Fast Fade: David Puttnam, Columbia Pictures, and the Battle for Hollywood

by Andrew Yule

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A definitive insider’s account of the triumphs and tribulations of a legendary Hollywood film producer

“A great story about vision, tactics, egos, and filmmaking . . . a complicated portrait of a complicated man.”—Louise Bernikow, Cosmopolitan

“Gripping on every page and awash with toweringly overblown celluloid giants in rapturous megalomania.”Kirkus Reviews
 
“A Hollywood book that is not only well-researched and well-reasoned, but fair and entertaining in the bargain.”Inside Books

“Joins the ranks of Final Cut and Indecent Exposure as a captivating glimpse of the Hollywood most people never see.”Palm Beach Post
 
“A fascinating study of power in the boardrooms, bedrooms, and such watering holes as Chasen’s, Morton’s, and Trump.”Riverside Press-Enterprise
 
“Yule pulls no punches, and neither do Puttnam’s friends, in describing the film genius’s considerable personal flaws.”The Orlando Sentinel
 
Fast Fade is well-written . . . well-researched . . . and will appeal to all those curious about the recent history of the film industry.”Barron’s Weekly
  • ISBN10 0440501776
  • ISBN13 9780440501770
  • Publish Date 1 December 1988
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 16
  • Language English