The Devil’s Guide To Hollywood (88 page)

INDEX

ABC Films, 60

Abrahams, Jim, 377

Academy Awards, 15, 73,
113–114, 124, 138–139, 180, 230–231, 241, 251, 258, 276, 309, 311–312, 313, 333, 352

directors, 230–231

accountants, 36–39

“a chocolate life,” defined, 361

action films, 145–146

actors.
See also specific actors

critics and, 338–339

directors and, 249

producers and, 271

screenwriting and, 64

writers and, 64, 78, 86, 301–334

Addica, Milo, 14, 89

Adler, Jacob, 304

Adler, Polly, 275

“adrenalizer scene,” defined, 168

adverbs, writing process, 170

affairs.
See also
sexuality

directors, 242

“production fuck,” 218

warnings about, 63–64

Affleck, Ben, 64, 101, 140, 236

Agee, James, 239, 340

ageism, 34–35, 360–361

age level, 49

agents, 22, 40, 124.
See also
promotion and sales;
specific agents and agencies

firing of, 198

Ovitz, Michael, 193–197

producers and, 270

relationship with, 190–193, 197–198

roles of, 187–190

selection tactics, 184–187, 191

sexuality, 183–184

studio executives and, 192–194

aggressiveness, in self-promotion, 70

AIDS, 63–64

Alba, Jessica, 18

alcohol

abuse of, 98

avoidance of, 67–68, 353

hotel bills, 74

writing process, 159, 362

Alexander
, 224

Alien,
223

Allen, Woody, 15, 63, 100, 251

Altered States,
352

Altman, Robert, 232, 250, 344

“ambiance chaser,” defined, 230

ambiguity, writing process, 168–169

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn,
134, 136, 143–144, 173, 211, 218, 244, 317, 332, 363, 364

“analysis paralysis,” defined, 356

Anderson, Paul Thomas, 170

Anderson, Robert, 178

Anderson, Sherwood, 7

Andrews, Julie, 248

Aniston, Jennifer, 305

Annaud, Jean-Jacques, 144

Annie Hall,
177

Anspach, David, 375

anti-Semitism, 123, 129

antitrust actions, Writers Guild, 87

anxiety attacks, 127

“a Paulette,” defined, 344

Apocalypse Now,
246, 247, 248, 311

“a quality of availability,” defined, 333

“a quality of eruptibility,” defined, 332

“are my nipples even?” defined, 139

arguments, with directors, 244–246

artistry, 6–7, 13, 351

Ashby, Hal, 239, 287

Ashley, Elizabeth, 71

Ashley, Ted, 191

Astor, Mary, 71

astrology, 83

Attanasio, Paul, 79, 340

auctions, celebrity, 100

audience

characters, 164

pandering to, 163

producers, 257

writing process, 157

“audience-attuned,” defined, 36

auteur theory, 25, 230, 232, 233, 234, 241, 246, 249–250, 332.
See also
directors

Avalon, Frankie, 82

Avildsen, John, 234

Avnet, Jon, 233

Ayres, Gerald, 84, 239

Bacall, Lauren, 329

Bach, Danilo, 235

“back-end points,” defined, 207

back story, limits to, 164

bad news, 17

Baird, Stuart, 134, 136

Baldwin, Alec, 100, 327

Baldwin, Billy, 142, 327

Ball, Alan, 113, 234

Barish, Leora, 102

Barr, Roseanne, 196

Barrymore, Drew, 28, 71, 331

Barrymore, John, 302, 325

Bart, Peter, 362–363

Bartók, Béla, 114

Basic Instinct,
101, 102–103, 118, 120, 123–124, 143–144, 152, 153–154, 156, 157, 159, 168–170, 172, 176, 178–179, 189–190, 202, 203–204, 206, 215, 303, 305–306, 343, 345, 355

