Fast Fade

Fast Fade David Puttnam, Columbia Pictures, and the Battle for Hollywood

Paperback (01 Dec 1989)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A definitive insider's account of the triumphs and tribulations of a legendary Hollywood film producer

"A great story about vision, tactics, egos, and filmmaking . . . a complicated portrait of a complicated man."-Louise Bernikow, Cosmopolitan

"Gripping on every page and awash with toweringly overblown celluloid giants in rapturous megalomania."-Kirkus Reviews
 
"A Hollywood book that is not only well-researched and well-reasoned, but fair and entertaining in the bargain."-Inside Books

"Joins the ranks of Final Cut and Indecent Exposure as a captivating glimpse of the Hollywood most people never see."-Palm Beach Post
 
"A fascinating study of power in the boardrooms, bedrooms, and such watering holes as Chasen's, Morton's, and Trump."-Riverside Press-Enterprise
 
"Yule pulls no punches, and neither do Puttnam's friends, in describing the film genius's considerable personal flaws."-The Orlando Sentinel
 
"Fast Fade is well-written . . . well-researched . . . and will appeal to all those curious about the recent history of the film industry."-Barron's Weekly

Book information

ISBN: 9780385300063
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Imprint: Delta
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 388
Weight: 612g
Height: 230mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 25mm