JFK, Nixon, Oliver Stone and Me: An Idealist's Journey from Capitol Hill to Hollywood Hell - Hardcover

Hamburg, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1586480294 ISBN 13: 9781586480295

Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S., 2002

Synopsis

A revealing insider's look at one of Hollywood's most prominent, private, and notoriously difficult directors; at the way the film business works; and at the Washington/Hollywood connection. JFK, Nixon, Oliver Stone and Me is the funny, thoughtful memoir of an accomplished former Congressional staffer who left D.C. for Hollywood and a job with Oliver Stone, hoping to help make politically engaged films and a difference, and found himself instead in a wildly dysfunctional universe ruled by greed, paranoia, narcissism, competition, alcohol and drugs.After finishing law school, Eric Hamburg became an unusually effective young staffer on Capitol Hill-convincing his boss, Rep. Lee Hamilton of Indiana, to submit a bill that would release the House's closely held files on the John F. Kennedy assassination investigation, one of Hamburg's own pet obsessions. This led to his meeting Oliver Stone and soon-much to his own surprise-Hamburg found swimming amongst the sneakiest of Hollywood sharks. Hamburg describes his fascinating experiences working on the films Nixon and Any Given Sunday while navigating the arcane politics of Stone's studio, Ixtlan. Pursuing film projects (and Kennedy assassination leads), he also muses on the ways and means of the movie biz; on the strange symbiotic Washington/Hollywood relationship; on the meaning of success and the price of power. His story is a contemporary Mr. Smith Goes to Hollywood, told by a narrator of wit, intelligence, and a singular set of experiences.

About this title

About the Author:

Eric Hamburg originated and co-produ ced the films Nixon and Any Given Sunday with Oliv er Stone. He is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz and th e University of San Francisco School of Law, and i s a visiting fellow at UCLA in the Burkle Center f or International Relations. He is producing a mini -series for television on the Pentagon Papers case with John Dean and Alec Baldwin. He lives in Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1586480294
• ISBN 13: 9781586480295
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320