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423 “When he got”: Coppola, AI, 7/31/97.
424 “almost a total recluse”: Aljean Harmetz, “Star Wars Is 10, and Lucas Reflects,” New York Times, 5/21/87.
424 “Francis really tried”: Milius, AI, 1/9/92.
424 “The same thing”: George Lucas, AI, 5/2/97.
424 “You’ve had your”: Pollock, Skywalking, p. 277.
424 “It took a long time”: George Lucas, AI, 5/2/97.
424 “The Godfather with music”: Evans, AI, 3/11/97.
424 “gangsters, music, pussy”: Evans, The Kid Stays, p. 328.
424 “I really need your help”: Coppola, AI, 7/31/97.
425 “the IRS was in”: Richard Sylbert, AI, 8/25/92.
425 “I didn’t want”: Coppola, AI, 7/31/97.
425 “Gee, I’d like”: Confidential source.
425 “I want to be him”: Confidential source.
425 “I wanted to”: Evans, AI, 2/27/94.
426 “Woody Allen sits”: Coppola, AI, 6/27/96.
426 “I started warning people.”: Rosenman, AI, 1/28/92.
426 “If you compare”: Paul Schrader, AI, 1/8/92.
426 “I had always” and following: Paul Schrader, AI, 12/13/95.
427 “Stephen Sondheim says”: Rosenman, AI, 1/28/92.
427 “He’s smarter than”: Kael, AI, 8/5/95.
427 “My brother finds”: Leonard Schrader, 11/l7/94.
428 “I checked myself” and following: Hopper, AI, 7/15/97.
428 “Robert went ballistic”: Steve Roth, AI, 2/1/96.
429 “Evans was that person”: Confidential source.
430 “There are more crosses”: Evans, AI, 3/11/97.
430 “a Jewish Chinaman”: Confidential source.
430 “Bob had always” and following: Richard Sylbert, AI, 6/16/93.
431 “I think Towne”: Ivor Davis, “Can Jack Save Jake,” Los Angeles, 12/89.
432 “Towne has really”: Kael, AI, 8/5/95.
432 “Jack was one”: Towne, AI, 11/6/97.
432 “Bob was a Gatsby-like”: Bart, interviewed by Terri Minksy, 5/89.
432 “When Huey went”: Bob Rafelson, AI, 11/10/93.
432 “Despite Easy Rider’s” and following: Confidential source.
433 “Bert was pissed”: Blauner, AI, 10/30/97.
433 “The money was not” and following: Gittes, AI, 12/12/94.
433 “Whenever you want” and following: Blauner, AI, 10/30/97.
433 “Jack is the King” and following: Gittes, AI, 12/12/94.
434 “I love Bert”: Hopper, AI, 7/15/97.
434 “When the marriages”: Henry, AI, 12/7/94.
434 “Fuck you, Jack”: Confidential source.
434 “Directors in order”: Don Devlin, AI, 6/17/94.
434 “We had the naive”: Pollock, Skywalking, p. 86.
435 “You know”: Persky, AI, 2/26/95.
435 “We finished shooting”: Mulvehill, AI, 8/25/94.
435 “I just give up.”: Confidential source.
436 “Hal said, ‘I’”: Dern, AI, 6/15/95.
436 “I got this”: Beatty, AI, 6/28/94.
436 “I got there”: Hellman, AI, 6/20/94.
436 “Is there such a”: Beatty, AI, 6/28/94.
437 “The truth is”: Hellman, AI, 6/20/94.
437 “He saw Sherri”: Mulvehill, AI, 8/25/94.
437 “Well, they’re here”: Berg, AI, 10/20/95.
438 “Bob, they’re calling” and following: Jones, AI, 10/5/94.
