^#smrgSAHAF Beating the Odds: The Untold Story Behind the Rise of ABC : The Stars, Struggles, and Egos That Transformed Network Television [Hardcover] - 1991

Mark Litwak provides the most comprehensive look at the film business since Hortense Powdermaker's Hollywood, The Dream Factory, published thirty-five years ago. Using interviews with 200 film insiders, including Jane Fonda, Barry Diller, Robert Altman, Martin Sheen, Robert Evans and Paul Newman - to name only a few of the writers, directors, performers, agents, producers and journalist he quotes at length - Litwak leads us through the maze of power and politics in Hollywood. In the process, he cites specific examples, tears down myths, relates anecdotes and reveals the inner workings of the industry.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Welcome to Hollywood
2. The Rise of CAA
3. The New Power Brokers
4. Inside the Studios
5. Studio Business
6. What's Commercial
7. Breaking In, Moving Up, Holding On
8. Deal-Making
9. Writers
10. Directors
11. Actors and Stars
12. Producers
13. Marketing
14. Distribution and Exhibition
15. Independent Filmmaking
16. Sex, Drugs and Creative Accounting
17. Hollywood Journalism
18. Conclusion
Notes
Index