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FAST FADE: [David Puttnam], Columbia Pictures, and the Battle for Hollywood. By [Andrew Yule]. (Delacorte, $19.95.) Intensely ambitious and devoted to quality, David Puttnam, the British producer, attracted attention in the early 1980's with such films as ''Local Hero,'' �...

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Published in:The New York times 1989
Main Author: Brunette, Peter
Format: Review
Language:English
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Bessie, Michael
BRUNETTE, PETER
Cahill, Tim
CARRINGTON, PETER LORD
Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924)
Grizzard, Lewis
HERRON, CAROLINE RAND
Hyland, Paul
KENT, BILL
LICHTENSTEIN, MICHAEL
MACNEILLE, SUZANNE
MARLEY, MICHAEL
RUST, ART JR
Smith, Thomas
SOMMERS, CARL
YULE, ANDREW
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Summary:FAST FADE: [David Puttnam], Columbia Pictures, and the Battle for Hollywood. By [Andrew Yule]. (Delacorte, $19.95.) Intensely ambitious and devoted to quality, David Puttnam, the British producer, attracted attention in the early 1980's with such films as ''Local Hero,'' ''Chariots of Fire'' and ''The Killing Fields.'' Success led Mr. Puttnam to become head of a major studio, Columbia Pictures, even though Hollywood and its mindless ''product'' represented everything he purported to detest. After a series of incautious pronouncements, Mr. Puttnam quickly alienated most of the prestigious agents, producers and movie stars he had to deal with.
ISSN:0362-4331