A Life in Movies: Stories from 50 years in Hollywood

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Arollicking autobiography from the legendary producer of Goodfellas, Rocky,and Raging Bull, and an insider's account of making movies inHollywood over half a centuryThe list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-fifty-year careeris extraordinary: Rocky, Goodfellas, RagingBull, De-Lovely, The Right Stuff, Creed, andThe Irishman. His films have been nominated for fifty-two AcademyAwards, including five movies for Best Picture, and have won twelve.In A Life in Movies, his charming and insightful memoir, Winklertells the stories of his career through his many films as a producer and thenas a writer and director, charting the changes in Hollywood over the pastdecades. Winkler started in the famous William Morris mailroom and made hisfirst film-starring Elvis-in the last days of the old studio system. Beginningin the late 1960s, and then for decades to come, he produced a string ofprovocative and influential films, making him one of the most criticallylauded, prolific, and commercially successful producers of his era.This is an engrossing and candid book, a beguiling exploration of what itmeans to be a producer, including purchasing rights, developing scripts,casting actors, managing directors, editing film, and winning awards.Filledwith tales of legendary and beloved films, as well as some not-so-legendary andforgotten ones, A Life in Movies takes readers behind thescenes and into the history of Hollywood.