Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood study and by the troop of

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Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood study and by the troop ofIll 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).