Index
Abbott, Diahnne, 248
ABC Pictures, 86, 215
Academy Awards, 47–48, 74, 97, 122–23, 156, 158, 165–66, 172, 174, 181, 183, 188, 196, 205, 221, 252, 274, 282, 283, 296, 310, 315, 333–34, 353, 372, 390, 405
Accatone, 228
Actors Studio, 16
Adams, Brooke, 296
Adelson, Merv, 398
Adler, Stella, 16, 30, 112
After Hours, 407
Airport, 16, 97, 136
Albeck, Andy, 368, 391, 399, 400
Albee, Edward, 21, 54
Aldrich, Robert, 39, 137
Alfie, 22, 146
Algren, Nelson, 201
Ali, Muhammad, 190, 385
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 230, 252–54, 274, 295, 296, 325, 330, 339, 448
Allen, Herbert, 184
Allen, Woody, 15, 25–26, 85, 95, 202, 212, 332, 414
Alley, Kirstie, 422
All That Jazz, 15, 413
All the President’s Men, 15, 33
Almendros, Nestor, 297
Alonzo, John, 189
Altman, Robert, 13, 15, 67, 93–98, 155, 174, 194, 197, 205, 266, 346, 409, 412, 441
background of, 86–89
Beatty and, 81–82, 102–5, 107–9, 190, 340
Bogdanovich and, 138
casting of unknowns by, 152
Evans and, 369–72
film industry denounced by, 345, 435
Fletcher and, 215–16, 315
genre deconstruction by, 164, 250, 281, 342, 383
Ladd and, 340–41, 344, 369
Kael and, 270, 282
Platt and, 213, 216
selected filmography, 447
stops making studio pictures, 401, 406
UA deal of, 214
Amants, Les, 338
Amarcord, 282
Amblin, 257, 258
American Dreamer, 134
American Film Institute (AFI), 138
American Gigolo, 132, 410, 448
American Graffiti, 15, 73, 101, 102, 126, 137, 225, 234–37, 243–44, 252, 264, 283, 318–22, 324, 329, 335, 336, 343, 380, 381, 424, 447
American Hot Wax, 403
American in Paris, An, 24
American International Pictures (AIP), 31, 41, 42, 45, 61
Americanization of Emily, The, 83
American Zoetrope, 81, 90–93, 100–102, 143, 153, 158, 167, 168, 183, 208, 237, 258, 320, 322, 381, 403, 408, 417–19, 425
Amidou, 311–12
Anatomy of a Murder, 289
Anderson, Lindsay, 84
Ann-Margret, 132
Anne of a Thousand Days, 122
Annie, 303
Annie Hall, 15
Antonioni, Michelangelo, 21, 22, 93, 211, 263, 314, 338
Apocalypse Now, 15, 73, 93, 100, 167, 168, 235, 240, 268, 275, 308, 321 324, 336, 343, 346–48, 350–52, 355–58, 360–63, 367–68, 372–75, 383, 400, 416, 418, 419, 447
Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The, 265
Arkoff, Sam, 45
Armstrong, Louis, 47
Ashby, Hal, 15, 17, 173–75, 178–80, 195–96, 263, 346, 352–54, 408, 409, 428, 441
background of, 170–71
Beatty and, 192–94, 304
conflicts with Columbia, 180, 183–84
death of, 436–39
drug problem of, 169–70, 196, 354 355
Kael and, 303
Nicholson and, 179, 195, 432
pictures taken away from, 435–36
selected filmography, 447
Ashley, Ted, 82–85, 93, 98, 100, 101, 152, 222, 226, 280, 358, 441
Astaire, Fred, 36, 54
Atlantic City, 16
At Long Last Love, 264, 275–76, 281, 299, 334, 447
At Play in the Fields of the Lord, 119
Autumn Afternoon, An, 294
Avery, Tex, 36
Aykroyd, Dan, 383
