Apr 25, 2005 two men at warners, peter guber and his partner, jon peters the producers of batman proved to be unlikely mentors. Hit and run how jon peters and peter guber took sony for a ride in hollywood. Not in the many stories that guber told to connect, persuade and triumph with the hidden power of story the subtitle of his book. He has also produced rain man, batman, the color purple, midnight express, gorillas in the mist, the witches of eastwick. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read daughter of the king. In january 1988, the guber peters company merged with barris industries, inc. How jon peters and peter guber took sony for a ride in hollywood. Hit and run kindle edition by griffin, nancy, masters, kim. Veteran reporters nancy griffin and kim masters chronicle the rise of jon peters, a former hairdresser, seventhgrade dropout, and juvenile delinquent, and his soulless soul mate, peter guber and all the sex. For five years, sony executives in tokyo and new york would stand by while the studio lost billions and became a symbol for the worst kind of excess in an industry that is hardly known for moderation. Guber has already achieved recognition as one of the most successful and innovative motion picture producers in history.
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Hit and run tells the improbable and often hilarious story of how two hollywood film packagers went on a campaign to reinvent themselves as studio executives at sonys expense. Driven to connect audiences with artists, the company has expanded from motion pictures and television to professional sports, sports entertainment, and digital media. Peter guber has been a prominent figure in the entertainment industry for over forty years. Blockbuster film producer peter guber has expanded beyond. Peter guber draws from his four decades of successes in the creative industry of entertainment, innovating on all sides of the food chain, from working with creatives, to corporate, to partners. Launched in 1995, mandalay has been a place where ive been able to explore my true entrepreneurial spirit. The business side of this book is also intriguing, recounting internecine financial twists and turns that finally have a top sony executive. Peter guber is a partner of guggenheim baseball management. How jon peters and peter guber took sony for a ride in. Chuck barris, host of the gong show, dead at 87 dvd talk forum. Guber peters entertainment is produced and distributed many prime time, halfhour comedy television series. The guberpeters entertainment company was founded in 1983 by peter guber and jon peters, who were founders of polygram pictures later revived in 1986 as polygram filmed entertainment as a film production company known as the guber peters company. Guber are highly interesting and flamboyant personalities, and it sure makes a treat to read about them involving in relationships ranging from people like barbara streisand, jack nicholson.
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Guber are highly interesting and flamboyant personalities, and it sure makes a treat to read about them involving in relationships ranging from people like barbara streisand, jack nicholson, steven spielberg, danny devito, arnold, heidi fleiss to the sony founder and they all have to break a sweat to keep up with those guys antics. Hit and run ebook by nancy griffin 9781439128046 rakuten kobo. Hit and runtells the improbable and often hilarious story of how two hollywood film packagers went on a campaign to reinvent themselves as studio executives at sony s expense. Mar 10, 2019 it is the story of the ultimate hollywood con job and the standard by which every subsequent business blunder has been measured. Taper media enterprisesthe guberpeters entertainment companyphoenix entertainment group 1986.
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