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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Page 46
... Wolfe to watch the courts in session . Wolfe started observing Roberts in action down at Centre Street , in Manhattan , sitting at his elbow as Roberts sat with lawyers and worked out pleas . When Roberts was transferred to the Bronx ...
... Wolfe to watch the courts in session . Wolfe started observing Roberts in action down at Centre Street , in Manhattan , sitting at his elbow as Roberts sat with lawyers and worked out pleas . When Roberts was transferred to the Bronx ...
Page 191
... Wolfe wore white ; Lee wore black . And there did seem to be , as Liz Smith promised , a great deal of “ networking " taking place in the Pierre Hotel ballroom that evening — a great deal of it taking place among the heavy contingent ...
... Wolfe wore white ; Lee wore black . And there did seem to be , as Liz Smith promised , a great deal of “ networking " taking place in the Pierre Hotel ballroom that evening — a great deal of it taking place among the heavy contingent ...
Page 192
... Wolfe and to Spike Lee to find out what had happened at the dinner . Fisher was constantly phoning Wolfe , even though he'd made it clear from the beginning that he had no interest in having anything to do with the movie . But Fisher ad ...
... Wolfe and to Spike Lee to find out what had happened at the dinner . Fisher was constantly phoning Wolfe , even though he'd made it clear from the beginning that he had no interest in having anything to do with the movie . But Fisher ad ...
Contents
The Devils Candy | 3 |
Great Great Great | 19 |
Head Bangers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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