The Devil’s Guide To Hollywood (90 page)

Katzenberg, Jeffrey, 12, 27, 87, 294

Kaufman, Charlie, 6

Kazan, Elia, 188, 237, 244, 245–246, 265, 275

Kazan, Nicholas, 96, 265, 266, 270, 271, 310

Kefauver, Estes, 45

Kelly, Grace, 332

Kemper, Edward, 203

Kennedy, Jacqueline, 78, 333

Kennedy, John F., 60, 135, 293

Kenney, Doug, 284

Kerouac, Jack, 74

Kerr, Deborah, 71

Khouri, Callie, 54, 234

Kidder, Margot, 71, 142, 233

Kidman, Nicole, 101, 327

“killer dillers,” defined, 283

The Killing Fields
, 309

Kilmer, Val, 333

King, Alan, 208

King, Perry, 292

King, Tom, 275

Kingland, Barbara, 304

Kingsley, Pat, 318

Kinison, Sam, 114

Kirgo, George, 197

Kissel, Joseph, 312

Kissinger, Henry, 262–263

Klein, Calvin, 68

Klein, Marci, 68

Koch, Howard, Jr., 278

Korda, Alexander, 45

Korshak, Sidney, 44–45, 362–363

Kotcheff, Ted, 245

Krim, Arthur, 172, 292

Kronenberger, Louis, 337

Krupp, Vera, 20

Kubrick, Stanley, 230, 248, 375

Kurosawa, Akira, 51, 52, 361

Kushner, Tony, 14

Lamarr, Hedy, 10, 15, 43, 46, 125, 142, 286–287, 311, 312, 314, 315, 327

“lame-o,” defined, 318

Lancaster, Burt, 71

language, obscene, 44

Lansing, Sherry, 16, 50, 55, 70, 241, 285, 311

laptop writing, 154

Lardner, Ring, 250

The Last Boy Scout
, 204

Law, Jude, 302

Lawford, Peter, 217

Lawrence, D. H., 63

lawyers, 26–27, 39–40

Lazar, Irving (“Swifty”), 21, 43, 78, 93, 192, 197–198, 205–206, 304, 312

Lean, David, 94, 120, 232, 235, 237, 244–245, 263

Lee, Robert E., 252

Lehane, Dennis, 324

Lehman, Michael, 375–376

Leigh, Vivien, 143, 302

Lemmon, Jack, 77

length of script, 160, 171–172

length of scriptwriting time, 203–204

Lennon, John, 155, 222

Leno, Jay, 137–138, 180

Letterman, David, 195

Levin, Ira, 94

Levin, Lloyd, 147

Levinson, Barry, 276, 277

Lewinsky, Monica, 59, 374

literature, 6, 7, 63, 351

Litto, George, 250

Litvak, Anatole, 252

Lloyd, Frank, 114

locations, 234–235

Loggia, Robert, 164, 175, 309

Lombardo, Lou, 232

longhand writing, 154

The Long Kiss Goodnight
, 76

Lopez, Jennifer, 101

Los Angeles, California

churches, 23

dangers of, 77

economic survival in, 63

medical care, 22–23

residence in, 18–21, 26, 28, 53, 59, 63, 361–362

social life, 52

visiting, 22–24

War Zone of, 52

Love Story
, 68

Lubitsch, Ernst, 320

Lucas, George, 81

luck, 351–352

Luedtke, Kurt, 240

Lumet, Sidney, 84, 234

Lupino, Ida, 312

lying, 17

Lynch, David, 22

Lyne, Adrian, 233, 236, 248

MacArthur, Charles, 71, 135, 269, 345

“macho isn’t mucho,” defined, 315

macho roles, 139

MacLaine, Shirley, 71

Madden, David, 120

Madonna, 100, 184

mafia, 362–363

Magnani, Anna, 308

Mailer, Norman, 9, 19, 33, 71–72, 88, 96, 107, 322, 344

Malden, Karl, 302

Malick, Terry, 245

Maltz, Albert, 98, 156

Mamet, David, 21, 74, 88, 258, 267, 284

manipulation (of people), 16, 74, 90

Mankiewicz, Herman J., 141–142, 231, 249

Mankiewicz, Joe, 6, 246, 249, 332

Mann, Michael, 248, 253

Mansfield, Jayne, 142

Marathon Man
, 365–366

Margaret (princess of England), 275

marketing departments, 223

market research, 221

Markey, Gene, 10

Marmo, Malia Scotch, 331

Marquand, Richard, 106, 166, 167, 177, 234, 309, 346, 352

marriage, 42–43

Marshall, Alan, 106

Marx, Groucho, 321

M*A*S*H
, 250, 344

Maslin, Janet, 25, 173

masturbation, 155, 170, 174, 250

Matheson, Richard, 89

Mathison, Melissa, 234

Matthau, Walter, 85

Mature, Victor, 315

Maugham, Somerset, 175

Maxfield’s On Melrose, 101

Mayer, Louis B., 36, 142, 144, 205–206, 274, 286, 295

MCA Agency, 197, 198

McElwaine, Guy, 40, 191, 374

McGraw, Tim, 130

McGuane, Tom, 28, 71

McGuffin, 137

McGwire, Mark, 11, 12

McInerney, Jay, 208

McKee, Robert, xiii–xiv, 4, 6, 10, 47, 50, 60, 90, 153, 202, 213, 242, 268, 290, 304, 310, 351, 355

