Hit and Run
eBook - ePub

Hit and Run

  1. 496 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

Hit and Run tells the improbable and often hilarious story of how two Hollywood film packagers went on a campaign to reinvent themselves as studio executives -- at Sony's expense. Veteran reporters Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters chronicle the rise of Jon Peters, a former hairdresser, seventh-grade dropout, and juvenile delinquent, and his soulless soul mate, Peter Guber -- and all the sex, drugs, and fistfights along the way. It is the story of the ultimate Hollywood con job and the standard by which every subsequent business blunder has been measured. Hit and Run delivers rock-solid business reporting liberally laced with inside gossip and outrageous scandal -- plus a new afterword bringing us up to date on the latest fallout from the Guber-Peters legacy.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Prologue
  3. 1. Son of Cochise
  4. 2. The Cinderella Story
  5. 3. The Diva and the Hairdresser
  6. 4. A Star Is Born
  7. 5. On His Own
  8. 6. A Survivor Is Born
  9. 7. Columbia, the First Time
  10. 8. Peter Takes the Plunge
  11. 9. Casablanca Days
  12. 10. Karmic Brothers
  13. 11. Joining the Warner Family
  14. 12. Men at Work
  15. 13. Dancing at the Predators’ Ball
  16. 14. Hit Men
  17. 15. Walter and Norio
  18. 16. The Sony Story
  19. 17. Sony Goes Shopping
  20. 18. The Deal Is Done
  21. 19. Steve Ross’s Revenge
  22. 20. Jon and Peter Set Up Shop
  23. 21. Whine and Roses
  24. 22. Et Tu?
  25. 23. Mickey Goes Hollywood
  26. 24. Price on Ice
  27. 25. “Aqaba! Aqaba!”
  28. 26. Number One at the Box Office
  29. 27. Politics As Usual
  30. 28. How They Built the Bomb
  31. 29. Heidi Ho
  32. 30. A Bad Year Ends Badly
  33. 31. The Executive Shuffle
  34. 32. The Long Good-bye
  35. Epilogue
  36. Afterword
  37. Photographs
  38. Source Notes
  39. Acknowledgments
  40. Index
  41. Copyright