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Outtakes and Vagabonds: The Negative Genius of Paramount Pictures w/photo
When I worked at Paramount Pictures in the early 1970’s, I had a marvelous patchwork-quilt job of my choosing. I had my own office and two titles, both of which I made up and both of which I’ve forgotten. The … Continue reading →
Posted in The Facts of Life
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Tagged Adalen '31, Bo Widerberg, Frank Yablans, Gene Saks, Gulf + Western, Howard Koch, Paramount Pictures, Peter Bart, Robert Evans
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There are coded messages buried in the books I’ve been reading
A few months ago, I re-read Frederick Forsyth‘s first novel, The Day of the Jackal. In the 1970’s, when I was working at Paramount Pictures, the galleys of the book were rocketing around the major film companies. Everybody wanted the … Continue reading →
Posted in Fascism, Judiciary, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, War, War on Ukraine
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Tagged Bolsheviks, Denzel Washington, Frederick Forsyth, Friedrich Engels, John Grisham, Lenin, Napoleonic war against Russia, Napoleonic wars, Paramount Pictures, Peter Bart, Stanley Tucci, The Day of the Jackal, The Pelican Brief, Tolstoy, Variety, Victor Sebesteyn, War and Peace
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