Excellent book about an interesting filmmaker. He was treated as a bit of a punchline for a long time and Furie has been associated with a lot of disasters - quitting Night of the Juggler, fired off The Jazz Singer, plus Superman 4 and Gable and Lombard and a lot of flops from big stars (The Appaloosa, Little Fauss and Big Halsy) - but I remember seeing Ipcres File and thinking this was pretty impressive. And his filmogrraphy holds up. Lots of popcorn fun, from Cliff Richard musicals and Iron Eagle to solid biopics like Lady Sings the Blues and flashy spy movies like Ipcress. I have a lot of gaps on my Furie list which I will try to address.
Great stories like Jeannie Berlin walking off Sheila Levine and dealing with Jill Clayburgh on Gable and Lombard and Brando on Appalosa. Interesting that Michael Caine never worked with him again. I presume bad luck.
Kremer skims over his later movies. Just compared to the others.
It's an excellent book.
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