Basic Instinct 2,
102–103, 104

Basinger, Kim, 100

Bass, Ron, 120, 211–212, 229–230, 276, 363

bathtub, 155

Baum, Marty, 192

Baumgarten, Craig, 379

Bazin, André, 234

Beals, Jennifer, 11, 12, 81, 125, 211, 323

Bean, Henry, 102

beats

dialogue, 175

writing process, 170

Beattie, Stuart, 70

Beatty, Ned, 69

Beatty, Warren, 84, 184, 223, 239, 293, 303, 307, 311, 322, 344, 369

Beck, Marilyn, 347

Beckett, Samuel, 74

Beeney, Erica, 236

Begelman, David, 18, 22, 42, 62

Behan, Brendan, 40

Belushi, John, 81

Benigni, Robert, 241

Benioff, David, 9, 253

Berenger, Tom, 105, 166, 207, 313

Berg, Jeff, 69–70, 188, 189–190

Berg, Tony, 188

Berger, Dick, 374

Bergman, Ingrid, 334

Berkley, Elizabeth, 173, 242

Berle, Milton, 96

Bern, Paul, 320–321

Bernhard, Sandra, 332

Berry, Halle, 139

Betrayed,
105, 166, 171, 177, 243, 257

Big Shots,
128, 177, 204, 238

Bill, Tony, 375, 378

A Biographical Dictionary of Film,
83–84

Birns, Shondor, 295

bisexuality, 139, 140.
See also
sexuality

Black, Shane, 10, 57, 76, 204, 334

blacklist, 111–113, 250

“black shirt,” defined, 164

Blake, Michael, 52, 53, 63

Blatty, William Peter, 242

Blaze of Glory,
136, 152, 354

Bloodlines,
261, 262

blood money, 77

“blood star,” defined, 322

Bloom, Orlando, 139

The Blue Dahlia,
355

Boam, Jeffrey, 216–217, 224–225, 362

Bochco, Steven, 215, 357

Bodenheim, Maxwell, 365

Bogart, Humphrey, 312, 329

Bogdanovich, Peter, 233, 251, 340

Bolaños, José, 320

Bolster, Joe, 156–157

Bolt, Robert, 235

“bomb thrower,” defined, 285

The Bone Collector
, 327

Bon Jovi, Jon, 114

Bonnie and Clyde
, 293

Boone, Richard, 359

Bottoms, Timothy, 278

Bow, Clara, 143

Bowling for Columbine
, 109

Boyle, Barbara, 184

Bradbury, Ray, 24

Brando, Marlon, 66, 74, 211, 242, 302, 305, 307, 311, 316, 326, 330

breakfast meetings, 208

Brenon, Herbert, 237

Brest, Martin, 18, 140, 235

Brickman, Marshall, 177

Bridges, Jeff, 137, 166, 175, 211, 308

Bridges, Lloyd, 377

Brillstein, Bernie, 35, 327

Brooks, Jim, 140, 318

Brooks, Mel, 59

Brown, David, 70

Brown, James, 97, 208, 259

Brown, Tony, 130

Bruce, Tammy, 343

Bruckheimer, Jerry, 81, 206

Brynner, Yul, 191

buddy movies, 141

budgets, writing process, 159

“built-in sphincter,” defined, 164

“built-in spine,” defined, 167

Bukowski, Charles, 6, 43, 53, 56, 66–67, 237

“bullet points,” defined, 297

bullshit, recognition of, 62

Burnett, Carol, 330

burn out, 356

Burton, Richard, 304, 331

Bush, George H. W., 270, 374, 378

Bush, George W., 64, 104, 379

business, art and, 13.
See also
money

“calling-card script,” defined, 202

camera angles, writing process, 159

Cameron, James, 129, 133, 250

Campbell, Joseph, 151

Canby, Vincent, 235

Canton, Mark, 289

Capone, Al, 362–363

Capote, Truman, 19, 304, 320

Capra, Frank, 114

Capshaw, Kate, 188, 378

Carey, Drew, 304

Carr, Allan, 22, 352

Carrey, Jim, 107, 305

Carruthers, Bill, 195

Carson, Johnny, 66

Carson, L. M. Kit, 22

Carson, Robert, 51–52

Caruso, David, 314, 332

Casablanca
, 356

casting

advice on, 364

