Misher, Kevin, 205
Mittweg, Rolf, 119
Moffett, D. W., 1–2
Moloney, Jay, 69
Mon Oncle, 133
Monster’s Ball, 27
Moore, Demi, 166
Moore, Julianne, 118, 165, 173, 174, 197, 285
Moore, Mary Tyler, 334
Morrow, Rob, 92, 115
Mortal Kombat, 113
Motels, the, 147
Motorcycle Gang, 2
Moulin Rouge, xi, 311
Murawski, Bob, 2
Murdoch, Lachlan, 136
Murdoch, Rupert, xv, xvi, 34, 48, 135–36, 149, 199–200, 272, 294, 302, 305, 310–11
Murphy, Don, 12–13, 27, 41
Murray, Bill, 231
Murray, George, xiv
Muzio, Matt, 49–50
My Best Friend’s Birthday, 11–13
Myers, Mike, 192
My Left Foot, 39, 65, 67, 68
Nadelmann, Ethan, 320, 327
Naegle, Sue, 157
Nashville, x, 324
Natural Born Killers, 12, 13–14, 21, 23, 26, 28, 41, 53
Ned and Stacey, 156
Neurotica, 106–7
Neverending Story, The, 147
Newell, Mike, 109
Newmyer, Bobby, 106
Nicholson, Jack, 337
Nickles, Don, 320
Nightmare on Elm Street, 44, 45, 119, 149
Nimziki, Joe, 288 9021LIVE, 99
Northern Exposure, 92
Norton, Edward, 137, 148, 178–79, 181, 183, 225, 253, 262, 264, 267, 268, 290, 300, 301, 338
O, 261
Ocean’s Eleven, 110, 246, 331
Ocean’s Twelve, 15
O’Donnell, Lawrence, 322
Oh, Sandra, xx
O’Hehir, Andrew, 252
Oliver’s Story, 143
Olson, Bill, 327
On the Waterfront, 115
Opening of Misty Beethoven, The, 84–85
Open Road, The, 21
Out of Africa, xvi
Out of Sight, 108–10, 127–29, 228, 330
Ovitz, Michael, 29, 65
Pace, Bill, 24
Pacino, Al, 313
Palahniuk, Chuck, 137–41, 150, 181, 269–70, 300
Paltrow, Gwyneth, 80, 88, 148, 179, 336
Pandemonium Reigned, 54–55
Panic Room, The, xix-xx, 337
Parker, Lily, 30
Parretti, Giancarlo, xv, 34
Passer, Ivan, 25
Passion of Christ, The, 339
Passion of Martin, The, xiii-xiv
Payne, Alexander, ix-x, xii, xiii-xiv, xvi, xix, xx, 182, 247, 251, 277, 283, 330, 334, 335
Peirce, Kimberly, xi, 32, 251, 334, 336
Penn, Michael, 195
Penn, Sean, 178, 195
People vs. Larry Flynt, The, 178
Perfect Storm, The, 240
Pfeiffer, Michelle, 69, 312
Phillips, Julia, 54
Phoenix, River, 129, 166–67
Pi, x, 336
Piano, The, 65
Pierce, David Hyde, 107
Pitt, Brad, xiii, 113, 137, 141, 176–83, 191, 199, 201, 214, 225, 254, 255, 264–67, 273
Planet of the Apes, 115
Platoon, 34
Platt, Marc, 107
Playing God, 124
Pocahontas, 102
Poitier, Sidney, 320
Poland, David, 296
Polish, Mark, xi
Polish, Michael, xi
Pollack, Sydney, xvi, 109, 166, 249
Pollock, Tom, 155, 190
Poltergeist, 297
Polyi, Stevo, 13
Pop, Iggy, 147
Porton, Richard, 326
Portrait of a Lady, 187
Pressman, Ed, 115
Pretty Woman, 64
Priest, 67
Primal Fear, 178
Pulp Fiction, xi, xvii-xviii, 3, 14, 25, 27, 29, 41, 53–64, 67–82, 92, 102, 114, 119, 122, 130–33, 150, 281, 339
Pump Up the Volume, 48
Punch-Drunk Love, 122, 336
Quaid, Dennis, 256, 316
Quiz Kid Challenge, 86–87
Quiz Show, 102
Raging Bull, x
Raimi, Sam, 1
Rapid Eye Movement, 99
Ray, Bingham, 130, 335
Rebhorn, James, 288
Redford, Robert, 18–19, 32, 116, 143
Reed, Rex, 294
Reefer Madness, 44
Reeves, Keanu, 214
Reilly, John C., 84, 88, 90, 123, 165, 193, 196, 197, 240
Reiner, Rob, 211, 252
R.E.M., 158
Requiem for a Dream, xi, 336
Reservoir Dogs, xi, 11, 13, 15, 23, 28–32, 39–42, 54, 58, 59, 61, 69, 74, 76, 119
Return of the Jedi, 146
Reynolds, Burt, 166, 173
Rhames, Ving, 71
Rice, Peter, 257–58, 310–11, 313, 314
Ridgely, Bob, 84
Ridley, John, 216, 217, 246–47
Ritchie, Michael, 143
Road to Perdition, xx, 337
Robards, Jason, 197–98, 286
Roberts, Julia, 111, 224, 314, 329, 336
Rockwell, Alexandre, 131
Rocky, 85
Rodriguez, Robert, 54, 131
Rolling Stones, the, 44, 147
Romeo and Juliet, 165
Rosen, Gary, 328
Rosenberg, Joe, 178
Ross, Steven J., 212
