Tell the Story

<p>Tannen's life story begins to feel like a thriller. <strong>-<em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Duane Swierczynski author of <em>California Bear</em></strong></p><p>A touching and humorous true-life account... <strong>-Phillip Noyce director of <em>Rabbit Proof Fence</em> and <em>Clear and Present Danger</em></strong></p><p>Everyone who loves the movies will love this book. <strong>-Ken Wells author of <em>Swamped</em> and <em>Meely LaBauve</em></strong></p><p>As a highly paid screenwriter Terrell Tannen lived the classic Hollywood lifestyle: the Porsche oversized house dinners and parties. By most measures he could be called wildly successful. Yet . . . script after script written for the bona fide elites of the movie business floundered for all the usual and unusual Hollywood reasons.</p><p><em>Tell the Story: A Hollywood Odyssey</em> offers a window into what it feels like to constantly flirt with fame. At times resembling a darkly comic film it's a very American tale illustrative of the driving forces of hope and ambition in a place-Hollywood-where these desires burn like an inextinguishable neon sign imploring and taunting at the same time. It also reminds us that for all our dreams and ambitions life has a way of writing its own script.</p><p><em>Tell the Story</em> is the story behind the story on screen how it happens-and more often does not. A story for cinephiles film enthusiasts aspiring artists romantics wishers dreamers . . . and all of us who just love an original tale.</p>