SCREEN SAVER: PRIVATE STORIES OF PUBLIC HOLLYWOOD (paperback)
Hollywood’smost glamorous people are far from glitzy when far from home. Nat Segaloffknows.
During the1970s, he was a young Boston movie publicist at a time when old-line studioswere dying or merging. While an exciting new generation of film schoolgraduates were bringing fresh energy and different sensibilities to Americancinema, Nat moved from film publicist to film critic. With his contacts andinsider knowledge, he intimately interviewed celebrities who thought they weresafe in Boston, 3,000 miles away from the Hollywood’s protective bubble. Theyweren’t.
Nat finallyopens his private files for public scrutiny. Learn the workings of backstageHollywood. Peer beneath the tinsel of Tinseltown. Some of the stories aremoving and some are scandalous, but all are larger-than-life. Discover thepreeminent talents and provocative egos of such stars as Michael Caine, PaulNewman, Otto Preminger, Sean Connery, Leonard Nimoy, and Dom DeLuise.
Listen to an audio interview with author Nat Segaloff
Interview by Michael A. Ventrella
Excerpt on Leonard Maltin's website
Second article on Leonard Maltin's website
Interview by BookPleasures.com
Interview at Edge Media Network