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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-100684832666
ISBN-139780684832661
eBay Product ID (ePID)947443
Product Key Features
Book TitleHit and Run
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHoaxes & Deceptions, Film / General, Industries / Entertainment, Business, Corporate & Business History
Publication Year1997
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
AuthorKim Masters, Nancy Griffin
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight18.9 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN96-013102
SynopsisHit and Runtells the improbable and often hilarious story of how two Hollywood film packagers went on a campaign to reinvent themselves as studio executives -- at Sony's expense. Veteran reporters Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters chronicle the rise of Jon Peters, a former hairdresser, seventh-grade dropout, and juvenile delinquent, and his soulless soul mate, Peter Guber -- and all the sex, drugs, and fistfights along the way. It is the story of the ultimate Hollywood con job and the standard by which every subsequent business blunder has been measured.Hit and Rundelivers rock-solid business reporting liberally laced with inside gossip and outrageous scandal -- plus a new afterword bringing us up to date on the latest fallout from the Guber-Peters legacy., Hit and Run tells the improbable and often hilarious story of how two Hollywood film packagers went on a campaign to reinvent themselves as studio executives -- at Sony's expense. Veteran reporters Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters chronicle the rise of Jon Peters, a former hairdresser, seventh-grade dropout, and juvenile delinquent, and his soulless soul mate, Peter Guber -- and all the sex, drugs, and fistfights along the way. It is the story of the ultimate Hollywood con job and the standard by which every subsequent business blunder has been measured. Hit and Run delivers rock-solid business reporting liberally laced with inside gossip and outrageous scandal -- plus a new afterword bringing us up to date on the latest fallout from the Guber-Peters legacy.