Blade Runners, Deer Hunters and Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: My Life in Cult Movies

One man links The Deer Hunter, Blade Runner, The Italian Job, Don't Look Now, The Wicker Man, and The Man Who Fell To Earth. Producer Michael Deeley, an urbane Englishman in Hollywood, had to fight wars to get these movies made, from defending the legendary sex scene of Don't Look Now from a disapproving Warren Beatty to seizing control of Convoy from a cocaine-ridden Sam Peckinpah. This is a no-holds-barred look at the true stories behind some of the greatest cult movies ever made. Michael Deeley Is An Oscar-winning Movie Producer With A Singular Midas Touch - Nearly All Of His Pictures Have Attracted Avid Cult Followings. Deeley Has Worked With Some Of The World's Toughest Moviemakers And Lived To Tell The Tale, In This Memoir. Few Would Imagine That One Man Links Ridley Scott's Visionary Sci-fi Classic Blade Runner; The Deer Hunter, That Searing Study Of Lives Ruined By The Vietnam War; And The Italian Job, The Much-loved British Caper That Made An Icon Of Michael Caine. But Deeley, An Urbane Englishman Who Scaled The Heights Of Hollywood, Had To Fight Wars To Get Those Three Movies On To Screens. His Other Challenges Have Included: Defending The Legendary Sex Scene Of Nic Roeg's Don't Look Now From A Disapproving Warren Beatty; Ordering The Controversial Cutting Of The Original Wicker Man; Trekking Up A New Mexico Mountainside With David Bowie For The Man Who Fell To Earth; And Seizing Control Of Convoy From A Cocaine-ridden Sam Peckinpah. Deeley's Adventures In Motion Pictures Span The Swinging London Of The 1960s, The New Hollywood Of The 1970s, And The Blockbusting Spielberg Era Of The 1980s. And Deeley Makes A Frank And Humorous Tour Guide Through The Ways And Wiles Of Getting Great Movies Made.--book Jacket. Robin Hood, The Goons And The Nudist Boom -- Getting The Knack -- Hollywood Uk -- Gearing Up For The Italian Job -- White-knuckle Ride: Making The Italian Job -- The Greatest Film I Never Made, And The Hellish One That I Did -- Mr. Wilson, And His Plans For British Film -- Don't Look Now, Or The Prudery Of Warren Beatty, And The Wicker Man, Or The Wrath Of Christopher Lee -- British Business -- Soaring High, Almost Crashing: The Man Who Fell To Earth -- The Lion's Last Gasp -- Peckinpah, Convoy And A Blizzard Of Cocaine -- A National Anthem: The Deer Hunter -- Low Grade -- Power, Vainglory And Michael Cimino -- Blade Runner -- Incept Date: 1979 -- Blade Runner -- T-shirt Wars -- Blade Runner -- Waiting For Vangelis -- A Form Of Retirement. Michael Deeley With Matthew Field. Producer Michael Deeley, an urbane Englishman in Hollywood, had to fight wars to get movies such as: "The Deer Hunter", "Blade Runner", "The Italian Job", "Don't Look Now", "The Wicker Man", and "The Man Who Fell To Earth" made. This book looks at the true stories behind some of the greatest cult movies. Brand new book, will be delivered from US in 14 days. Customer satisfaction is our number one priority.