A life in movies : stories from 50 years in Hollywood / Irwin Winkler.

From Coney Island to William Morris to Hollywood -- Actually making movies, Double Trouble, and a very tough Lee Marvin in Point Blank -- A rebuff of Shakespeare, a welcome from Jack Warner, and diversity -- From the college campus uprising, to decadence in London, to a Hollywood dance marathon, to the Cannes Film Festival -- Starting a long friendship with the great actor Bob De Niro, the 1970s drug culture, and two different looks at the Los Angeles Police Department -- From African with Barbra Streisand to Charlie Bronson and a fine script that went sour -- To quote Rick in Casablanca, "This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." -- From Rocky to Oscar -- A very different fight film -- De Niro and Pacino have The Right Stuff -- The Cold War stars in one movie, the Revolutionary War in another, and one very fine movie doesn't get made -- A trip to Paris pays off -- Two political films and a couple of Goodfellas -- A career change from producer to director, back to producer (almost) -- Working with some special ladies--Sandra Bullock and Demi Moore--and a special actor, Oliver Sacks -- Live with Kevin Kline is De-Lovely; a director gets bullied into not making a film -- From Camp Polk, Louisiana, to the Iraq War -- A wild ride to Wall Street, a gamble turning over a classic to a new generation, a sad loss, and a long-delayed Silence -- Old friends.

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