McKinny, Laura Hart, 34

McLaughlin, Kathleen, 79

McMurtry, Larry, 72

McVeigh, Timothy, 105

meals, 16, 43, 64

“meat of the thing,” defined, 165

Medavoy, Mike, 13, 15, 16, 33, 34, 35, 51, 57, 72, 84, 108, 129, 187, 188, 194, 198, 207, 208, 222, 246, 260, 283, 284, 295, 319, 326, 342, 346, 352

media leaks, 104, 180

Media Mogul (Sacred Cows)
, 373–379

medical care, Los Angeles, California, 22–23

meetings, canceling of, 56

Melnick, Dan, 22

Melville, Jean-Pierre, 210

memorabilia, theft of, 218

Mendes, Sam, 234

mentors, 60, 101

merchandising, 206, 223

Mercouri, Melina, 325

Merrick, David, 107, 244, 273, 274

Messina, Joe Dee, 130

Method school, 315

Milestone, Lewis, 312

Milius, John, 73, 87, 99

Miller, Arthur, xiii, 71, 204, 213, 266, 320, 322, 346

Miller, J. P., 90

Miller, Johnny, 191

Mills, Trevor, 359–360

Minghella, Anthony, 141

Mirren, Helen, 273

The Misfits
, 320

Mitchell, Margaret, 16, 321

Mitchum, Robert, 24, 74

moderation, importance of, 67–68

modern art, 58

Moffat, Ivan, 274

mojo, 370–371

money.
See also
payment

accountants, 36–39

agents, 189

blood money, 77

management of, 36–37, 47

motivation, 3–5, 55, 98

obsession with, 100

payment, 57

sales, 76

writing process, 151

Monroe, Marilyn, 17, 35, 40, 41, 58, 71, 90, 109, 198, 251, 273, 289, 308, 319, 320, 322, 328, 329, 346, 355, 370

Monster’s Ball
, 142

Moore, Brian, 94

Moore, Demi, 100, 306

Moore, Michael, 64, 109, 110, 113, 139

Morris, William, 22

Mostel, Zero, 307

Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), 80–81, 107, 145, 287

motivation, 3–4

ego, 55

money, 3–5, 55, 98

The Motorcycle Diaries
, 267–268

movie-star couples, 100–101

movie viewing, 53, 63, 156

Mulvehill, Charles, 239

Murdoch, Rupert, 277, 373, 374

Murphy, Eddie, 207, 359

“mush pit,” defined, 57

music, writing process, 156

Music Box
, 152, 166, 177, 243, 257

mysteries, 169–170, 358

naming, of characters, 172–173

Nasatir, Marcia, 94, 101

National Book Award, 101

Nelligan, Kate, 330

Network
, 84

networking, 18–19, 68, 101, 211

Neufeld, Mace, 316

Newhart, Bob, 376

Newman, Paul, 34, 305

Ngor, Haing S., 309

Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, 356

Nichols, Mike, 304, 330

Nicholson, Jack, 53, 56, 140, 318, 360

Nicsay, David, 272

“nipple check,” defined, 262

Niven, Davida, 313

Nixon, Richard M., 128

Noll, Bob, 104–105

Norton, Edward, 310

Norville, Deborah, 33

note taking, studio executive meetings, 210

Novak, Kim, 71, 75, 331

novel writing, 9, 89, 94, 157, 357–358

Nowhere to Run
, 248

Noyce, Phillip, 13, 16, 68, 79, 96, 105, 113, 145, 221, 232, 233, 285, 310, 316, 327, 328, 353–354

nudity, 142–143, 306, 328

nurses, 23

O’Bannon, Dan, 47–48, 223

obscene language, 44

Obst, Lynda, 268

O’Connor, Flannery, 161

Odets, Clifford, 78–79, 359

“off point,” defined, 294

O’Hara, John, 71

Ohlmeyer, Don, 195

Olivier, Laurence, 301, 322

Olmos, Edward J., 376

O’Neal, Ryan, 236, 308, 317

O’Neill, Eugene, 125–126

On the Waterfront
, 305

optimism, 369

options, 97

“Oscarosis,” defined, 78

Oscars.
See
Academy Awards

Otis, Carrie, 142

O’Toole, Peter, 330

The Outlaw Josey Wales
, 91

outlines, 124, 147

output per day, 155, 158–159

Ovitz, Michael, 16, 28, 36, 58, 109, 173, 187, 188, 190, 193–197, 198, 216, 246, 272, 346

