The Devil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood“So much better, so much more fun, than the movie it is about that one must be thankful to the filmmakers for producing such a spectacle, if only so that this book could be written.”—Vogue When film director Brian De Palma invited author Julie Salamon to follow him on the set of The Bonfire of the Vanities, he had no idea that the fifty-million-dollar movie would become one of Hollywood’s biggest flops. The Devil’s Candy is the juicy, bestselling exposé that sent Hollywood honchos running for cover. Who was responsible for the last-minute casting change that cost four million dollars? Who knew that Melanie Griffith would show up halfway through the filming with a new set of breasts? Settle down in your front-row seat for a story that has more drama, hilarity, greed, folly, and ego than the movie that eventually ended up on the screen. Expertly reported and elegantly written, The Devil’s Candy is irresistible fun, a classic insider’s look at the movie business. |
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... minutes , five minutes longer than the ten minutes De Palma had allotted for this courtesy call . When he finished , the director asked the judge to do the speech again . " Don't look up so much this time , " he said . Judge Roberts ...
... minutes , five minutes longer than the ten minutes De Palma had allotted for this courtesy call . When he finished , the director asked the judge to do the speech again . " Don't look up so much this time , " he said . Judge Roberts ...
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... minutes before the shot was scheduled and rapidly disappeared from view . Schwab scanned the sky intently through a pair of binoculars . He couldn't see a thing . Ten minutes before the designated landing time the Air France people hadn ...
... minutes before the shot was scheduled and rapidly disappeared from view . Schwab scanned the sky intently through a pair of binoculars . He couldn't see a thing . Ten minutes before the designated landing time the Air France people hadn ...
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... minute . They approved half a day . So on Monday Schwab and the crew went back up to the sixty - first floor and ... minutes later , Penelope Foster , the production supervisor , called De Palma to apologize . Once again , Schwab had ...
... minute . They approved half a day . So on Monday Schwab and the crew went back up to the sixty - first floor and ... minutes later , Penelope Foster , the production supervisor , called De Palma to apologize . Once again , Schwab had ...
Contents
The Devils Candy | 3 |
Great Great Great | 19 |
Head Bangers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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