Who Is Michael Ovitz?
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Falsey, John, 290
Family Business, 90
Family Channel, 231
Fantozzi, Tony, 53–54, 273
Fat Man and Little Boy, 147
FBI, 151, 228, 348
FCC, 57
Feldman, Charlie, 118
FEMA, 300
Field, Sally, 104, 132, 139
Fields, Bert, 26, 93–94, 331
Fields, Freddie, 47, 69, 108, 137, 273
Fields, Totie, 74
Fincher, David, 292
Fink, Len, 286–89, 291
Firm, The, 337
Firm, The, 268–70
First Artists, 273
F.I.S.T., 211
Flashdance, 211
Flynn, Errol, 37
Fonda, Henry, 37
Fonda, Jane, 63
Ford, Harrison, 91
Formation 8, 344
Forrest Gump, 2
Forstmann, Ted, 220–21, 293, 331, 347
Forsythe, John, 190
Fort Apache, 37
Fort Apache, The Bronx, 138
Fortune, 194, 203, 297, 328
Foster, Jodie, 158
Fox, 18, 22, 24, 25, 44–45, 69, 117, 133, 144, 167, 181, 226, 235, 251, 271, 331
Fox, William, 42
Frank Capra: The Name Above the Title (Capra), 42
Free Willy, 131
Friedkin, William, 53, 273
Gabler, Lee, 15, 21, 26, 29, 101, 276
Gallop, Dick, 135
Gandhi, 120, 125, 239, 279
Gangs of New York, 147
Garland, Judy, 62
Garner, James, 37
Garr, Teri, 130
Gates, Bill, 313, 338
Geffen, David, 85, 161, 173, 259, 320, 327, 334, 337, 355
Gelbart, Larry, 121–22, 126
General Electric (GE), 14, 232
General Motors (GM), 293
Gere, Richard, 276
Gershon, Gina, 184
Ghamsari, Nima, 343–44
Ghostbusters, 2, 114, 116, 120, 132–35, 167, 239, 279–80
Ghostbusters II, 135–36
Gibson, Mel, 173, 276
Gille, François, 274–77
Give-N-Take, 74
Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, The, 52, 56
Glimcher, Arne, 164–65, 197, 270
Goizueta, Roberto, 237–38, 279–81, 283–85, 288–92, 321
Golan-Globus, 89
Gold, Stanley, 325
Goldberg, Whoopi, 185
Goldberger, Paul, 199
Golden Compass, The, 290
Golden Globes, 117
Goldman, Bob, 168, 207, 208, 249, 323
Goldman, William, 95
Goldman Sachs Internet Conference, 348
Goldsmith, Jimmy, 60
Gone with the Wind, 84
Goodfellas, 154–57
Good Morning, Vietnam, 5, 6
Good Morning America, 169–70
Google, 339
Gordon, Larry, 248, 270, 271, 354
Gordon, Steve, 84
Gordy, Berry, 334, 354
Gore, Al, 300
Gould, Paul, 238
Gracie, Rickson, 228
Graduate, The, 94
Graham, Hal, 54
Grant, Cary, 41
Graves, Earl, 203
Gray Line, 44–45
Grazer, Brian, 150
Great Escape, The, 81
Great Train Robbery, The, 88, 214
Green Acres, 61
Greenblatt, David, 188
Greenhill, Bob, 134, 242
Grey, Brad, 324, 328
Grey, Jennifer, 184
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, 85
Grisham, John, 268
Grosslight, Peter, 189
Grossman, Amy, 119
Groundhog Day, 114, 132
Grove, Andy, 338
Grubman, Allen, 170, 171, 231
Grushow, Sandy, 271
GTE, 272, 324
Guber, Peter, 5, 243, 244
Guber-Peters Company, 5
Guggenheim Partners, 203
Gulf & Western, 143, 235, 277
Gulfstream, 331
Gunsmoke, 77
Guns of Navarone, The, 167
Haber, Bill, 4, 63–68, 73, 77, 81, 100–101, 104–6, 108, 129–30, 154, 164, 177, 185, 186, 190–91, 194, 201, 208, 252, 265, 274, 276, 281, 286, 288, 289, 299–301, 313, 314, 316–18, 333, 352
Hackman, Gene, 8–9, 121
Hagman, Larry, 74
