The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys and Sells the New Hollywood by Tom King

The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys and Sells the New Hollywood by Tom King

A crazy American epic -Newsweek

Complex, contentious, and blessed with the perfect-pitch ability to find the next big talent, David Geffen has shaped American popular culture and transformed the way Hollywood does business. His dazzling career has included the roles of power agent, record-industry mogul, Broadway producer, and billionaire Hollywood studio founder-but from the beginning his accomplishments have been shadowed by the ruthlessness with which he has pursued fame, money, and power. With The Operator, Tom King-who interviewed Geffen for the book and had unimpeded access to his circle of intimates-presents a mesmerizing chronicle of Geffen's meteoric rise from the mailroom at William Morris, as well as a captivating tour of thirty sizzling years of Hollywood history. Drawing on the recollections of celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Yoko Ono, Warren Beatty, Courtney Love, Paul Simon, and even Cher (whom Geffen nearly married), The Operator transports readers to a world that is as ruthless as it is dazzling, revealing a great American story about success and the bargains made for it.

A detailed portrait of Hollywood's premier manipulator.The Operator is as much a composite portrait of the 'New Hollywood' as it is of the fifty-seven-year-old partner in DreamWorks SKG. -San Francisco Chronicle

Illuminating. The Operator] shows how raging ambition and chutzpah are as much valued as talent-or more so-in determining success. -Philadelphia Inquirer

King: - I have been writing my whole life, or at least since I learned how to read and write at the age of three. Even though my mother encouraged me to go to French school to learn how to read, write and speak a second language, I have always found myself thinking and writing in English. There was a time where music artists loved to collaborate with me for lyrics, but nothing to this day beats being able to put together a great story for the world to enjoy. You know this is how great movies are made!

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ISBN 13	9780679457541
ISBN 10	0679457542
Title	The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys and Sells the New Hollywood
Author	Tom King
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2000-03-07
Number of pages	688
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