Hello, He Lied: And Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches - Hardcover

Obst, Lynda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316622117 ISBN 13: 9780316622110

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1996

Synopsis

Offers an insider's view of a major film studio, describing the wrangling among stars, directors, agents, and executives that goes into making a movie

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Review:

Hollywood producer Lynda Obst (Flashdance, Sleepless in Seattle) recounts her own battles in Hollywood's trenches--from her beginnings as a journalist to her current role as the maker and breaker of careers. Like other "classic" Hollywood books--Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger and You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again by Julia Phillips--Hello, He Lied is saturated with sleaze and proves, once again, that most of Tinseltown's stars are seriously lacking in the upstairs department.

From the Publisher:

"Smart, amusing...knowing report on how real people work together in the hurly-burly world of movie making."--David McClintick, author of Indecent Exposure, in the New York Times Book Review

"Engaging, ironic, clever, and insightful...the most useful insider's how-to to the movie business since Adventures in the Screen Trade."--Los Angeles Times

"Lynda's business dicta can apply to almost any career....One of the most intelligent and thoughtful works I have ever read about making movies and living to tell the tale. A truly brilliant, inspiring effort."--Liz Smith, New York Post

"A must-read for any working woman looking to get ahead....An entertaining, extremely pragmatic book on how to succeed in any competitive field."--Glamour

"The brainiest insider's view of movie making in recent memory....A Zen-centered bull's-eye."--Hollywood Reporter

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0316622117
• ISBN 13: 9780316622110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 246