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He spent his earliest years in post WWII refugee camps. He came to America and was raised in Cleveland, stealing cars, rolling drunks, battling priests, almost going to jail. He became the screenwriter of the worldwide hits Basic Instinct, Jagged Edge, and Flashdance. He also wrote the legendary disasters Showgirls and Jade. The rebellion never ended, even as his films continued to gross more than a billion dollars at the box office and he became the most famous, or infamous, screenwriter in Hollywood. Controversial, fearless, extremely talented, and totally unpredictable, Joe Eszterhas has surprised us yet again: he has written a memoir like no other.
On one level, Hollywood Animal is a shocking and often devastating look inside the movie business. It intimately explores the concept of fame and provides us a never-before-seen go through the famous. Eszterhas reveals the fights, the deals, the extortions, the backstabbing, and the sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll world that is Hollywood. But there are a lot more levels to the extraordinary work. It is the story of the street kid who survives a life filled with obstacles and pain...a chronicle of the love affair that is sensual, glorious, and unending...an excruciatingly detailed check out a man facing down the best enemy he's ever fought: the cancer inside him...and perhaps most significant, Hollywood Animal is the heartbreaking story of the father and son that defines the concepts of love and betrayal.
This is a book that will shock you and make you laugh, anger you and move one to tears. It is pure Joe Eszterhas: a raw, spine-chilling celebration of the human spirit.
