Final Cut by Steven Bach

With a new Foreword by the author, this modern classic is "one of the few indispensable books about Hollywood" ("Newsweek"). The movie "Heaven's Gate" did not merely fail, it sank a studio--United Artists. Combining wit, extraordinary anecdote, and historical perspective, "Final Cut" gives a rare, inside look at moviemaking. "A landmark book on movies . . . must reading".--"Kirkus Reviews".