The Impact of Hollywood’s “Last Kings”

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The Impact of Hollywood’s “Last Kings:” Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg  - By: Paul Lisnek

The Last Kings of Hollywood by Paul Fischer is a nonfiction account of how Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg rose from young, hungry filmmakers in the late 1960s to the dominant creative forces in the 1970s and early 1980s American film.  Drawing on extensive research and interviews, the book follows their intertwined friendships, rivalries, and collaborations as they sought to reinvent the dying studio system with personal, director-driven blockbusters like The Godfather, Jaws, Star Wars, and E.T., reshaping Hollywood and popular culture in the process.