Thank God there was a new episode of AMC's Shootout today. It's preempted more often than it's shown. Anyway, I love this show. If you haven't seen it, it features Variety editor Peter Bart and former head of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Peter Guber, talking to actors, directors, movie company executives, etc. It really gives you an insider's look at the movie business.
Still, I have to laugh at the opening where Guber is described as a mogul. Peter Guber--a mogul? Under his tenure at Sony, the studio released such mega-bombs as "Bonfire of the Vanities," "Hudson Hawk," "Radio Flyer" and "Last Action Hero."
Still Sony gave him a $275 million severance package and the seed money to start his own company, Mandalay Entertainment.
Sorry I dissed you, Peter. I take it all back. Anyone who could make such great deals for himself really has some impressive negotiating chops, even if he doesn't have much in the way of filmmaking skill. Peter Guber--You the man!
Still, I have to laugh at the opening where Guber is described as a mogul. Peter Guber--a mogul? Under his tenure at Sony, the studio released such mega-bombs as "Bonfire of the Vanities," "Hudson Hawk," "Radio Flyer" and "Last Action Hero."
Still Sony gave him a $275 million severance package and the seed money to start his own company, Mandalay Entertainment.
Sorry I dissed you, Peter. I take it all back. Anyone who could make such great deals for himself really has some impressive negotiating chops, even if he doesn't have much in the way of filmmaking skill. Peter Guber--You the man!
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Chuck Barris wrote "The Gameshow King" about his life producing television. It and "A Pound Of Flesh" by Art Linson I thought were good books about being on the inside. I have to give props to Guber... he only exec produced the first two Batman movies.