Roth, Joe, 67, 120, 122, 129, 148, 149
Roth, Tim, 31, 32
Rothman, Tom, 256, 310, 311
Roven, Charles, 233, 241
Royal Tenenbaums, The, x, 120, 231–32, 336
Rules of Attraction, 134
Runaway Jury, 179
Ruscha, Ed, 48
Rushmore, x, 120, 121, 129, 231, 336
Russell, David O., xxiii, xviii-xxi, 43–44, 48–53, 81, 82, 91, 92–93, 162, 191, 211–14, 218, 227–30, 232–49, 251, 252, 277, 279, 281–83, 298, 306, 315, 333–35, 338–39
Russell, Maria Muzio, 49–50
Russell, Matthew, 236
Ryan, Meg, 69
Ryder, Winona, 182
Sachs, Steven, 30–31
Samples, Keith, 89–90
Sandler, Adam, 122, 336
San Giacomo, Laura, 37
Santa Clause, The, xvii
Sargent, Alan, 150
Satter, Michelle, 32, 87, 90, 91
Say Anything, xi
Schamus, James, 48, 330
Schickel, Richard, 74, 252, 281
Schiele, Egon, 163
Schizopolis, 20, 104–6, 109, 224, 319
Schlondorff, Volker, 32
Schmidt, John, 39, 40
Schrader, Paul, 59
Schwartz, Russell, 47, 276, 278, 279, 305–6, 316, 322–23, 329
Schwartzman, Jason, 50, 231
Schwarzbaum, Lisa, 294
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 33, 214
Schwitters, T. Azimuth, 104
Scorsese, Martin, x, 34, 59, 97, 172, 228, 339
Scott, Ridley, 147
Scott, Tony, 21
Se7en, xiii, xix, 102, 113, 140, 148, 176, 177, 180, 226, 272
Sellar, Joanne, 166–67, 174, 192, 193, 196, 197, 288
Semel, Terry, 196, 211–16, 219, 234–35, 281, 282, 283
Sena, Dominic, 147
Serpico, 120
sex, lies, and videotape, xiii, 15, 16, 18, 20, 37–38, 64, 96, 99, 101, 103, 108, 119, 126, 248, 307
Shakespeare, William, 261
Shamberg, Michael, 41, 108, 109
Shaye, Bob, xv, 43–48, 51, 52, 92, 93, 119–23, 163, 168–71, 196–97, 285–88, 290–91
Sheehan, Henry, 289
Sher, Stacey, 40–41, 54–55, 60, 70, 111
Sherak, Tom, 150, 253–55, 262, 264, 265, 268, 271–73, 311
She’s Gotta Have It, xii
Shipman, Claire, 319
Shire, Talia, 50
Shock Theater, 84
Sigel, Newton Sige
l, 238
Silver, Casey, 107–11, 129, 276
Silver, Joel, 211, 215
Silvers, Dean, 51, 52, 92
Simpson, Don, 33, 129
Simpson, Mike, 29, 59–64, 132
Simpsons, The, 131
Singer, Bryan, 88, 140, 141
Singles, xi
Singleton, John, 53
Siskel, Gene, 41
Sleep with Me, 77
Smith, Anna Nicole, 131
Smith, Kevin, 80
Smith, Lois, 325
Smith, Russ, 186
Smith, Will, 214, 235
Snider, Stacey, 330
Soderbergh, Charlie, 94
Soderbergh, Midge Bernard, 94, 95, 220
Soderbergh, Peter Andrews, 94–96, 219–20
Soderbergh, Sarah, 18, 20, 104
Soderbergh, Steven, ix-x, xiv, xviii-xxi, 15–20, 37–38, 94–111, 123–24, 126–30, 148, 204, 219–20, 222–25, 228, 246–49, 256–58, 277, 303, 304, 307–31, 336–37, 339
Solaris, 103, 330, 336–37
Sorvino, Mira, 131
Sorvino, Paul, 131
Spacey, Kevin, xiii, 175–76, 284
Spader, James, 16, 37
Spanking the Monkey, 48–53, 82, 93, 333, 339
Specktor, Fred, 232
Speed, xvii
Spiegel, Adam, see Jonze, Spike
Spiegel, Arthur, III, 158–59
Spiegel, Sam, 208
Spiegel, Sandy, 158–59, 160
Spiegel, Scott, 1–2, 15, 21, 26, 31, 53, 55
Spielberg, Steven, x, 65, 72, 102, 172, 283–84
Spoils of War, 216, 217, 246
Stallone, Sylvester, 33, 211, 213
Stamp, Terence, 111, 224
Stanley, Richard, 115, 166
Stark, Ray, 139
Starship Troopers, 297
Star Wars, 143, 146, 153, 184
Steers, Burr, 1, 159
Stern, Sandy, 157, 158, 161–62, 165, 276
Stiffed (Faludi), 150
Stiller, Ben, 92, 216, 336
Sting, 147
Sting, The, 30
Stipe, Michael, 120, 158, 162, 163, 165
Stollman, Lee, 29–30
Stoltz, Eric, 70–71, 72
Stone, Oliver, 13–14, 34
Streep, Meryl, 338
Streetcar Named Desire, A (Williams), 154
Striptease, 166
Stuart, Jan, 278
Summer of Sam, 129
Swank, Hilary, xi
Swardstrom, Brian, 179, 252
Sweet Hereafter, The, xi
Swelter, see Spanking the Monkey
