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Arollicking autobiography from the legendary producer of , Rocky ,and Raging Bull ,and an insider''s account of making movies inHollywood over half a century The list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-fifty-year careeris extraordinary: Rocky , Goodfellas , RagingBull , De-Lovely , The Right Stuff , Creed , and The Irishman . His films have been nominated for fifty-two AcademyAwards, including five movies for Best Picture, and have won twelve. In A Life in Movies , his charming and insightful memoir, Winklertells the stories of his career through his many films as a producer and thenas a writer and director, charting the changes in Hollywood over the pastdecades. Winkler started in the famous William Morris mailroom and made hisfirst film-starring Elvis-in the last days of the old studio system. Beginningin the late 1960s, and then for decades to come, he produced a string ofprovocative and influential films, making him one of the most criticallylauded, prolific, and commercially successful producers of his era. This is an engrossing and candid book, a beguiling exploration ofwhat itmeans to be a producer, including purchasing rights, developing scripts,casting actors, managing directors, editing film, and winning awards.Filledwith tales of legendary and beloved films, as well as some not-so-legendary andforgotten ones, A Life in Movies takes readers behind thescenes and into the history of Hollywood.
