The Devil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to HollywoodBonfire of the Vanities was to be the film of the year. But behind the cameras a story unfolded that often imitated the story being filmed. With vanity never in short supply, ambitions and tempers and expenses escalated, the director rebelled, the crew balked and Tom Wolfe would have nothing to do with it. Even so, no one dreamed that the result would be a 50 million dollar flop. This book reveals how a big-budget Hollywood movie really gets made. |
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The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood Julie Salamon. Cristofer began writing in early 1988. For the next several months , Guber set " Bonfire " aside while he waited for the script . Lucy Fisher felt that Michael Cristofer seemed ...
The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood Julie Salamon. Cristofer began writing in early 1988. For the next several months , Guber set " Bonfire " aside while he waited for the script . Lucy Fisher felt that Michael Cristofer seemed ...
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... Michael Cristofer , though he had heard of The Shadow Box , the play for which Cristofer had won the Pulitzer . " I gather the play was downbeat and didn't last all that long , " said Wolfe . " Wasn't the subject cancer ? " He said he ...
... Michael Cristofer , though he had heard of The Shadow Box , the play for which Cristofer had won the Pulitzer . " I gather the play was downbeat and didn't last all that long , " said Wolfe . " Wasn't the subject cancer ? " He said he ...
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... Michael Cristofer stood up and stretched . While the other actors walked around the room , Cristofer chatted with Hanks and Brod- erick . He told them he hadn't met Tom Wolfe and that he didn't want to . " It would be too distracting ...
... Michael Cristofer stood up and stretched . While the other actors walked around the room , Cristofer chatted with Hanks and Brod- erick . He told them he hadn't met Tom Wolfe and that he didn't want to . " It would be too distracting ...
Contents
The Devils Candy | 3 |
Great Great Great | 19 |
Head Bangers | 39 |
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