Hollywood Animal

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He spent his earliest years in post-World War Two refugee camps. He came to America and grew up in Cleveland - stealing cars, rolling drinks, battling priests, nearly going to jail. He became the screenwriter of the world-wide hits Basic Instinct, Jagged Edge and Flashdance. He also wrote the legendary disasters Showgirls and Jade. The rebellion never ended, even as his films went on to gross more than a billion dollars at the box office and he became the most famous - or infamous- screenwriter in Hollywood.
Joe Eszterhas is acomplex and paradoxical figure: part outlaw and outsider ' combined with equal parts romantic and moralist. More than one person has called i him "the devil". He has been referred to as "the most reviled man in America". But Time asked: "If Shakespeare were alive today, would his name be Joe Eszterhas?" And he was the first screenwriter picked as one of the industry's 100 Most Powerful People.
On one level Hollywood AnimaHs a shocking and often devastating... Tovább

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He spent his earliest years in post-World War Two refugee camps. He came to America and grew up in Cleveland - stealing cars, rolling drinks, battling priests, nearly going to jail. He became the screenwriter of the world-wide hits Basic Instinct, Jagged Edge and Flashdance. He also wrote the legendary disasters Showgirls and Jade. The rebellion never ended, even as his films went on to gross more than a billion dollars at the box office and he became the most famous - or infamous- screenwriter in Hollywood.
Joe Eszterhas is acomplex and paradoxical figure: part outlaw and outsider ' combined with equal parts romantic and moralist. More than one person has called i him "the devil". He has been referred to as "the most reviled man in America". But Time asked: "If Shakespeare were alive today, would his name be Joe Eszterhas?" And he was the first screenwriter picked as one of the industry's 100 Most Powerful People.
On one level Hollywood AnimaHs a shocking and often devastating look inside the movie business. Eszterhas reveals the fights, the deals, the extortions, the backstabbing, and the sex, drugs and rock'n'roll world that is Hollywood.
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But there are many more layers to this extraordinary work. It is the story of a street kid who survives a life filled with obstacles and pain a chronicle of a love affetr that is sensual, glorious, and unending an excruciatingly detailed look at a man facing down the greatest enemy he's ever fought: the cancer Inside him and perhaps most importantly, Hollywood Animal\s the heartbreaking story of a father and son that redefines the concepts of love and betrayal.
This is a book that will shock you and make you laugh, anger you and move you to tears. It is pure Joe Eszterhas - á raw, spine-chilling celebration of the human spirit.
"Joe Eszterhas is a superstar, chiefly for'having commanded huge fees on his own terms this ballsy approach, combined with his willingness to wage war with very powerful people when his work was at stake, eventually made Eszterhas something of a Hollywood folk hero." Vissza