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