Fast Fade

About Fast Fade

A definitive insider’s account of the triumphs and tribulations of a legendary Hollywood film producer

“A great story about vision, tactics, egos, and filmmaking . . . a complicated portrait of a complicated man.”—Louise Bernikow, Cosmopolitan

“Gripping on every page and awash with toweringly overblown celluloid giants in rapturous megalomania.”—Kirkus Reviews
 
“A Hollywood book that is not only well-researched and well-reasoned, but fair and entertaining in the bargain.”—Inside Books

“Joins the ranks of Final Cut and Indecent Exposure as a captivating glimpse of the Hollywood most people never see.”—Palm Beach Post
 
“A fascinating study of power in the boardrooms, bedrooms, and such watering holes as Chasen’s, Morton’s, and Trump.”—Riverside Press-Enterprise
 
“Yule pulls no punches, and neither do Puttnam’s friends, in describing the film genius’s considerable personal flaws.”—The Orlando Sentinel
 
“Fast Fade is well-written . . . well-researched . . . and will appeal to all those curious about the recent history of the film industry.”—Barron’s Weekly