Ayres, Gerald, 31, 50, 67, 106, 169–70, 174–75, 179–81, 184, 441
Baby Doll, 25, 67
Bach, Steven, 368, 389–91, 399, 441
Bacon, Francis, 307
Bad Company, 15
Badiyi, Reza, 87
Badlands, 15, 249, 298, 447
Balaban, Barney, 18
Ballad of Cable Hogue, The, 36
Ballard, Carroll, 92, 361, 372–73
Ballard, Jack, 156
Band, The, 376
Barry Lyndon, 282, 315
Bart, Peter, 1
6–17, 20, 78–79, 142–44, 147, 148, 154, 155, 157, 160–61, 169, 173, 174, 182–83, 208, 225 226, 269, 353–55, 402, 404, 406, 412, 432, 441
Bartlett, Scott, 317
Barwood, Hal, 92, 243, 259, 264, 284, 423
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 326
Basil, Toni, 63–64
Batman, 401
Batman and Robin, 435
Battle of Algiers, The, 21, 45
Baumgarten, Craig, 402
Bay of Angels, 115
BBS, 52, 53, 73, 75–77, 88, 91, 111, 116–17, 119, 120–22, 124–26, 129, 146, 152, 165, 169, 175–77, 185, 187, 213, 255, 273, 281, 409, 432 433
see also Raybert
Beatles, 14, 19, 202
Beatty, Warren, 15, 17, 27–39, 48, 49, 74, 85, 86, 120, 153, 169, 204, 211, 268, 294, 314, 364–65, 395, 400, 409, 410, 441
Altman and, 81–82, 102–5, 107–9, 190, 340
and Ashby’s death, 436–38
Begelman and, 302, 304
Caron and, 24–26
Christie and, 46–47, 359–60, 364
Coppola and, 373
Evans and, 269
Feldman and, 25–26
Kael and, 41, 303, 346, 365–67
and Manson murders, 78, 80
Penn and, 28–29, 34–35, 338
power in film industry of, 49, 364
selected filmography, 447
Towne and, 28, 30–33, 50, 51, 81, 105–7, 180–81, 190, 192–94, 286, 304–5, 392, 393, 428
Warner and, 23–24
Wells and, 358–59
Beckerman, Barry, 83, 85–86, 93, 98, 101, 224, 441
Before the Revolution, 228
Begelman, David, 184, 185, 187, 190–193, 196, 245, 262, 284, 296, 300, 302, 306, 307, 364, 409, 441
Being There, 170, 353, 438, 447
Belson, Jerry, 284
Belson, Jordan, 317
Belushi, John, 280, 331, 383, 412
Benchley, Peter, 263, 264, 278, 283
Benedictus, David, 36
Benjamin, Bob, 19, 214
Benton, Robert, 15, 16, 26–28, 30, 32, 34, 39, 40, 48, 49, 112, 113, 120, 128, 137, 441
Berg, Jeff, 236, 237, 243, 319, 320, 355, 437, 441
Bergen, Candice, 34, 58, 78, 130, 138, 165, 178, 184, 185, 188, 296, 441
Bergen, Edgar, 130
Bergman, Ingmar, 21, 119, 228, 302, 338, 409
Berri, Claude, 224
Bertolucci, Bernardo, 16, 233, 295, 372
Beverly Hills Cop, 404
Bible, The, 20
Bick, Jerry, 214–15
Bicycle Thief, The, 86
Big Country, The, 181
Big Fix, The, 271
Big Wednesday, 339–40, 409
Bill, Tony, 83, 125, 244, 246, 402, 441
Billy Jack, 85
Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings, The, 284, 435
Birds, The, 114
Birthday Party, The, 203
Bisset, Jacqueline, 42
Black, Karen, 63, 64, 129
Black Hole, The, 403
Black Panthers, 60–61, 130, 177, 186, 272
Black Stallion, The, 168, 357, 361, 362, 372, 416, 424
Black Stallion Returns, The, 373
Black Sunday, 298
Blair, Linda, 199–200, 223
Blank, Les, 63
Blatty, William Peter, 198–99, 216–21, 223, 441