Pacula, Joanna, 71

Paglia, Camille, 343

Pakula, Alan, 231

Paladin
, 359

Palmer, Patrick, 60

Pals
, 220

Paltrow, Gwyneth, 26, 142

panic attacks, 127, 128

“panic list,” defined, 41

“parallel creativity,” defined, 180

Parker, Alan, 276–277

Parker, Dorothy, 39

Parker, Ian, 10, 153

Parker, Trey, 114

Parrish, Robert, 275

parties, 43

partnerships, 106

Patton
, 128

payment.
See also
money

importance of, 57

for nothing, 60

producers, 259

timeliness in, 61

Peck, Gregory, 277

Peckinpah, Sam, 198, 232, 247, 248, 329

pedestrians, 24

Peerce, Larry, 236

Pelecanos, George, 89, 145, 179

Pellicano, Anthony, 363, 364

“penis extension,” defined, 311

Penn, Sean, 100, 198, 302, 322

perception, characters, 164

perfection, 58, 170

Perkins, Anthony, 304

Perkins, Maxwell, 16

perks, 11, 27, 58, 73, 75, 82, 83, 99, 101, 109, 132, 365, 368–369

Perot, Ross, 60, 95

Perry, Eleanor, 274

persistence, writers, 54–55, 366–369

personality, 10

Pesci, Joe, 333

Peters, Jon, 276

pet projects, 67

Petrie, Daniel, Jr., 235

Pfeiffer, Michelle, 334

Phelan, Anna Hamilton, 153, 154, 191

Phillips, Scott, 9

photography, 248, 276

Picker, David, 286

Pierson, Frank, 64, 71, 287

pigeonholing, 57–58

Pinter, Harold, 63, 74, 210, 324, 330

“pisher,” defined, 269

“pissing on your leg,” defined, 223

pitch meetings, 119–124

Pitt, Brad, 139, 329

plagiarism, 124, 125–126, 180, 230

plastic surgery, 316, 330, 359–360

Platt, Polly, 233

Pleskow, Eric, 19

plot, writing process, 162

Podhoretz, John, 104

point of view, writing process, 159

Polanski, Roman, 66, 241, 246, 326

politeness, 55

political correctness, 138–146, 165, 355

Pollack, Sydney, 198, 212, 240

Polonsky, Abraham, 245–246

Ponicsan, Darryl, 241

“popcorn movie,” defined, 346

pornography, 144, 332, 358

Potelle, Efram, 236–237, 250–251

“POWs,” defined, 138

premiere screenings, 222

Preminger, Ingo, 112

Preminger, Otto, 112, 125, 217, 266

Presley, Elvis, 24, 102

Price, Frank, 355

Price, Hank, 129

Price, Ray, 129

Princess Bride
, 47

producers.
See also specific producers

actors and, 271

agents and, 270

credits, 260

directors and, 231

findings of, 211

payment, 259

studio executives and, 258–259

writers and, 89–90, 257–279

“production fuck,” defined, 218

profligacy, 37, 47

Project Greenlight
(HBO), 251–252

promotion and sales, 13.
See also
agents

aggressiveness in, 70

importance of, 62, 76

myths in, 82–83

Pryor, Richard, 142, 191

publicity, 68

Hollywood Women’s Press Association, 107

rewrites, 84

trade magazines, 84

public relations, 318

Puck, Wolfgang, 109

“pukehead,” defined, 123

Purdy shotguns, 99

“pussy hair away,” defined, 203

“putting your dick on the table,” defined, 291

Pyne, Dan, 216, 290

Quaid, Dennis, 328

“a quality of availability,” defined, 333

“a quality of eruptibility,” defined, 332

Quine, Richard, 35

racism, 331

Rafelson, Bob, 232, 233, 290, 295

Rafelson, Toby, 233

“rainmaker,” defined, 189

Rankin, Kyle, 236, 251–252

Ransohoff, Marty, 273

ratings system, 143, 144

Rayfiel, David, 240

reading

importance of, 52

of script, 158

stage plays, 74, 117

studio executives, 127, 201, 272

Red, Eric, 64

Redding, Otis, 57–58, 67, 136, 152, 354

Redding, Zelma, 136, 152

“redeeming social values,” defined, 141

Redford, Robert, 194, 267–268, 271, 302, 303, 312

Redgrave, Vanessa, 113

Reed, Rex, 345

Reeve, Christopher, 233

Reeves, George, 233

Reeves, Keanu, 311–312

Reilly, John C., 310

Reitman, Ivan, 82, 238

Reliable Sources
, 132

religion, 46, 152

remakes, of movie failures, 225