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A Tale of Movies, the Mob, (and Sex)
Weinstein Books
May 2011
On Sale: May 17, 2011
288 pages
ISBN: 1602861390
EAN: 9781602861398
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In 1967, Peter Bart, then a young family man and rising
reporter for the New York Times, decided to upend his life
and enter into the dizzying world of motion pictures.
Infamous Players is the story of Bart's whirlwind journey at
Paramount, his role in its triumph and failures, and how a
new kind of filmmaking emerged during that time. When Bart was lured to Paramount by his friend and fellow
newcomer, the legendary Robert Evans, the studio languished,
its slate riddled with movies that were out of touch with
the dynamic sixties. By the time Bart had left Paramount in
1975, the studio had completed a remarkable run with such
films as The Godfather, Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude,
Love Story, Chinatown, Paper Moon, and True Grit. But this
new golden era at Paramount was also fraught with chaos and
company turmoil. Drugs, sex, runaway budgets, management
infighting, and even the Mafia started finding their way
onto the Paramount backlot, making it surely one of the
worst-run studios in the history of the movie industry. As Peter reflects on the New Hollywood era at Paramount with
behind-the-scenes details and insightful analysis, here too
are his fascinating recollections of the icons from that
era: Warren Beatty, Steve McQueen, Robert Redford, Clint
Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Francis
Ford Coppola, Roman Polanski, and Frank Sinatra among others. For over five decades, first on the inside as a studio
executive, and later as the longtime editor-in-chief of
Variety, Peter Bart has viewed Hollywood from an
incomparable vantage point. The stories he tells and the
lessons we learn from Infamous Players are essential for
anyone who loves movies.
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