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by Joe Eszterhas


  Fitzwater, Marlin, 270

  Flashdance, 11–12, 18, 80, 81, 125, 126, 135, 137, 174, 223, 276, 354

  Fleiss, Heidi, 275

  Fleming, Victor, 248

  Flynn, Errol, 341

  Flynt, Larry, 144

  focus-group screenings, 221

  Fogelson, Andy, 379

  Ford, Harrison, 211, 316, 333, 334

  “forehead,” defined, 318

  Foreman, Carl, 244–245

  Foreman, George, 161

  Forman, Milos, 13, 144, 376–377

  Fosse, Bob, 240

  Foxx, Jamie, 142

  France, screenwriting in, 25

  Fraser, Brendan, 285

  Frears, Stephen, 237

  French movies, 145

  Fried, Rob, 378–379

  Friedkin, William, 234, 236, 240, 241, 251, 304, 311

  friendships

  enemies and, 16

  success and, 35

  Froug, William, 55, 151, 152, 367

  “fuck you” money, defined, 54

  Fuhrman, Mark, 34

  funerals, 82

  Funt, Allen, 38

  Gable, Clark, 330

  Gabor, Magda, 56

  Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 5, 20, 24, 28, 37, 42, 45, 56, 61, 62, 66, 175, 196, 261, 263, 303, 315, 322, 330, 334, 365, 369

  Gaines, John, 56

  Galante, Joe, 130

  Gallo, George, 235

  gambling, 42

  “garbage,” defined, 297

  Garbo, Greta, 92, 317

  Gardner, Eva, 71

  Garfein, Jack, 245

  Garland, Judy, 191

  Garner, James, 376

  Gary, Romain, 71

  gay pornography, 358

  gay rights, 138

  Gazzara, Ben, 6

  Gébler, Carlo, 358

  Geer, Will, xiii

  Geffen, David, 26, 27, 44, 55, 58, 91, 125, 130, 191, 195, 272, 275–276, 278

  Gelbart, Larry, 147

  Gelman-Waxner, Libby (Paul Rudnick), 41

  George, Jerry, 100

  George, Terry, 88

  Gershon, Gina, 314, 323

  Gibson, Mel, 44, 57, 107, 139

  gifts, 43

  gigolo, 360

  Gillis, Joe, 353

  Glaser, Patricia, 26–27

  Glaser, Paul Michael, 377

  Glick, Sammy, 6, 70

  Glimcher, Arne, 58

  God, 152

  Godard, Jean-Luc, 131

  Goddard, Lori, 211

  Goddard, Paulette, 252

  The Godfather, 82, 247, 262–263, 330, 331

  Goldberg, Whoopi, 73, 101, 211

  Goldman, Bo, 235

  Goldman, Gary, 215

  Goldman, James, 6

  Goldman, William, 5–6, 9, 15, 17, 21, 33, 47, 50, 51, 72, 88, 90, 94–95, 96–97, 122, 130, 193, 214–215, 234, 241, 259, 290, 301, 303, 317, 322, 338, 341, 353, 363, 365–366

