Gaffers Grips and Best Boys: From Producer-Director to Gaffer and Computer Special Effects Creator a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Who Does What in the Making of a Motion Picture

Gaffers Grips and Best Boys goes way beyond the usual Hollywood glamour and hype to explain every aspect of who does what in the making of a motion picture--from conception and casting to production postproduction advertising and marketing here and abroad. A veteran film-industry insider Taub takes readers through the labyrinthine world of todays studio system sharing the candid and revealing interviews hes conducted with some of Tinseltowns most successful actors directors producers and so forth. Each of Taubs subjects offers behind-the-scenes accounts of the precise role that he or she has played in making todays top-grossing (and in some cases top-flopping) movies.