Switzer, Carl, 2
Sydney, see Hard Eight
Sympathy for the Devil, 44
Taghmaoui, Saïd, 242
Talented Mr. Ripley, The, 179
Tall Guy, The, 39–40
Tarantino, Quentin, xi, xii, xiii, xvii, xviii-xxi, 2–16, 20–33, 35, 40–42, 53–64, 68–82, 120, 130–34, 138, 140, 159, 172, 191, 218, 226, 297, 298, 338, 339
Tarantino, Tony, 4
Tarkovsky, Andre, 336
Tati, Jacques, 133
Taylor, Charles, 289
Taylor, Ella, 324
Teaching Mrs. Tingle, 261
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 45
Tenenbaum, Nancy, 38, 248
Thatcher, Margaret, 136
Thelma and Louise, 177
There’s Something About Mary, 189, 262
Thewlis, David, 115
Thomson, David, 294–95
Three Kings, x, xi, xviii, xix, 191, 211, 217–19, 227–49, 251, 252, 275, 281–83, 298, 315, 333, 338–39
Thurman, Uma, 14, 69–72, 74, 75, 131
Tichenor, Dylan, 116, 118, 171, 193–94, 252, 286, 336
Titanic, xvi, 136, 165, 184, 302
Tolkin, Michael, 162
Tomei, Marisa, 107
Tomlin, Lily, 93, 216, 333
Top Gun, 33, 77
Traffic, xi, xviii, 101, 123–28, 130, 219–24, 256–59, 303–31, 337, 339
Traffik, 124, 125, 127, 220, 221, 222
Trainspotting, 140
Travolta, John, xviii, 14, 63–64, 68, 71–72, 74, 75, 228
True Romance, 11, 12, 21, 23, 24–25, 28, 30, 33, 53
Truffaut, François, 36, 133
Truth or Dare, 40
Turan, Kenneth, 172, 277, 282, 289, 294, 325
Turner, Ted, xv, 48
Tusk, Mark, 32
Twelve Monkeys, 177
Twin Falls Idaho, xi
Two Days in the Valley, 81
Uhls, Jim, 140, 149, 175, 176, 269–71
Unbelievable Truth, 39–40
Underneath, The, 102–3, 126
Usual Suspects, The, 87, 140
Van Sant, Gus, 29
Vargas, Jacob, 317
Verhoeven, Paul, 297
Virgin Suicides, The, x, xix, 208, 251, 276–77
Vitale, Ruth, 46–47, 61
Vossler, Rand, 13–14, 82
Wachowski, Andy, xi, xix, 213–16, 251, 337
Wachowski, Larry, xi, xix, 213–16, 251, 337
Wahlberg, Mark, xiv, 165, 168, 172, 230, 231, 237, 243, 247, 282, 334
Waite, Robert, 100–101
Waits, Tom, 277
Walcott, Derek, 290
Walken, Christopher, 30
Walker, Alexander, 135, 294
Walker, Andrew Kevin, 180, 181
Wallace, Ronna, 33, 62, 64
Wallflowers, the, 147
Ward, Bumble, xiii, 41–42, 73, 197, 246–47, 325
Ward, Vincent, 147
Wasserman, Lew, 34
Waters, John, 45
Way of the Gun, The, 81
We Can Do This, 162
Weinraub, Bernard, 48
Weinstein, Bob, 36, 38, 39, 40, 47, 63, 64–65, 67, 68, 78
Weinstein, Eve, 42
Weinstein, Harvey, xvii, 32–33, 35–40, 42, 47, 52, 62–69, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78–81, 92–93, 105, 133, 216, 283, 306–7
Weinstein, Max, 36
Weinstein, Miriam, 36
Welcome Back Kotter, 68
Wells, Frank, 66
What Just Happened (Linson), 254
What Lies Beneath, 312
Who Do You Think You’re Fooling?, 28
Wiatt, Jim, 314
Wild at Heart, xii, 163
Wilkins, Joseph, 97–98
Williams, Tennessee, 154
Willis, Bruce, 33, 68, 69, 74, 75, 114, 211
Wilmington, Michael, 324–25
Wilson, Owen, 120, 336
Wings of the Dove, The, 181–82
Winslow, Karin, 215
Winwood, Steve, 147
Witherspoon, Reese, 182
Woo, John, 29
XXX, 262–63
Yakin, Boaz, 1
Yes, 99
Yorn, Rick, 303
Z, 130
Zastoupil, Connie, 3–8, 11–12, 26, 70, 82
Zastoupil, Curt, 5–6, 70
Zeitz, Jim, 97
Zeitz, Randy, 97
Zeman, Ned, 245
Zemeckis, Robert, 312
Zeta-Jones, Catherine, xi, 256, 303, 313, 316, 321
Ziskin, Laura, 137, 139, 149–51, 175, 176, 177, 183, 221, 222, 253–55, 257, 266, 268–69, 297, 302, 311
Zoo Story, The (Albee), 301
Zumbrunnen, Eric, 205, 211, 275–76, 277, 279
Zwang, Ron, 2
Zwick, Ed, 220–22, 322–23
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