  Goldthwait, Bobcat, 33

  Goldwyn, Sam, 93, 121, 153, 189, 217, 225, 273

  Gone with the Wind, 15–16, 248, 274, 321

  Goodheart, Billy, 196

  Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 57–58, 347

  good luck charms, 152

  Goodman, Benny, 198

  good news, 17

  “good set of bones,” defined, 161

  Gordon, Larry, 146, 147

  gossip, idea source, 78

  gossip columnists, 348

  Graham, Heather, 7

  Graham, Sheilah, 81

  Grant, Hugh, 85

  Graves, Robert, 71

  Grazer, Brian, 40, 81, 206

  Grazer, Gigi, 358

  The Great Gatsby, 58, 77

  The Great Waldo Pepper, 130

  Green, Tom, 71

  Green, Walon, 232

  Greene, Graham, 249, 285, 346

  “green light,” defined, 284–285

  Grey, Jennifer, 316, 330

  The Grill (Beverly Hills, California), 100

  Groom, Winston, 113

  Gross, Larry, 354

  Guber, Peter, 36, 39, 46, 272, 276–277, 287

  Guevara, Ernesto Che, 268

  Guilaroff, Sydney, 308

  gun control, 253

  Hackford, Taylor, 97

  Hackman, Gene, 319

  Haden-Guest, Anthony, 10

  Haggis, Paul, 234

  “halfway girl,” defined, 290

  Hamill, Peter, 71

  Hannah, Daryl, 333

  Harlin, Renny, 76, 236

  Harlow, Jean, 71, 143, 320–321

  Harmon, Robert, 248

  Harris, Dan, 148, 366

  Harris, Jed, 266

  Harris, Julie, 6

  Harris, Rosemary, xiii

  Harrison, Jim, 14, 18, 22, 28, 38, 53, 56, 86, 220, 360

  Harwood, Ronald, 241

  Havel, Václav, 377

  Hawks, Howard, 98, 229, 250

  Hawn, Goldie, 113, 318

  Hayes, Helen, xiii, 71

  The Heart of the Matter, 360–361

  Hearts of Fire, 166, 352

  Heaven’s Gate, 15, 64, 231

  Hecht, Ben, 3–4, 5, 7, 52, 64, 93, 94, 114, 121, 125, 130, 153, 157, 177, 214, 220, 237, 239, 272, 292, 337, 345, 363, 365, 367