Hall, Arsenio, 25
Hanks, Tom, 8, 175
Hardcastle and McCormick, 197
Hard to Kill, 226
Harper, 137
Harrelson, Woody, 267
Harris, Jordan, 228, 229, 348
Harry & Son, 142
Hart to Hart, 190
Hasburgh, Patrick, 196–97
Hawn, Goldie, 187, 196
Hayward, Leland, 61–62
HBO, 251
Heat, 153
Hendler, Gary, 86–88, 93, 132
Heston, Charlton, 77
Hewlett-Packard, 339
Hightower, Dennis, 330–31
Hill, George Roy, 139
Hill, Rosco, 343–44
Hirata, Masahiko, 248–50, 252–55, 258–66, 302
Hirsch, Barry, 86, 93
Hochron, Shelly, 285–90
Hofflund, Judy, 188
Hoffman, Dustin, 4–8, 90, 93–94, 98, 99, 120–25, 143, 146, 152–53, 176, 177, 181–82, 184, 196, 199, 204, 205, 220, 238, 239, 273
Hoffman, Jake, 228–29
Hoffman, Lisa, 94, 122, 220
Hoffman, Reid, 342
Hollywood Records, 325, 328
Hollywood Reporter, 98
Hollywood Wives, 78, 169
Holocaust, 160–62
Holston, Rand, 212
Hombre, 137
Home Improvement, 329
Hook, 120
Hope, Bob, 126
Hopper, Edward, 291
Horowitz, Ben, 338–40, 344
Howard, Ron, 150, 273
How Green Was My Valley, 84
Howling at the Moon (Yetnikoff), 243
Hubbard, L. Ron, 193
Hud, 137
Hudson, Rock, 57
Hufstedler, Seth, 172
Hughes, Howard, 36
Hughes, John, 130, 150
Hunt for Red October, The, 90
Hustler, The, 143, 145
Huvane, Kevin, 184, 315, 333
Huyck, Willard and Gloria, 95, 96
Iger, Bob, 22, 23, 324, 330–31
Imperioli, Michael, 155–56
Indecent Proposal, 267–68
Index Ventures, 342
Indiana Jones, 5, 90
Infernal Affairs, 158
Inside Moves, 97
Instagram, 342
Intel, 338
International Creative Management (ICM), 78, 82–84, 96, 98, 101, 106, 120, 137, 168, 173, 211, 212, 214–15, 275–76, 278
International Red Cross, 313, 337
Interpublic Group, 284, 287
InterTalent, 188–89, 340
Ipcress File, The, 41
Ishii, Henry, 247–48, 258
Ishtar, 4, 238
ITT, 303
Ivester, Doug, 284, 288
Ivory, James, 120
Jackson, Janet, 324–25
Jackson, Michael, 110, 176, 227–28, 231, 240
Jaffe, Stanley, 145, 269
Jagged Edge, 211
Janklow, Mort, 77, 78, 8
5, 96, 134, 164–65, 215
Janklow & Nesbit Associates, 215
Japan, 229–30, 240–41, 252, 343
Jaws, 139–40
Jeremiah Johnson, 94
Jerry Maguire, 278
Jiang Zemin, 325
Jimmy Choo, 347
Jobs, Steve, 339, 341–42
Johns, Jasper, 3, 16, 164, 214, 220, 221
Johnson, Dwayne “The Rock,” 225
Johnson, Earvin “Magic,” 105, 201–3
Johnson, Mark, 6–8
Johnson, Tom, 194
Jones, Quincy, 287
Josephson, Marvin, 137
Joy of Sex, The (Comfort), 128
J.P. Morgan, 343
Junior, 135
Jurassic Park, 2, 216–19, 302
JVC, 247
J. Walter Thompson, 47, 293
Kamen, Stan, 51, 83, 187
Kaplan, Leon, 69–71
Kaplan, Livingston, Goodwin, Berkowitz & Selvin, 69, 71
Karate Kid, The, 116–17
Karp, Alex, 343–44
Katz, Ara, 349
Katzenberg, Jeffrey, 127, 145, 161, 173, 271, 319–20, 327–28, 335, 353
Kaufman, Victor, 238
Kazantzakis, Nikos, 143
Keaton, Michael, 130
Keitel, Harvey, 151
Kelly, Ellsworth, 164, 348
Keneally, Thomas, 157
Kennedy, David, 293
Kennedy, Kathleen, 217
Kennedy, Robert F., 43
Keough, Don, 279–81, 283–84, 286–90, 292, 321
Kerkorian, Kirk, 236, 272, 278
Kershner, Irvin, 88
Kidman, Nicole, 180
