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  • You're Only as Good as Your Next One

  • 100 Great Films, 100 Good Films, and 100 for which I Should Be Shot
  • By: Mike Medavoy, Josh Young
  • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
  • Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (74 ratings)
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By: Mike Medavoy, Josh Young
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Summary

Mike Medavoy is a Hollywood rarity: a studio executive who, though never far from controversy, remained loved and respected through four decades of moviemaking. He helped bring to the screen some of the most acclaimed Oscar-winning films of our time, including Apocalypse Now, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, and Sleepless in Seattle.

Of course, there are the box-office disasters, which also have a place in his fascinating memoir, a pull-no-punches account of financial and political maneuvering, of creativity stymied, and of working with the industry's brightest star power.

An eyewitness to Hollywood history in the making, Medavoy gives a powerful and poignant view of the past and future of a world he knows intimately.

©2002 Mike Medavoy with Josh Young (P)2003 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Brisk, conversational, and intelligent writing supported by Robertson Dean's equally intelligent and ingenuous read provides a deeply informative listen." (AudioFile)
"[A]n engrossing exploration of what really makes Hollywood tick." (Library Journal)
"The best book on Hollywood I've ever read." (Larry King)

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Interesting

I like Hollywood gossip. And this had it all.
Takes you to another world of showbiz and glamour.
Great for listening in the car when you are on a long journey.

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it's ok

not bad but feel it's an open mic on the film industry from one guys life long career about film

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Entertaining but unfocused

Well read and fascinating on the one hand. But also very scattershot and repetitive, it could have used a stronger copy editor.

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