Action!

I was so excited to read this book. I've been a huge fan of Robert Cort and his movies for years. What I liked: - the real-life stars, executives and directors appearing as themselves in this story - gritty details of the history of the movie industry - AJ, the character - the ending What I hated: - Ricky......more

Written with an insider's knowledge this is a smart and engrossing inter-generational family drama with a cutthroat Hollywood movie business backdrop. It's a fascinating insight into movie business power politics with many a scabrous tale of real life movie characters cleverly interweaved with their......more

If you are a Hollywood movie buff, or a interested in the history of the movie biz during the last half of the 20th century, you'll enjoy this book. I'm neither, although I enjoy a good film as much as the next guy. I felt the story was a little too "name-droppy"-- real actors, directors, producers,......more

I was going into an interview with the author, so I figured I would read his book first. It actually ended up being a really interesting look at the history of hollywood through the eyes of a fictional hollywood power family. Every section is a year during a different decade. It starts with the fath......more

Interesting take on making movies in Hollywood, but overall not much else. I had this as an audiobook and it was ok to listen to while walking and working out.......more