Dissolute
movie producers have told all in books like The Kid Stays in the
Picture and You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again. But what
about the less flashy producers, those staid men and women who
anxiously strive to keep their budgets and directors under control?
That's the story Michael Deeley means to tell in Blade Runners, Deer Hunters, and Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: My Life in Cult Movies.
Deeley, an Englishman who produced The Italian Job, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Deer Hunter, Blade Runner and other memorable films, stumbled into a job as an assistant editor at 20 and within a few years…
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