  Hedley, Tom, 135

  Helgeland, Brian, 241, 324

  Hellman, Lillian, 117

  Hellman, Monte, 53

  Hemingway, Ernest, 7, 33, 92, 95, 118

  Hendrix, Jimi, 207–208

  Hennessy, Jill, 78

  Henry, Buck, 84, 344

  Hepburn, Katharine, 63, 246

  Hiaasen, Carl, 358

  Higham, Charles, 250

  “high concept,” defined, 119

  Hill, Faith, 130

  Hill, George Roy, 130, 234

  Hiller, Arthur, 58, 106, 173, 244, 308

  Hitchcock, Alfred, 230, 240, 249–250

  Hitler, Adolf, 293

  Hoffa, Jimmy, 134

  Hoffman, Dustin, 211, 212, 310–311, 328, 329, 331

  Holden, William, 305, 353

  “Hollywood sperm,” defined, 288

  Hollywood Women’s Press Association, 107

  Holocaust, 138, 265

  homophobia, 36

  homosexuality, 71, 138–140, 144, 195. See also sexuality

  Hopkins, Stephen, 303

  Horton, Andrew, 136

  hotel bills, alcohol, 74

  hotel suites, for offices, 79, 158

  hours of work, 97. See also length of scriptwriting time

  Howard, Leslie, 302

  hugging, 209

  Hughes, Howard, 21, 40, 250

  humming, 56

  humor, 96, 137–138

  Hunt, E. Howard, 125

  Hurley, Elizabeth, 322

  Hurns, Robert J., 224

  hustling, 70

  Huston, John, 239, 261, 265, 278

  Hyde, Johnny, 41, 198

  ICM Agency, 189–190

  Iliff, Peter, 96

  imagination, writing process, 159

  “immersive actor,” defined, 305

  improvisation, 309–311, 313

  individualism, 87

  individuality, characters, 164

  industry awards, 83

  industry screenings, 222

  in-jokes, 96

  insanity, 75–76

  integrity, 106, 110, 119–120

  intelligence, 7–8

  Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 39

  interracial sexuality, 142

  interviews, 338

  investments, 37

  irony, 352

  “The Jack Story,” defined, 69–70

  Jade, 137, 143–144, 313, 314

  Jaffe, Leo, 287

  Jaffe, Stanley, 88

  Jagged Edge, 82, 137, 164, 166, 167, 169–170, 175, 309, 343, 354

  Jahan, Marine, 81

  James, Henry, 251

  jealousy, 97, 108, 232, 351, 364

  Jewison, Norman, 247, 321, 345

  JFK, 293

  Joffe, Roland, 289
, 309

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 107, 293

  Johnson, Nunnally, 135, 271

  jokes, in-jokes, 96

  Jolie, Angelina, 142, 327, 328

  Jones, George, 129

  Jones, James, 71

  Jones, Jennifer, 25, 277

  Jones, Paula, 378–379

  Judaism, 45–46

  jungle settings, 111

  junket interviews, 222

  Kael, Pauline, 25, 342, 343–344

  Kakutani, Michiko, 377

  Kamp, Phil, 286–287

  Kanin, Garson, 75–76

  Kaplan, Martin, 341

  Kasdan, Larry, xiii, 55, 132, 223

  Kassar, Mario, 190

  Katzenberg, Jeffrey, 12, 27, 87, 294

  Kaufman, Charlie, 6

  Kazan, Elia, 188, 237, 244, 245–246, 265, 275

  Kazan, Nicholas, 96, 265, 266, 270, 271, 310

  Kefauver, Estes, 45

  Kelly, Grace, 332

  Kemper, Edward, 203

  Kennedy, Jacqueline, 78, 333

  Kennedy, John F., 60, 135, 293

  Kenney, Doug, 284

  Kerouac, Jack, 74

  Kerr, Deborah, 71

  Khouri, Callie, 54, 234

  Kidder, Margot, 71, 142, 233

  Kidman, Nicole, 101, 327

  “killer dillers,” defined, 283

  The Killing Fields, 309

  Kilmer, Val, 333

  King, Alan, 208

  King, Perry, 292

  King, Tom, 275

  Kingland, Barbara, 304

  Kingsley, Pat, 318

  Kinison, Sam, 114

  Kirgo, George, 197

  Kissel, Joseph, 312

  Kissinger, Henry, 262–263

  Klein, Calvin, 68

  Klein, Marci, 68

  Koch, Howard, Jr., 278

  Korda, Alexander, 45

  Korshak, Sidney, 44–45, 362–363

  Kotcheff, Ted, 245

  Krim, Arthur, 172, 292

