Fast Fade: David Puttnam Columbia Pictures and the Battle for Hollywood

A definitive insider’s account of the triumphs and tribulations of a legendary Hollywood film producer. “A great story about vision tactics egos and filmmaking . . . a complicated portrait of a complicated man.”—Louise Bernikow Cosmopolitan“Gripping on every page and awash with toweringly overblown celluloid giants in rapturous megalomania.”—Kirkus Reviews   “A Hollywood book that is not only well-researched and well-reasoned but fair and entertaining in the bargain.”—Inside Books. “Joins the ranks of Final Cut and Indecent Exposure as a captivating glimpse of the Hollywood most people never see.”—Palm Beach Post   “A fascinating study of power in the boardrooms bedrooms and such watering holes as Chasen’s Morton’s and Trump.”—Riverside Press-Enterprise   “Yule pulls no punches and neither do Puttnam’s friends in describing the film genius’s considerable personal flaws.”—The Orlando Sentinel   “Fast Fade is well-written . . . well-researched . . . and will appeal to all those curious about the recent history of the film industry.”—Barron’s Weekly