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Žánr/forma: | Biographies Biography |
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Doplňující formát: | Online version: Fleming, Charles. High concept. New York : Doubleday, 1998 (OCoLC)606953675 |
Osoba: | Don Simpson; Don Simpson; Don Simpson |
Typ materiálu: | Biography |
Typ dokumentu | Kniha |
Všichni autoři/tvůrci: |
Charles Fleming |
ISBN: | 0385486944 9780385486941 |
OCLC číslo: | 37721497 |
Poznámky: | Includes index. |
Popis: | viii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Obsahy: | The Baby Mogul -- Beverly Hills Cop -- Bad Boy -- Hollywood High -- Days of Plunder -- Wretched Excess -- The Pictures Got Small -- Doctor's Orders -- Rehab -- Death -- Aftermath. |
Odpovědnost: | Charles Fleming. |
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Anotace:
But at the same time that his vision was driving the Hollywood bottom line, Simpson's lifestyle epitomized the pervasive dark side of the industry's power base. His legendary consumption knew no bounds. And as long as he continued to crank out box-office gold, his every desire was conspicuously indulged - an unrestrained excess that killed him and sent a warning cry throughout the entire industry.

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Hollywood High--and Low
In a town all-too-famous for its meteoric rises and falls, Don Simpson may not belong in the same orbit of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean or even “Fatty” Arbuckle, but if any producer symbolized the revved-up, dumbed-down, testosterone-fueled Hollywood of the 1980s, it was Simpson, who...
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In a town all-too-famous for its meteoric rises and falls, Don Simpson may not belong in the same orbit of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean or even “Fatty” Arbuckle, but if any producer symbolized the revved-up, dumbed-down, testosterone-fueled Hollywood of the 1980s, it was Simpson, who died of a drug overdose in 1996 at age 52.
Gone but not forgotten, Simpson’s dubious legacy lives on in the ubiquitous male action flick, as well as in the blockbuster movies of mass distraction made by his one-time partner, Jerry Bruckheimer, including the soggy Pirates of the Caribbean saga. First published in 1998, High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess (Doubleday) is Charles Fleming’s vitriolic, blow-by-blow account of Simpson’s high—and luridly low—times in Hollywood’s fast lane, and it’s worth another look in the rear-view mirror....
On his death, dozens of his Hollywood friends and cronies rushed to praise him. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, no stranger to hype, called him “a true American original.” Others were quick to bury him. In one of the most mordant Hollywood postmortems, director Robert Altman said, “Simpson was a bad guy, a bum. It’s a big plus for our industry that he’s gone. ...”
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