  Kronenberger, Louis, 337

  Krupp, Vera, 20

  Kubrick, Stanley, 230, 248, 375

  Kurosawa, Akira, 51, 52, 361

  Kushner, Tony, 14

  Lamarr, Hedy, 10, 15, 43, 46, 125, 142, 286–287, 311, 312, 314, 315, 327

  “lame-o,” defined, 318

  Lancaster, Burt, 71

  language, obscene, 44

  Lansing, Sherry, 16, 50, 55, 70, 241, 285, 311

  laptop writing, 154

  Lardner, Ring, 250

  The Last Boy Scout, 204

  Law, Jude, 302

  Lawford, Peter, 217

  Lawrence, D. H., 63

  lawyers, 26–27, 39–40

  Lazar, Irving (“Swifty”), 21, 43, 78, 93, 192, 197–198, 205–206, 304, 312

  Lean, David, 94, 120, 232, 235, 237, 244–245, 263

  Lee, Robert E., 252

  Lehane, Dennis, 324

  Lehman, Michael, 375–376

  Leigh, Vivien, 143, 302

  Lemmon, Jack, 77

  length of script, 160, 171–172

  length of scriptwriting time, 203–204

  Lennon, John, 155, 222

  Leno, Jay, 137–138, 180

  Letterman, David, 195

  Levin, Ira, 94

  Levin, Lloyd, 147

  Levinson, Barry, 276, 277

  Lewinsky, Monica, 59, 374

  literature, 6, 7, 63, 351

  Litto, George, 250

  Litvak, Anatole, 252

  Lloyd, Frank, 114

  locations, 234–235

  Loggia, Robert, 164, 175, 309

  Lombardo, Lou, 232

  longhand writing, 154

  The Long Kiss Goodnight, 76

  Lopez, Jennifer, 101

  Los Angeles, California

  churches, 23

  dangers of, 77

  economic survival in, 63

  medical care, 22–23

  residence in, 18–21, 26, 28, 53, 59, 63, 361–362

  social life, 52

  visiting, 22–24

  War Zone of, 52

  Love Story, 68

  Lubitsch, Ernst, 320

  Lucas, George, 81

  luck, 351–352

  Luedtke, Kurt, 240

  Lumet, Sidney, 84, 234

  Lupino, Ida, 312

  lying, 17

  Lynch, David, 22

  Lyne, Adrian, 233, 236, 248

  MacArthur, Charles, 71, 135, 269, 345

  “macho isn’t mucho,” defined, 315

  macho roles, 139

  MacLaine, Shirley, 71

  Madden, David, 120

  Madonna, 100, 184

  mafia, 362–363

  Magnani, Anna, 308

  Mailer, Norman, 9, 19, 33, 71–72, 88, 96, 107, 322, 344

  Malden, Karl, 302

  Malick, Terry, 245

  Maltz, Albert, 98, 156

  Mamet, David, 21, 74, 88, 258, 267, 284

  manipulation (of people), 16, 74, 90

  Mankiewicz, Herman J., 141–142, 231, 249

  Mankiewicz, Joe, 6, 246, 249, 332

  Mann, Michael, 248, 253

  Mansfield, Jayne, 142

  Marathon Man, 365–366

  Margaret (princess of England), 275

  marketing departments, 223

  market research, 221

  Markey, Gene, 10

  Marmo, Malia Scotch, 331

  Marquand, Richard, 106, 166, 167, 177, 234, 309, 346, 352

  marriage, 42–43

  Marshall, Alan, 106

  Marx, Groucho, 321

  M*A*S*H, 250, 344

  Maslin, Janet, 25, 173

  masturbation, 155, 170, 174, 250

  Matheson, Richard, 89

  Mathison, Melissa, 234

  Matthau, Walter, 85

  Mature, Victor, 315

  Maugham, Somerset, 175

  Maxfield’s On Melrose, 101

  Mayer, Louis B., 36, 142, 144, 205–206, 274, 286, 295

  MCA Agency, 197, 198

  McElwaine, Guy, 40, 191, 374

  McGraw, Tim, 130

  McGuane, Tom, 28, 71

  McGuffin, 137

  McGwire, Mark, 11, 12

  McInerney, Jay, 208

  McKee, Robert, xiii–xiv, 4, 6, 10, 47, 50, 60, 90, 153, 202, 213, 242, 268, 290, 304, 310, 351, 355

  McKinny, Laura Hart, 34

  McLaughlin, Kathleen, 79

  McMurtry, Larry, 72

  McVeigh, Timothy, 105

  meals, 16, 43, 64

  “meat of the thing,” defined, 165

  Medavoy, Mike, 13, 15, 16, 33, 34, 35, 51, 57, 72, 84, 108, 129, 187, 188, 194, 198, 207, 208, 222, 246, 260, 283, 284, 295, 319, 326, 342, 346, 352