Blauner, Steve, 53, 55, 57, 73, 75, 76, 119, 124, 127, 129, 146, 184, 185, 271, 272, 280, 397, 433, 441
Blazing Saddles, 67
Bloom, Verna, 241
Blow-Up, 22, 45, 136, 202, 211, 344
Blue Collar, 15, 315, 348–50, 427, 448
Blues Brothers, The, 403
Bluhdorn, Charles, 143–48, 152, 154, 158, 160, 182, 206–7, 268–70, 298, 309, 310, 365, 369, 370, 397, 420, 429, 430, 441
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, 95
Bogarde, Dirk, 302
Bogdanovich, Peter, 15, 120, 132–33, 137–41, 148, 149, 155, 164, 170, 176, 198, 204, 228, 250, 255, 259, 281, 337, 338, 364, 375, 376, 408, 412, 441
background of, 111–14
casting of unknowns by, 152
Chaplin sequences selected for Academy Awards show by, 165
Corman and, 115–16
on decline of auteurism, 402
directing style of, 177
in Directors Company, 197, 206–8
Mengers and, 409
moves to Los Angeles, 114–15, 202
at Museum of Modern Art, 26, 112
Platt and, 112–16, 127, 128, 139, 216, 273
Schneider and, 110–11
Scorsese and, 253, 301
selected filmography, 447
Shepherd and, 121–22, 127–28, 130–132, 137–39, 209–13, 252, 275–76, 300, 305, 339, 415–16
Stratten and, 387–89, 415–16
Verna Fields and, 237, 264
Bonnie and Clyde, 15, 17, 18, 23, 24, 26 36, 38–41, 45–50, 74, 79, 82, 103, 109, 116, 120–21, 124, 126, 139, 164, 174, 189–95, 223, 239, 264, 279, 283, 304, 314, 338, 365, 372, 383
Bono, Sonny, 202, 352
Boorman, John, 15, 22, 39, 84, 85, 198, 223, 401
Boothe, Powers, 401
Bom in the USA., 412
Bostwick, Barry, 219
Bottoms, Sam, 323, 347, 352, 367, 441
Bottoms, Timothy, 122, 131, 139, 212
Bound for Glory, 170, 195–96, 333–34, 352, 447
Boxcar Bertha, 239, 246, 406, 448.
Boyle, Peter, 231, 232
Boys in the Band, The, 203
Boys Town, 18
Brackman, Jacob, 77, 123, 131, 175, 176, 186, 232, 248, 249, 279–80, 296, 441
Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 415
Branaman, Susan, 186
Brando, Marlon, 25, 41, 153–56, 159, 161, 163–64, 181–83, 199, 294, 322, 323, 356, 364, 374
Breakout, 277
Breathless, 26
Bremer, Arthur, 295
Brennan, Eileen, 275
Brennan, Larraine Marie, 229, 230
Breslauer, Sandy, 420
Breslin, Jimmy, 199
Brewster McCloud, 98, 109, 447
Bridge on the River Kwai, The, 347
Bridges, Beau, 438–39
Bridges, Jeff, 127, 132, 139, 273, 438
Bridge Too Far, A, 316, 403
Brief Encounter, 86
Bringing Up Baby, 137, 139
Briskin, Jerry, 215, 216
Broca, Philippe de, 331
Broken English, 398, 432
Bronson, Charles, 277, 307
Brooks, Mel, 143
Brooks, Richard, 298, 366, 414
Brotherhood, The, 142
Brown, David, 96, 244–45, 259, 263–67, 278, 283, 441
Brown, Helen Gurley, 263
Brown, Jim, 175
Bruckheimer, Jerry, 173, 403–5
Bryant, Baird, 63–64
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, 340, 447
Bullitt, 204
Bundy, McGeorge, 61
Buñuel, Luis, 408
Bum!, 153
Burroughs, William Rice, 393
Burstyn, Ellen, 16, 110, 120, 131, 141, 175, 176, 199, 200, 216–18, 223, 252–54, 273, 274, 296, 311, 338, 409, 441
