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Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops
In Fiasco, longtime industry insider and acclaimed Hollywood historian James Robert Parish goes behind the scenes to tell the stories of 15 of the most spectacular movie megaflops of the past 50 years, including Cleopatra, The Cotton Club, Shanghai Surprise, Last Action Hero, 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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Trade Paper Press
- Publish Date: Feb 1st, 2007
- Pages: 368
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.64in - 5.34in - 0.89in - 1.05lb
- EAN: 9780470098295
- Categories: • Film - History & Criticism
About the Author
Parish, James Robert: - James Robert Parish is a former entertainment reporter and publicist and the author of numerous books on Hollywood. He appears frequently as an expert on network and cable television documentaries like Biography and E! Television's True Hollywood Stories.
Praise for this book
Not only instructive, but intensely pleasurable." -Wall Street Journal
"A gleefully readable, well-researched study of hubris in Hollywood." --Publishers Weekly
"A smart, well-researched account of Hollywood's 'iconic flops.'" --Peter Bart, Variety
"Writing with informative dispassion, Parish avoids the easy temptation to turn his book into bitchy gossip. He even has you cheering for those who narrowly elude impending doom." --Washington Post Book World
"Fiasco is a know-it-all backstory of infamous film flops, wittily reminding us how often, and in so many ways, Hollywood can screw up the best laid plans." --Patrick McGilligan, author of Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light