Hits, flops, and other illusions : my fortysomething years in Hollywood / Ed Zwick.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover editionDescription: 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:- text
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- My fortysomething years in Hollywood
- My forty something years in Hollywood
- My 40 something years in Hollywood
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This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond , The Last Samurai , Legends of the Fall , About Last Night , and Glory , creator of the show thirtysomething , and executive producer of My So-Called Life , gives a dishy, behind-the-scenes look at working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
"I'll be dropping a few names," Ed Zwick confesses in the introduction to his book. "Over the years I have worked with self-proclaimed masters-of-the-universe, unheralded geniuses, hacks, sociopaths, savants, and saints."
He has encountered these Hollywood types during four decades of directing, producing, and writing projects that have collectively received eighteen Academy Award nominations (seven wins) and sixty-seven Emmy nominations (twenty-two wins). Though there are many factors behind such success, including luck and the contributions of his creative partner Marshall Herskovitz, he's known to have a special talent for bringing out the best in the people he's worked with, especially the actors. In those intense collaborations, he's sought to discover the small pieces of connective tissue, vulnerability, and fellowship that can help an actor realize their character in full.
Talents whom he spotted early include Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Denzel Washington, Claire Danes, and Jared Leto. Established stars he worked closely with include Leonardo DiCaprio, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Daniel Craig, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, and Jennifer Connelly. He also sued Harvey Weinstein over the production of Shakespeare in Love --and won. He shares personal stories about all these people, and more.
Written mostly with love, sometimes with rue, this memoir is also a meditation on working, sprinkled throughout with tips for anyone who has ever imagined writing, directing, or producing for the screen. Fans with an appreciation for the beautiful mysteries--as well as the unsightly, often comic truths--of crafting film and television won't want to miss it.
Introduction: Taking note -- An origins story : Claire, Nina, Marshall, and the AFI, 1975 -- The learn-as-you-earn school of filmmaking : Family, 1978-1980 -- The year of loving dangerously : Special Bulletin and thirtysomething, 1982-1991 -- The anxiety of influence : Drawing Fire and About Last Night, 1985-1986 -- In search of glory : Glory, 1989 -- The nobility of failure : Leaving Normal, 1991 -- Julia, Harvey, and the bard : Shakespeare in Love, 1991-1998 -- The griefs of a man's life : Legends of the Fall and My So-Called Life, 1993-1994 -- Heroes : Courage Under Fire, 1996 -- Politics, pop culture, and pyrrhic victory : The Siege, 1998 -- A war won and lost : Traffic, 2000 -- If at first : Once and Again, 2000 -- Gaijin : The Last Samurai, 2003 -- The child is the jewel : Blood Diamond, 2006 -- Shadows of valiant ancestors : Defiance, 2008 -- In sickness and in health : Love & Other Drugs, 2010 -- Onward : Pawn Sacrifice, Jack Reacher, Trial by Fire, 2012-2020.
"This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show Thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, gives a dishy, behind-the-scenes look at working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood"-- Provided by publisher.