Fiasco
A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops
1st Edition
Published on 2. May 2008
368 pages
978-0-470-35864-1 (ISBN)
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A longtime industry insider and acclaimed Hollywood historian goes behind the scenes to tell the stories of 15 of the most spectacular movie megaflops of the past 50 years, such as Cleopatra, The Cotton Club, and Waterworld. He recounts, in every gory detail, how enormous hubris, unbridled ambition, artistic hauteur, and bad business sense on the parts of Tinsel Town wheeler-dealers and superstars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Clint Eastwood, and Francis Ford Coppola, conspired to engender some of the worst films ever.
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JAMES ROBERT PARISH (jamesrobertparish.com) is a former entertainment reporter and publicist and the author of numerous books on Hollywood, including The Hollywood Book of Breakups and It's Good to Be the King.
Content
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1 Cleopatra (1963).
2 The Chase (1966).
3 Paint Your Wagon (1969).
4 The Wild Party (1975).
5 Popeye (1980).
6 The Cotton Club (1984).
7 Shanghai Surprise (1986).
8 Ishtar (1987).
9 Last Action Hero (1993).
10 Cutthroat Island (1995).
11 Showgirls (1995).
12 Waterworld (1995) and The Postman (1997).
13 Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000).
14 Town & Country (2001).
Afterword.
Appendix A: Filmography.
Appendix B: Hollywood Feature Films That Were Box-Office Disappointments in Domestic Theatrical Release (1960a??2004).
Bibliography.
Index.