studio executive meetings, 211

“categorical imperative,” defined, 167

catharsis, climax, 165

celebrity auctions, 100

cell phones, 23

Cesaretti, Gusmano, 248

chair selection, 151

Champlin, Charles, 345

Chan, Jackie, 211

Chandler, Raymond, 3, 36, 70, 86, 90, 92, 106, 108, 125–126, 127, 147, 157, 179, 231, 249–250, 252, 273, 284, 288, 290, 344, 355, 361–362, 364, 366–367

Chapman, Mark, 222

characters

back story, 164

centrality of, 162–163

cigarette smoking, 165

development of, 164, 165

female, 140–141

individuality, 164

listening to, 163

naming of, 172–173

“stereotypes,” 293

writing process, 159, 161, 162

character sketches, 147

Charles, Ray, 354

Chase, Chevy, 378

Chasen, Dave, 135

Chateau Marmont (hotel), 22

“chatter chippie,” defined, 348

Chayefsky, Paddy, 49, 55, 71, 75–76, 82, 84, 90, 91, 98, 99, 100, 113, 117, 128, 138, 176, 212, 216, 230, 234, 240, 262, 307, 345, 352, 358, 360, 366, 369

Checking Out
, 127

check paying, 43, 74

Chekhov, Michael, 329

Chesterfield Film Company (Writer’s Film Project), 356

children’s books, 136

China Syndrome
, 351

“chocolate life,” defined, 361

churches, 23

cigarette smoking

characters, 165

dangers of, 156

writing process, 159

Cimino, Michael, 22, 231, 235, 236

cinematic writing, 157

Citizen Kane
, 249

“civilian question,” defined, 288

Clancy, Tom, 113

Clayton, Jack, 249

Cleese, John, 304

Clift, Montgomery, 71, 305, 329–330

climax

catharsis, 165

writing process, 168

Clinton, Hillary, 333, 378

Clinton, William Jefferson, 44, 59, 374, 378–379

Close, Glenn, 166, 175, 273

CMA Agency, 192

Coburn, James, 142

cocaine highway, 65

Cocks, Jay, 340

Cohen, Mickey, 331

Cohn, Harry, 7, 8, 45, 288, 291–292, 296, 331

Cold Mountain
, 141

collaboration, 50, 88, 214

Collins, Joan, 102

comedy, 96, 137–138

comic books, 136

committee syndrome, studio executives, 283, 284–285

competitions, 356

Confederacy of Dunces
, 354, 355

conflict

“theory of creative conflict,” 218

writing process, 165–166

Conn, Billy, 36

Connery, Sean, 211, 272

Conway, Kevin, 321

Coolidge, Martha, 241

Cooper, Chris, 310

Cooper, Gary, 332

Coover, Robert, 9

Coppola, Carmine, 247

Coppola, Francis Ford, 22, 67, 82, 128, 231, 246–247, 248

Coppola, Sofia, 247

copyright, titles, 177

“core of the character,” defined, 162

corruption

family, 74

success, 16–17, 88

Costa-Gavras, Constantin, 106, 170, 172, 235, 242, 243, 251, 257

Costner, Kevin, 211, 319, 360

country music, 129–130

courtroom dramas, 82

“cover the waterfront,” defined, 202

cowriters, 60

“crack of the ass,” defined, 328

“crash-and-bash pictures,” defined, 146

Crawford, Cheryl, 266

Crawford, Joan, 333

Creative Artists Agency (CAA), 187–188, 192, 196, 197

“creative conflict, theory of,” defined, 218

“creative differences,” defined, 85–86

“creative executive,” defined, 287

“creatively reliable,” defined, 352

creative meetings, preparation for, 207–208.
See also
studio executive meetings

“creative parasite,” defined, 271

“credit-card filmmaker,” defined, 232

credits

critics, 348