King, Stephen, 324
King of Comedy, The, 144, 153
Kingsley, Pat, 193
King World Productions, 22
Kirshbaum, Larry, 171
Kissinger, Henry, 206
Kleiner Perkins, 339
Knight, Phil, 300
Koch, Bill, 276
Kodak, 293
Koepp, David, 217
Koppel, Ted, 15, 21–23
Kramer vs. Kramer, 94, 153
Krantz, Judith, 77, 301
Krantz, Tony, 219, 301–2
Kubrick, Stanley, 84, 119, 146, 158–60, 177, 182
Kurtzman, Ray, 134, 167–68, 194, 249, 323, 333
Kushner, Josh, 342
Kushnick, Helen, 13, 14, 24–25
Ladd, Alan, Jr., 277
Lafferty, Steve, 29
Lakshmi, Padma, 221
Landro, Laura, 259
Lange, Hope, 74
Lange, Jessica, 125
Lange, Kelly, 66, 69
Lansing, Sherry, 267, 268, 309
La Scala, 75
Lassally, Peter, 14–18, 24, 26, 28, 29
Lastfogel, Abe, 49, 51, 52, 64
Last of the Mohicans, The, 165
Last Temptation of Christ, The, 143, 144, 149–52, 160
Late Late Show, The, 30
Late Night with David Letterman, 13, 14, 19, 21, 23, 25–26
Late Shift, The, 18
Late Show with David Letterman, 30
Latham, Aaron, 168–69
Laverne & Shirley, 61, 175–76
Lawrence of Arabia, 50, 80
Lazar, Swifty, 148, 169
Lear, Norman, 61, 117, 224, 280
le Carré, John, 272
Lee, Jimmy, 343–44
Lefkowitz, Nat, 63, 64
Legal Eagles, 203–5
Lemmon, Jack, 83–84
Leno, Jay, 13–15, 19–21, 24–30
Lethal Weapon, 141, 289
Letterman, David, 13–31, 113, 355
Levchin, Max, 342
Levin, Gerald, 315
Levin, Jerry, 297–99
Levinson, Barry, 5–8, 55, 84, 97, 113, 119, 120, 141, 145, 146, 177, 182, 196, 273, 336
Lewis, Juliette, 160
Lichtenstein, Roy, 184, 200–201, 221, 287, 289, 348
Limato, Ed, 276
LinkedIn, 342
Lion King, The, 328
Liotta, Ray, 154–55
Lipton, Marty, 262, 263
Littlefield, Warren, 14, 15, 21, 24, 25, 28
Litvack, Sandy, 322–23, 329, 330
Loews Corporation, 232
Lohman and Barkley, 55
Lonsdale, Joe, 344
Lorimar, 188, 274
Los Angeles Dodgers, 203
Los Angeles Lakers, 201, 202
Los Angeles Times, 27, 194
Lost in Translation, 240
LoudCloud, 338–39
Loughlin, Steve, 342
Lourd, Bryan, 184, 315, 333, 336–37
Love Boat, The, 129
Lovett, Richard, 175, 184, 224, 315, 333, 336
Lowen, Barry, 164
Lucas, George, 150, 251
Lumet, Sidney, 90, 134, 140
Macchio, Ralph, 117
Mad Dog and Glory, 114
Made in Japan (Morita), 230
Madonna, 110, 170–71, 195, 227
Magritte, René, 287, 291
Mailer, Norman, 78
Malamud, Bernard, 119
Malle, Louis, 127
Malone, John, 237
Maltzan, Michael, 347
Mamet, David, 86, 140
Mancuso, Frank, 108, 150–51, 277–78
Mangold, Robert, 17
Mankiewicz, Tom, 204
Mann, Michael, 153, 165, 276
Manulis, Martin, 77
March, Fredric, 8
Marcus, Michael, 269, 278
Marcus Welby, M.D., 57–58
Marden, Brice, 165
Margulies, David, 133
Marini, Marino, 187
Marshall, Penny, 61, 176, 180
Martin, Lori, 158
M*A*S*H, 121
Matisse, Henri, 164, 176, 260
Matsuhisa, Nobu, 153–54, 176
Matsushita, 234, 247–50, 302, 303
MCA acquired by, 247–66, 296
MCA sold to Seagram by, 299, 303–7, 312
Matsushita, Konosuke, 248, 255
Matsushita, Masaharu, 258, 303
Matthau, Walter, 83–84
Maugham, Somerset, 114
May, Mort, 43
Mayer, Louis B., 42
MCA, 42–43, 47, 133, 150, 169, 235–36, 250–51, 255, 338
