HITS, FLOPS, AND OTHER ILLUSIONS

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER This funny insightful and deliciously dishy memoir Town & Country from the director of Blood Diamond The Last Samurai Legends of the Fall and Glory creator of thirtysomething and executive producer of My So Called Life takes its place alongside Adventures in the Screen Trade and Easy Riders Raging Bulls as one of the indispensable behind the scenes books for fans of movies and television Aaron Sorkin I ll be dropping a few names Ed Zwick confesses in the introduction to his book Over the years I have worked with self proclaimed masters of the universe unheralded geniuses hacks sociopaths savants and saints He has encountered these Hollywood types during four decades of directing producing and writing projects that have collectively received eighteen Academy Award nominations seven wins and sixty seven Emmy nominations twenty two wins Though there are many factors behind such success including luck and the contributions of his creative partner Marshall Herskovitz he s known to have a special talent for bringing out the best in the people he s worked with notably the actors In those intense collaborations he seeks to discover the small pieces of con