Steven Spielberg: A Biography, Second Edition

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C O N T E N T S PROLOGUE: "CECIL B. DE$PIELBERG" 11 1 "HOW WONDROUS ARE 1~HY WORKS" 16 2 "MAZIK" 35 3 "MESHUGGENEH" 50 4 "A WIMP IN A WORLD OF JOCKS" 66 5 "BiG SPIEL" 94 6 "HELL ON EARTH" 112 7 "A HELL OF A BIG BREAK" 135 8 "THIS TREMENDOUS MEATGRINDER" 167 9 'THE STEVEN SPIELBERG BUSINESS" 199 10 "A PRIMAL SCREA 11 WATCH THE SKIES 261 12 "REHAB" 293 13 "ECSTACY AND GRIEF" 323 14 "ADULT TRUTHS" 359 15 "AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE" 379 16 MENSCH 414 17 MOGUL AND DIRECTOR 449 18 MAINSTREAM INDEPENDENT 469 19 LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS 487 20 "400-POUND GORILLA" 505 2 2 6 8 C O N T E N T S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES ON SOURCES CHAPTER NOTES FlLMOGRAPHY AND VlDE INDEX 533 539 547 597 608 He is arguably the most influential popular artist of the twentieth century. And arguably the least understood. — MICHAEL CRICHTON, 1995 19995 This page intentionally left blank ...