June 18, 2006
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For Mel Gibson,
who may or may not
see a parallel here.IMDb Trivia for Music Box (1989)
- After the movie was released, screenwriter Joe Eszterhas‘s
own father Istvan Eszterhas was accused of war crimes in Hungary by
printing anti-Semitic editorials and even organizing a book burning. - Both Kirk Douglas and Walter Matthau wanted to play the father….
Once a son,
now a father:
“He spent his earliest years in post WWII–refugee camps. He came to
America and grew up in Cleveland–stealing cars, rolling drunks,
battling priests, nearly going to jail. He became the screenwriter of
the worldwide hits Basic Instinct, Jagged Edge, and Flashdance. He also
wrote the legendary disasters Showgirls and Jade. The rebellion never
ended, even as his films went on to gross more than a billion dollars
at the box office and he became the most famous–or
infamous–screenwriter in Hollywood. Joe Eszterhas is a complex and
paradoxical figure: part outlaw and outsider combined with equal parts
romantic and moralist. More than one person has called him ‘the devil.’
He has been referred to as ‘the most reviled man in America.’ But Time
asked, ‘If Shakespeare were alive today, would his name be Joe Eszterhas?’”– Random House promotional material
And eventually to become
a holy ghost…
“Yea, though I walk
through the valley of death
I will fear no evil,
for I am the meanest
son of a bitch
in the valley.”in The Silver Crown,
by Joel Rosenberg - After the movie was released, screenwriter Joe Eszterhas‘s
