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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

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You're Only as Good as Your Next One

By: Mike Medavoy, Josh Young
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
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About this listen

 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. Entertainment & Celebrities Entertainment & Performing Arts Film & TV History & Criticism Entertainment Celebrity

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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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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.

Interesting

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I really enjoyed the book lots of details about movies I know and love and those I hate. Nice information on talent behind and in front of the camera. Although feel sure some of the characters discussed would have a different side of the same events. Highly recommend

Fascinating time capsule of 70s to 00 movie making

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

Entertaining but unfocused

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This book is really well read and provides great detail on how Hollywood worked from the 1970s to the 2000s. I have had a number of these books and it is interesting to see how they interrelate for instance what Mike Medavoy may say about Peter Gruber and vice versa – it’s fascinating. I first read this book many years ago when it was first published so this is a reread and I have to say I enjoyed it even more. I have never really quite understood the relationship between producer Agent director et cetera and this book really spells it out. It’s not a book but it is an honest book from the office perspective.Recommend it.

Great detail on how Hollywood worked from the 1970s to 2000s.

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

it's ok

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