Shoot Out : Surviving the Fame and (Mis) Fortune of Hollywood

by Bart, Peter; guber, peter

• ISBN13: 9780399148088
• ISBN10: 0399148086
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-13
• Publisher: Putnam Adult

Summary

Two of Hollywood's major players come together to share their insights and anecdotes about the art and business of filmmaking in the twenty-first century. Inspired by the graduate course that they have taught at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, Shoot Outis animated by observations from more than three decades in Hollywood. As Peter Bart and Peter Guber follow the path from the "eureka" of the original idea until the denouement of its appearance on late-night television, the driving force behind the narrative is the ever-present "shoot out"-the standoffs and confrontations, entanglements and dilemmas as writers, directors, producers, stars, and agents vie to put forward their own-often conflicting-agendas in the search for the Holy Grail. From the rise and fall of the studio system to the emergence of stars as entrepreneurs to the dynamic role of the independents, Shoot Outdraws on a vision of the future as well as the repeated and often unheeded lessons of the past.

Author Biography

Peter Bart, editor-in-chief of Variety and Daily Variety, has been a reporter for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He has played key roles in developing and supervising such films as Rosemary's Baby, True Grit, The Godfather, Paper Moon, and Harold and Maude. He served as vice president for production at Paramount, senior vice president at MGM, and president of Lorimar Films. He is the author of several books, including Who Killed Hollywood? and Fade Out.
Peter Guber, the founder and head of Mandalay Entertainment, has served in a variety of key executive posts, ranging from head of production at Columbia Pictures to president of Sony Entertainment. He has been associated with many award-winning and successful films, including The Deep, Midnight Express, Rain Man, Batman, and Enemy at the Gates. He has been a faculty member at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television for more than twenty years, where he established and teaches, with Peter Bart, a graduate course in the Independent Film and Television Producers program.

Table of Contents

Roll Credits	1	(4)
Eye of the Storm	5	(26)
The Holy Grail	31	(30)
The Mapmakers	61	(20)
The Alchemists	81	(28)
The Illuminati	109	(26)
The Zookeepers	135	(18)
The Golden Rule	153	(34)
The Crucible	187	(24)
The Dream Merchants	211	(44)
Reshoots	255	(8)
Bibliographical Note	263	(2)
Index	265	(10)
About The Authors	275