  media leaks, 104, 180

  Media Mogul (Sacred Cows), 373–379

  medical care, Los Angeles, California, 22–23

  meetings, canceling of, 56

  Melnick, Dan, 22

  Melville, Jean-Pierre, 210

  memorabilia, theft of, 218

  Mendes, Sam, 234

  mentors, 60, 101

  merchandising, 206, 223

  Mercouri, Melina, 325

  Merrick, David, 107, 244, 273, 274

  Messina, Joe Dee, 130

  Method school, 315

  Milestone, Lewis, 312

  Milius, John, 73, 87, 99

  Miller, Arthur, xiii, 71, 204, 213, 266, 320, 322, 346

  Miller, J. P., 90

  Miller, Johnny, 191

  Mills, Trevor, 359–360

  Minghella, Anthony, 141

  Mirren, Helen, 273

  The Misfits, 320

  Mitchell, Margaret, 16, 321

  Mitchum, Robert, 24, 74

  moderation, importance of, 67–68

  modern art, 58

  Moffat, Ivan, 274

  mojo, 370–371

  money. See also payment

  accountants, 36–39

  agents, 189

  blood money, 77

  management of, 36–37, 4
7

  motivation, 3–5, 55, 98

  obsession with, 100

  payment, 57

  sales, 76

  writing process, 151

  Monroe, Marilyn, 17, 35, 40, 41, 58, 71, 90, 109, 198, 251, 273, 289, 308, 319, 320, 322, 328, 329, 346, 355, 370

  Monster’s Ball, 142

  Moore, Brian, 94

  Moore, Demi, 100, 306

  Moore, Michael, 64, 109, 110, 113, 139

  Morris, William, 22

  Mostel, Zero, 307

  Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), 80–81, 107, 145, 287

  motivation, 3–4

  ego, 55

  money, 3–5, 55, 98

  The Motorcycle Diaries, 267–268

  movie-star couples, 100–101

  movie viewing, 53, 63, 156

  Mulvehill, Charles, 239

  Murdoch, Rupert, 277, 373, 374

  Murphy, Eddie, 207, 359

  “mush pit,” defined, 57

  music, writing process, 156

  Music Box, 152, 166, 177, 243, 257

  mysteries, 169–170, 358

  naming, of characters, 172–173

  Nasatir, Marcia, 94, 101

  National Book Award, 101

  Nelligan, Kate, 330

  Network, 84

  networking, 18–19, 68, 101, 211

  Neufeld, Mace, 316

  Newhart, Bob, 376

  Newman, Paul, 34, 305

  Ngor, Haing S., 309

  Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, 356

  Nichols, Mike, 304, 330

  Nicholson, Jack, 53, 56, 140, 318, 360

  Nicsay, David, 272

  “nipple check,” defined, 262

  Niven, Davida, 313

  Nixon, Richard M., 128

  Noll, Bob, 104–105

  Norton, Edward, 310

  Norville, Deborah, 33

  note taking, studio executive meetings, 210

  Novak, Kim, 71, 75, 331

  novel writing, 9, 89, 94, 157, 357–358

  Nowhere to Run, 248

  Noyce, Phillip, 13, 16, 68, 79, 96, 105, 113, 145, 221, 232, 233, 285, 310, 316, 327, 328, 353–354

  nudity, 142–143, 306, 328

  nurses, 23

  O’Bannon, Dan, 47–48, 223

  obscene language, 44

  Obst, Lynda, 268

  O’Connor, Flannery, 161

  Odets, Clifford, 78–79, 359

  “off point,” defined, 294

  O’Hara, John, 71

  Ohlmeyer, Don, 195

  Olivier, Laurence, 301, 322

  Olmos, Edward J., 376

  O’Neal, Ryan, 236, 308, 317

  O’Neill, Eugene, 125–126

  On the Waterfront, 305

  optimism, 369

  options, 97

  “Oscarosis,” defined, 78

  Oscars. See Academy Awards

  Otis, Carrie, 142

  O’Toole, Peter, 330

  The Outlaw Josey Wales, 91

  outlines, 124, 147

  output per day, 155, 158–159

  Ovitz, Michael, 16, 28, 36, 58, 109, 173, 187, 188, 190, 193–197, 198, 216, 246, 272, 346

  Pacula, Joanna, 71

  Paglia, Camille, 343

  Pakula, Alan, 231

  Paladin, 359

  Palmer, Patrick, 60

  Pals, 220

  Paltrow, Gwyneth, 26, 142

  panic attacks, 127, 128

  “panic list,” defined, 41

 

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