson
More a bible than a dictionary, this revised edition of David Thomson's definitive
classic is required reading for anyone with even a passing interest in film. With
over 1300 concise yet astutely observed biographical sketches of the most significant
personalities in film history, this book is as intelligent as it is comprehensive
as it is entertaining. Essential. Hardcover, 963 pp. $53.00.
 A Grand Guy: The Art and Life of Terry Southern
Lee Hill
A technicolour whirlwind, Terry Southern blew through 4 decades of partying with
a wit, brilliance and success that astonished the world. He knew everyone and did
everything --co-wrote Dr. Strangelove with Kubrick,shmoozed with Sartre and
Camus, and appeared on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club. A Grand
Guy is "the intimate portrait of an unequaled satirist and satyrist whose appetite
for life was enormous" and an altogether satisfying read in North American extravagance.
$41.50.
 Now Dig This: The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern 1950-1995
Edited by Nile Southern and Josh Alan Friedman
A delicious compendium of Southern excerpts, featuring interviews, letters, and stories
from the lips of the devilish comic genuis himself. Also available in softcover.
Hardcover, $38.95; Softcover, $21.50.
 You'll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again
Julia Phillips
Phillips, an Oscar-winning producer, saw and did all in Hollywood. This is her story
of the drug- and sex-filled world she lived and worked in. Re-published to commemorate
her death. Softcover. $20.00.
 The St. James Women Filmmakers Encyclopedia
Edited by Amy L. Unterburger
For more than 100 years, women have been a vital force in shaping the movies we see
today. This handy reference book chronicles the stories of more than 200 women filmmakers
from around the world -- from Alice Guy, the first women producer-director, to Oprah
Winfrey. An indispensable guide. Large-format Softcover, $39.95.
 Shooting to Kill: How an Independant Producer Blasts
Through Barriers to Make Movies that Matter
Christine Vachon
Hailed by the New York Times as the "godmother to the politically committed
film," Christine Vachon has made her name with such bold, controversial and
commercially successful films as Boys Don't Cry, Kids, Safe, I Shot Andy Warhol and
Velvet Goldmine. Over the last decade, she has become a driving force behind the
most daring and strikingly independant filmmakers and helped put them on the map.
In this savagely witty and straight-shooting guide, Vachon reveals the guts of the
filmmaking process and offers shrewd practical insights and troubleshooting tips
on handling everything from hysterical actors and disgruntled teamsters to obtuse
marketing executives. $18.50.
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