JFK, Nixon, Oliver Stone and Me : An Idealist's Journey from Capitol Hill to Hollywood Hell,9781586480295

JFK, Nixon, Oliver Stone and Me : An Idealist's Journey from Capitol Hill to Hollywood Hell

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ISBN13: 9781586480295
ISBN10: 1586480294
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-09-01
Publisher(s): Perseus Books Group
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Summary

The author describes his experiences working for Oliver Stone on such films as "Nixon" and "Any Given Sunday" and the workings of the motion picture industry.

Author Biography

Eric Hamburg is a film producer and writer living in Los Angeles

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
In the Beginning
1(4)
In the Senate
5(10)
JFK 101
15(4)
Why It Matters
19(6)
Back to Congress
25(7)
A Film Called JFK
32(7)
The JFK Bill
39(5)
Going to Hollywood
44(4)
Journey to Ixtlan
48(7)
Development Hell
55(9)
Becoming a Hollywood Producer
64(6)
Steve, Chris and the Beast
70(4)
Larry Flynt, Maureen Dowd and Other Projects
74(5)
The Bay of Pigs Thing
79(3)
Research in Cuba
82(5)
The First Draft
87(2)
A Big Deal
89(3)
Lawyers and Natural Born Killers
92(7)
The Nixon Team, Starring Danny the Weasel
99(7)
The Return of Sammy Glick
106(11)
Finding Nixon
117(3)
Lost in the O Zone
120(13)
The Martin Luther King Project and JFK, Part 2
133(6)
Researching Nixon
139(20)
Goodbye Azita, Hello Annie
159(3)
Shooting the Movie
162(6)
Problems with MLK
168(3)
Oliver Becomes Nixon
171(2)
Visiting the Set
173(7)
Strange Episodes
180(6)
MLK, NFL, Nixon, Annie and Danny
186(7)
MLK and NFL Revisited
193(3)
Notes on Nixon
196(7)
On the Cover of Newsweek
203(3)
The Press Junket
206(2)
Nixon Bombs
208(3)
The Beginning of the End
211(2)
Life After Nixon
213(5)
Another Fiasco---Oliver's U-Turn
218(4)
The End of Ixtlan
222(3)
Good News and Bad News
225(4)
Life After Oliver
229(5)
Fast Forward---June 1999
234(6)
The Oliver Zone
240(8)
John Dean and the Pentagon Papers
248(4)
Strange Encounters with Oliver
252(7)
Final Cut---The Premiere
259(6)
Postscript---The Bay of Pigs Thing Revisited
265(14)
Coda 279(3)
Appendix 282(9)
Acknowledgments 291(2)
Index 293

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