You're Only as Good as Your Next One: 100 Great Films, 100 Good Films, and 100 for Which I Should Be Shot...

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Mike Medavoy Josh Young

You're Only as Good as Your Next One

100 Great Films, 100 Good Films, and 100 for Which I Should Be Shot

Mike Medavoy, Josh Young

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MISCELLANEOUS
17 March 2003

Individual film directors, film-makers; History: specific events & topics; Cinema industry

“An under-read and engaging show-biz memoir.” –The New Yorker

""If I had a talent for anything, it was a talent for knowing who was talented.""

Mike Medavoy is a Hollywood rarity: a studio executive who, though never far from controversy, has remained well loved and respected through four decades of moviemaking. What further sets him apart is his role in bringing to the screen some of the most acclaimed Oscar-winning films of our time: Apocalypse Now, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, and Sleepless in Seattle are just some of the projects he green-lighted at United Artists, Orion, TriStar, his own Phoenix Pictures.

""The ultimate lose-lose situation for a studio executive: to wind up with a commercial bomb and a bad movie.""

Of course, there are the box office disasters, and the films, as Medavoy says, ""for which I should be shot."" They, too, have a place in his fascinating memoir -- a pull-no-punches account of financial and political maneuvering, and of working with the industry's brightest star power, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, Meg Ryan, and countless others.

""Putting together the elements of a film is a succession of best guesses.""

Medavoy speaks out on how movie studio buyouts have stymied the creative process and brought an end to the ""hands-off"" golden age of filmmaking. An eyewitness to Hollywood history in the making, he gives a powerful and poignant view of the past and future of a world he knows intimately.

By: Mike Medavoy
With: Josh Young
Imprint: MISCELLANEOUS
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 436g
ISBN: 9780743400558
ISBN 10: 0743400550
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 17 March 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

Mike Medavoy started his career in the mailroom at Universal Studios. At age 33 he joined United Artists, then went on to become co-founder of Orion Pictures and, later, chairman of Sony's Tri-Star Pictures. In 1994, he formed Phoenix Pictures, where he is Chairman.

Reviews for You're Only as Good as Your Next One: 100 Great Films, 100 Good Films, and 100 for Which I Should Be Shot

A revealing glimpse into the mind of the studio executive. * The Washington Times * Medavoy's book is of interest because in many ways he's not a typical modern studio executive. . . . A decent, intelligent book about a business that is often neither. You're Only As Good As Your Next One reads like the kind of executive he has the reputation for being: determined, no-nonsense, sure of himself. -- Kenneth Turan * Los Angeles Times * A wonderfully readable book. * New York Post * [A] frank and fond insider's memoir . . . will be found in many a Beverly Hills cabana. * People * Praise for Mike Medavoy and You're Only As Good As Your Next One: An under-read and engaging show-biz memoir. * The New Yorker *