Hollywood Animal - Softcover

Eszterhas, Joe

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ISBN 10: 0091800099 ISBN 13: 9780091800093

Publisher: Hutchinson, 2004

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He spent his earliest years in post-World War Two refugee camps. He came to America and grew up in Cleveland - stealing cars, rolling drinks, battling priests, nearly going to jail. He became the screenwriter of the world-wide hits Basic Instinct, Jagged Edge and Flashdance. He also wrote the legendary disasters Showgirls and Jade. The rebellion never ended, even as his films went on to gross more than a billion dollars at the box office and he became the most famous - or infamous - screenwriter in Hollywood. Joe Eszterhas is a complex and paradoxical figure- part outlaw and outsider combined with equal parts romantic and moralist. More than one person has called him "the devil". He has been referred to as "the most reviled man in America". But Time asked- "If Shakespeare were alive today, would his name be Joe Eszterhas?" and he was the first screenwriter picked as one of the industry's 100 Most Powerful People. But there are many more layers to this extraordinary work. It is the story of an Hungarian street kid who survives a life filled with obstacles and pain - a chronicle of a love affair that is sensual, glorious, and unending - an excruciatingly detailed look at a man facin

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Synopsis:

The screenwriter of the legendary hits Basic Instinct, Jagged Edge and Flashdance, Joe Eszterhas has never stopped being a rebel, even as he became the most famous, or infamous, screenwriter in Hollywood. A controversial and often hilarious Hollywood autobiography.

About the Author:

Joe Eszterhas lives in Bainbridge Township, Ohio, with his wife, Naomi, and their four sons. He has two grown children from his first marriage

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