Action! - Brossura

Cort, Robert

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ISBN 10: 0812972163 ISBN 13: 9780812972160

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 2004

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A. J. Jastrow embarks on a turbulent, roller-coaster odyssey through the last fifty years of Hollywood history as he struggles to fulfill his father's legacy by building a movie empire, coping with ruthless executives, power-hungry directors, drug-addled actors, scheming agents, the FBI, and his duplicitous mother and son, in a debut novel populated by real-life Hollywood figures. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Praise for ACTION!

“As Sam Goldwyn would put it, I found Action! unputdownable. Robert Cort’s novel is entertaining and revealing, written with the zing of a savvy insider.” -Christopher Buckley

“I grew up in this world. I recognize the family. I recognize the industry. These were the ambitions that we all shared and achieved—or not. I enjoyed Action! thoroughly and completely. The only thing wrong with Robert Cort’s novel is that it’s too short.” -Richard Dreyfuss

“With his gift for good old-fashioned storytelling, Robert Cort has written a great novel you can’t put down. Kirk Douglas once said that you tell more of the truth in fiction than in an autobiography. And that’s just what Cort, a movie producer, has done, with all the Hollywood giants playing themselves. Robert Cort has done for the Movie Age what E. L. Doctorow did for the Jazz Age. He mixes real people and fictional characters, mixes memoir (he is present on every page) and novel, mixes gossip and history. It’s a great mix, like popcorn and the movies—and he didn’t hold the butter.” -Lesley Stahl
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L'autore:

Robert W. Cort has produced fifty-two films, including Outrageous Fortune, Three Men and a Baby, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Mr. Holland’s Opus, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Runaway Bride, Jumanji, and Save the Last Dance. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School, he worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and McKinsey & Company. He lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife, Rosalie Swedlin, a manager of writers and directors. He can be reached via the Internet at www.robertcort.com.
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