In writing this book I was fortunate to have the generous cooperation of the directors who are profiled in it, along with many of their friends, relatives, and counterparts. The producers and studio executives who brought their films into the world were equally giving of their time. I could not have written this book without them. I conducted many interviews with knowledgeable sources who declined to provide their names because they wanted to avoid retaliation in Hollywood; whenever possible I tried to independently verify their accounts or provided alternate versions fro
m other sources. But by far most of the information in this book came from dozens and dozens of on-the-record interviews and discussions the length and breadth of the entertainment industry, many of which do not appear in the footnotes but which provide background and context for Rebels.
Many friends, peers, and mentors provided their advice and moral support through the conception to the execution of the book. Sincere thanks to my editors at The Washington Post, for their encouragement and book leave. Thanks too to my editors and colleagues at The New York Times for their support. My research assistant Andrew Edwards was indefatigable in chasing down sources and footnotes, and responded whenever I needed him. My friend and agent Andrew Blauner was an ongoing source of enthusiasm and vital support; a debt of gratitude to my friend Joel Bernstein for his advice and creativity. Many thanks to my capable and wise editor, Henry Ferris, who was a fan of this project from the moment he got the proposal. Thanks too are owed to Peter Hubbard, Susan Sanguily, and Sharyn Rosenblum at HarperCollins.
Most of all, I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my husband, Claude, and children, Alexandra, Jeremy, and Daniel, who saw me disappear into my office for endless nights, weekends, and family vacations to complete this project. My thanks to them, to whom this book is dedicated, for allowing me to pursue my passion.
P.S. Insights, Interviews & More …
About the author
2 Meet Sharon Waxman
About the book
4 Outtakes from Rebels: George Clooney’s Three Kings Letters
Read on
11 The Nudist Buddhist Borderline-Abusive Love-in
11 Rebels Timeline
About the author
Meet Sharon Waxman
SHARON WAXMAN is the New York Times’ Hollywood correspondent, a position she has held since the end of 2003.
She first covered Hollywood for the Washington Post’s Style section in 1995, becoming the paper’s first correspondent to do so from Los Angeles.
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, she attended Barnard College, where she studied English literature. She earned a master’s of philosophy degree in Modern Middle East Studies from St. Antony’s College at Oxford University.
Having learned both Hebrew and Arabic during her studies, Waxman went to work for the Reuters news agency in Jerusalem and covered the first Palestinian intifada in 1988 and 1989. She moved to Paris at the end of 1989, just as Europe was uniting, the Soviet Union was collapsing, and Eastern Europe was undergoing its velvet revolutions. A freelance and contract writer, she reported for six years on the culture, politics, and economy of France and other parts of Western Europe and made frequent forays into Eastern Europe and North Africa. Her dispatches appeared in a variety of U.S. newspapers, including the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, and Los Angeles Times, eventually landing her a contract with the Washington Post. The Post then offered Waxman a full-time position in a place she never expected to land: Los Angeles.
Rebels on the Backlot Page 44
