Description: Here is the story of Jerry Weintraub: the selfmade Brooklynborn Bronxraised impresario Hollywood producer legendary deal maker and friend of politicians and stars. No matter where nature has placed himthe club rooms of Brooklyn the Mafia dives of New Yorks Lower East Side the wilds of Alaska or the hills of Hollywoodhe has found a way to put on a show and sell tickets at the door. All life was a theater and I wanted to put it up on a stage he writes. I wanted to set the world under a marquee that read: Jerry Weintraub Presents.. In WHEN I STOP TALKING YOULL KNOW IM DEAD we follow Weintraub from his first great success at age twentysix with Elvis Presley whom he took on the road; to the immortal days with Sinatra and Rat Pack glory; to his crowning hits as a movie producer starting with Robert Altman and Nashville continuing with Oh God The Karate Kid movies and Diner among others and summiting with Steven Soderbergh and Oceans Eleven Twelve and Thirteen. Along the way well watch as Jerry moves from the poker tables of Palm Springs to the power rooms of Hollywood to the halls of the White House to Red Square in Moscowall the while counseling potentates poets and kings with clients and confidants like George Clooney Bruce Willis George H. W. Bush Armand Hammer Brad Pitt Matt Damon Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin John Denver Bobby Fischer .well the list goes on. And of course the story is not yet over . As Weintraub says When I stop talking youll know Im dead.. Publisher: Warner Books. Author: Weintraub Jerry. Pages: 304. Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.8. Language: English.
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EAN: 9780446548168
UPC: 9780446548168
ISBN: 9780446548168
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Book Title: When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead : Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Film / General, Topic / Celebrity & Popular Culture, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts)
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography, Humor
Item Weight: 12.5 Oz
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: Rich Cohen, Jerry Weintraub
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
