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Summary: May this provide a helpful look behind Hollywood's curtain.
Review: When I first set out to write THE BIG DEAL, I was perhaps as mesmerized by Hollywood's script-buying process as my intended writers might currently be.While I have toiled in both the script buying and selling ends of the process, it was ostensibly through the course of writing this book -- through hundreds of interviews with agents, writers, directors, producers, and executives --that I came to realize that Hollywood has no firmer grasp on what it wants than an average Friday night movie-goer, standing at a local Cineplex, wondering curiously what lies beyond door number 3 (or 14, depending on which city one lives in). I also realized that despite all the objective criteria of what makes a motion picture enjoyable, the path from script-to-screen is often laden with obstacles that blur the vision of a writer's desires. When a crowd-pleaser breaks through, it results in a collective joy, and the serendipitous nature of filmmaking delivers a safe return on our investments. But why is it so often that Hollywood disappoints us? My conclusion is that there are few heroes left in Hollywood. My hope is that this book might inspire those who are interested in creating a vision for the masses to explore what Hollywood needs most: great motion pictures.
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