Confidential: The Life of Secret Agent Turned Hollywood Tycoon - Arnon Milchan

by Meir Doron, J Gelman

Overview

Arnon Milchan, a unique and exciting individual, has worked his way up from a small town in Israel to become a world-renowned figure both in the extravagant Hollywood scene – and in the dangerous and covert world of the Mossad.
Milchan worked for Israel as a weapons procurer and in the acquisition of sensitive technologies for Israel's nuclear program. He was heavily involved in business activities in pre-revolution Iran, and with the South African government in the 1970s, both in weapons procurement and in efforts to influence international-media attitudes toward the apartheid regime.
Milchan's Hollywood career began in the late 1970s, and he rapidly built up a multi-billion dollar business. He partnered with Rupert Murdoch at 20th Century Fox and produced many films including "The War of the Roses" and "Under Siege."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780615433813
Publisher:	Gefen Publishing House
Publication date:	07/25/2011
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Meir Doron was born and raised in the town of Rehovot, the hometown of Arnon Milchan, and grew up with the extended Milchan family. He is an award-winning screenwriter (winner of the Prix Italy, 1986, for his film Bread), and has worked over the past three decades as a journalist and editor, specializing in security and political affairs. He currently lives in Los Angeles, CA

Joseph Gelman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and moved to Israel in 1976, where he volunteered for over three years of service in a paratroop reconnaissance unit. He has worked as a private consultant on campaign management and speechwriting for candidates such as Bruce Herschensohn for US Senate, Richard Riordan for Mayor of Los Angeles, and California Proposition 209. He currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Prologue ix

1 Man on Fire 15

2 The New Age 19

3 The Mirror Has Two Faces 27

4 Six Degrees of Separation 35

5 Don't Say a Word 41

6 Dangerous Beauty 55

7 The Client 67

5 The Man Who Knew Too Little 82

9 Under Siege 96

10 The Devil's Advocate 107

11 Mud 119

12 Guilty by Suspicion 130

13 Once upon a Time in America 147

14 Falling Down 163

15 Fight Club 174

16 Mr. and Mrs. Smith 190

17 Pretty Woman 200

18 Entrapment 209

19 The Negotiator 223

20 City of Angels 242

21 Jumper 253

Epilogue 259

Appendix A The Smoking Gun 265

Appendix B Novels of "Jon Schiller" 268

Appendix C Filmography Arnon Milchan 271

Index 276

Editorial Reviews

A Tycoon whose life story itself should be turned into a movie, with him in the staring role.

NBC

It's Arnon Milchan's story that should be turned into a movie”.

CNN

This is a movie in itself!

Fox News