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9780470098295

Fiasco : A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470098295

  • ISBN10:

    0470098295

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-02-09
  • Publisher: Wiley

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

JAMES ROBERT PARISH (jamesrobertparish.com) is a former entertainment reporter and publicist and the author of numerous books on Hollywood, including The Hollywood Book of Breakups and It's Good to Be the King.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introductionp. 1
Cleopatra (1963)p. 15
The Chase (1966)p. 40
Paint Your Wagon (1969)p. 61
The Wild Party (1975)p. 80
Popeye (1980)p. 100
The Cotton Club (1984)p. 123
Shanghai Surprise (1986)p. 148
Ishtar (1987)p. 167
Last Action Hero (1993)p. 190
Cutthroat Island (1995)p. 211
Showgirls (1995)p. 230
Waterworld (1995) and The Postman (1997)p. 249
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)p. 270
Town & Country (2001)p. 292
Afterwordp. 311
Filmographyp. 315
Hollywood Feature Films that were Box-Office Disappointments in Domestic Theatrical Release (1960-2004)p. 329
Bibliographyp. 339
Indexp. 349
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