Progressive Hollywood
Author | : Ed Rampell |
Publisher | : Red Wheel Weiser |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781932857108 |
ISBN-13 | : 1932857109 |
Rating | : 4/5 (109 Downloads) |
Download or read book Progressive Hollywood written by Ed Rampell and published by Red Wheel Weiser. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an introduction by Greg Palast, author of bestseller The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Progressive Hollywood features Rampell?s interviews and interactions with Hollywood luminaries such as producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Robert Greenwald; actors Jack Nicholson, Rob Reiner, Mike Farrell, Ed Asner, Martin Sheen, David Clennon, Gore Vidal and Dennis Hopper; directors Michael Moore, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone and Lionel Chetwynd; blacklisted screenwriters Bernie Gordon (who initiated the 1999 protests against Elia Kazan?s lifetime achievement Oscar), Bobby Lees (who injected dialectical materialism into Abbott and Costello comedies) and Norma Barzman (author of 2003's The Red and the Blacklist).