{"id":1067,"date":"2005-01-25T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-25T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2017-11-19T10:11:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T14:11:30","slug":"hollywood-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1067","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Animal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/012504hollywoodanimal.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/012504hollywoodanimal.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><b style=\"font-family: arial;\">Joe Eszterhas<\/b><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> was, at one time, the highest paid screenwriter in <\/span><b style=\"font-family: arial;\">Hollywood<\/b><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">. He was also the first <\/span><b style=\"font-family: arial;\">screenwriter<\/b><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> to make the <\/span><b style=\"font-family: arial;\">100 Most Powerful People in Hollywood<\/b><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> list. <\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: arial; text-align: justify;\"><b>Eszterhas&#8217; <\/b>first movie was <b>F.I.S.T.<\/b> which starred <b>Sly Stallone<\/b>. Before the movie was released <b>Eszterhas<\/b> and <b>Sly <\/b>had a few very public squabbles although they did ultimately patch things up. <b>Eszterhas<\/b> went on to write some of the most popular movies being produced. Movies like <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00005JKG5\/craizabls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flashdance<\/a><\/b>, <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0767821742\/craizabls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jagged Edge<\/a><\/b>, and <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00005N919\/craizabls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Basic Instinct<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: arial; text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday, <b>Eszterhas<\/b>&#8216; latest book, <u><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0375413553\/craizabls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood Animal : A Memoir<\/a><\/b><\/u> will be released. It promises to be a &#8220;shocking and often devastating look inside the <b>movie business<\/b>. It intimately explores the concept of <b>fame<\/b> and gives us a <b>never-before-seen <\/b>look at the famous. <b>Eszterhas<\/b> reveals the <b>fights<\/b>, the <b>deals<\/b>, the <b>extortions<\/b>, the <b>backstabbing<\/b>, and the <b>sex<\/b>, <b>drugs<\/b>, and <b>rock-n-roll<\/b> world that is<b> Hollywood<\/b>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: arial; text-align: justify;\">Man, if it does all of that, I&#8217;ll bet it could make a good movie. Hmmm&#8230; I wonder who&#8217;d write it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Eszterhas was, at one time, the highest paid screenwriter in Hollywood. 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