Matsushita’s acquisition of, 247–66, 295
Meyer as second in command of, 11, 316, 317, 334
Ovitz considered to head, 312–16, 319, 323
Seagram’s purchase from Matsushita, 299, 303–7, 312
Universal Studios tours of, 39–45, 304
McCann Erickson, 281, 283–90, 294
McCloud, 57
McConahay, Mike, 38–39
McDaniel, Glen, 166
McElwaine, Guy, 211–14
McMillan & Wife, 57
McQueen, Steve, 62, 149, 273
Me and Him, 237–28
Mean Streets, 143, 145
Meatballs, 112, 116, 134, 135
Medical Center, 73
Mellon, Araminta, 347–48
Mellon, Tamara, 347, 352
Menchel, Mike, 107, 239, 335–36
Mengers, Sue, 75, 83
Men in Black, 278
Merchant, Ismail, 120
Meteor, 87
Metromedia, 251
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 163
Meyer, Kelly, 352
Meyer, Ron, 9, 59–66, 76–79, 82–83, 93, 96–98, 100, 101, 104–6, 108, 113, 114, 130,
133, 173, 175, 177, 185–91, 194, 227, 231–32, 244–45, 252, 265, 276, 281–82, 291, 293, 299–300, 310, 313–19, 333, 334, 336, 337, 340
in founding of CAA, 11, 64–71, 342
gambling of, 206–9
Malibu house and, 334, 352, 354–55
at MCA/Universal, 11, 316, 317, 334
Ovitz’s friendship with, 9, 11, 59–60, 186–87, 244–45, 317, 320
Ovitz’s reconciliation with, 351–55
Ovitz’s rupture with, 11, 316–19, 334, 351
MGM, 11, 42, 62, 111, 235, 236, 251, 296, 312, 338
CAA and, 272–78
Miami Vice, 256
Michaels, Lorne, 112
Microsoft, 313, 338
Midler, Bette, 180, 205, 230
Midnight Run, 5, 154
Milagro Beanfield War, The, 141
Miller, Ann, 62–63
Miller, Jim, 353–54
Miller, Ron, 172
Miller, Susan, 176
Mills, Donna, 190
Mirisch Corporation, 167
Mirror Has Two Faces, The, 309
Miscavige, David, 193
Mississippi Burning, 8–9
Mistral’s Daughter, 78
Mitchum, Robert, 157, 158
Mitsubishi, 252
Moloney, Jay, 11, 14, 20, 29, 106, 156, 177, 184–85, 318–19, 326–27
Mondale, Walter, 230
Monet, Claude, 287
Moonves, Les, 108, 219–20, 277
Moore, Demi, 267
Moore, Roger, 88
Morishita, Yoichi, 302, 306
Morita, Akio, 3, 206, 230–36, 240–42, 244, 245, 247, 253, 266
Morris, William, 49
Morrow, Barry, 4, 8
Morton, Robert “Morty,” 24, 26
Mottola, Tommy, 231
Mount, Thom, 75
Mr. Mom, 130–31
Murase, Tsuzao, 253, 259, 261
Murdoch, Rupert, 22, 24, 181, 235, 237, 241–42, 251, 305
Murphy, Eddie, 154, 276
Murphy, Larry, 329
Murray, Bill, 4, 30, 110, 112–16, 123–26, 131, 134–35, 182, 184, 204, 205, 240, 327
Museum of Modern Art, 163, 164, 200, 205–6
My Dinner with Andre, 127
Nardino, Gary, 81, 176
Natural, The, 118–19, 132, 141–42
NBA, 202
NBC, 13–15, 19–30, 57–58, 63, 74, 81, 108, 219–20, 251
NBC Mystery Movie, The, 57
NCAA, 300–301
Neighbors, 126
Nesbit, Lynn, 214–15
Nettlesbey, Jon, 287
Never Say Never Again, 88–89, 224
Newman, Paul, 3, 5, 30, 120, 137–49, 153, 154, 175, 177, 183, 195, 273
Newman, Scott, 137, 142
Newsweek, 151, 252
New York, 77
New York, New York, 144
New Yorker, 259
New York Post, 13, 15
New York Times, 26–27, 111, 199, 275, 284–85, 291–92, 303, 312, 334, 335, 337, 340
Next Man, The, 87
Nichols, Mike, 85, 119–20, 134, 184, 276, 277
Nicholson, Jack, 85, 96, 107, 201