Burton, Richard, 219
Burtt, Ben, 340
Bush, Dick, 310
Bush, George, 432
Bushnell, Scott, 215, 371, 441
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 79, 96, 122
Butler, Wilmer (Bill), 201
Byrum, John, 264
Caan, James, 16, 153, 159, 409
Cabaret, 15, 181, 274
Calley, John, 19, 57, 81–86, 92, 98, 101, 124, 130, 133, 138–39, 147, 148, 152, 158, 161, 185, 188, 198, 207, 219, 221–22, 226, 243, 249, 252 254, 280–81, 292, 303–4, 340, 358 -359, 364, 392–93, 400, 402, 409, 441
Calvin Company, 86
Camelot, 20, 24
Cameron, Julia, 300–301, 306, 325–26, 376, 378, 441
Camp, Colleen, 388
Campbell, Joseph, 318, 356
Canby, Vincent, 303, 399, 400
Candib, Richard, 362
Candidate, The, 50
Cannes Film Festival, 247, 294–95, 315, 374, 379, 427
Cannon, Dyan, 16, 195, 359, 409
Cannonball Run, The, 403
Capshaw, Kate, 421, 422
Capucine, 25
Carelli, Joann, 368
Carey, Timothy, 306–7
Carnal Knowledge, 15, 130, 132
Carolco, 403
Caron, Leslie, 24, 26
Carpenter, Don, 68
Carpenter, Linda, 356, 361
Carradine, David, 239
Carrie, 15, 327, 328
Carroll, Diahann, 47
Carroll, Kathleen, 399
Carson, Johnny, 209
Carson, L. M. (Kit), 134, 232, 240, 257, 260, 293, 402
Carter, Jimmy, 314, 341, 364
Carter, Joseph, 254
Casablanca, John, 333
Cassavetes, John, 15, 21, 104, 112, 126, 151, 229, 239, 313, 328, 378, 441
Cassidy, David, 175
Castaneda, Carlos, 318, 342
Castle, William, 302
Catch-22, 81–83, 86, 148
Catholic Legion of Decency, 35
Cat People, 410–12, 427, 448
Champion, 339
Champlin, Charles, 150
Chandler, Raymond, 241
Chaplin, Charlie, 19, 165, 188
Chapman, Michael, 157, 178, 261, 277, 299, 392, 394, 396, 441
Chartoff, Robert, 379
Chase, The, 29
Chávez, César, 171
Cher, 202
Cheyenne Autumn, 114
Chinatown, 16, 51, 117, 141, 160–61, 165–66, 169, 182, 188–89, 195, 268 269, 274, 303, 305, 393, 410, 425
Christie, Julie, 45–46, 81, 82, 86, 102, 104, 107, 190, 195, 302–4, 359–60, 364, 409, 442
Cimino, Michael, 368, 372, 390–91, 400, 442, 447
Cincinnati Kid, The, 45, 83, 171
Cisco Pike, 179
Citizen Kane, 112, 139, 201, 228, 229, 414
Clair, Rene, 84
Clayburgh, Jill, 16, 151, 244, 409
Clayton, Jack, 84
Cleopatra, 41, 219, 221
Clift, Montgomery, 25, 124, 132
Clockwork Orange, A, 15, 84, 85, 164, 251
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE3K), 233, 256, 262, 263, 283 285, 296, 308, 330–31, 335, 340, 363–64, 421, 426, 448
Clouzot, Henri Georges, 224, 313, 338
Cocks, Jay, 229, 240, 241, 254, 316, 335, 337, 376
Coen brothers, 435
Cohen, Leonard, 105
Cohen, Rob, 276–77, 284–85, 328, 402, 442
Cohn, Harry, 55, 100, 306–7
Cold War, 14
Colombo, Joe, Sr., 157
Columbia Pictures, 14, 52, 55, 66–67, 71–73, 75, 76, 118, 124, 143, 169 170, 174, 175, 177, 180, 183–87, 190–91, 193, 262, 277, 283, 284, 297, 306, 318, 322, 331
Coming Home, 15, 170, 193, 352–53, 372, 436, 447