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Ovitz : the inside story of Hollywood's most controversial power broker

Title
Ovitz : the inside story of Hollywood's most controversial power broker / Robert Slater.
Author
Slater, Robert, 1943-2014.
Publication
New York : McGraw Hill, ©1997.

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Description
360 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
"Michael Ovitz is the iron-fisted CAA talent agent and dealmaker who negotiated unprecedented salaries for his agency's clients and, with unbridled tenacity and street-wise cunning, wrested power from the almighty studios. His ascension to the pinnacle of Hollywood power impressed both his friends and foes ... but his rapid fall from grace stunned even the most hardened Hollywood insiders (not to mention an astronomical severance package that weighed in at over $125 million.)"--BOOK JACKET. "Now, for the first time, here is the inside story of the charismatic yet media-shy mogul, in a behind-the-scenes account that exposes not only the underpinnings of his meteoric success, but also the often-hidden machinations of the entertainment industry. This revealing new biography is based upon the author's unprecedented series of interviews with Michael Ovitz, as well as 150 exclusive interviews with Hollywood's top celebrities."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Ovitz, Michael
  • Ovitz, Michael
  • Theatrical agents > United States > Biography
  • Executives > United States > Biography
  • Executives
  • Theatrical agents
  • Biografie
  • Executives > United States > Biography
  • Theatrical agents > United States > Biography
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-354) and index.
Contents
The Aspen blues -- King Ovitz -- A deal a second -- Now, Perkins, this is treason! -- Master illusionist -- Pretzel, tennis balls, and soapsuds -- Hollywood's new rainmakers -- A shroud of secrecy -- I am a control freak -- Renaissance man -- Stepping out of the shadows -- No photos, please -- Foot soldiers -- The über-agent -- I've been to see the godfather! -- I have a '95 Ovitz -- Hollywood obsession -- Disney demons -- I made a smart deal.
ISBN
  • 0070581037
  • 9780070581036
  • 0786310111
  • 9780786310111
LCCN
97013046
OCLC
  • ocm36648538
  • 36648538
  • SCSB-2131292
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library