Indecent Exposure, David McClintick
Indecent Exposure, David McClintick
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Indecent Exposure
A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street

Author: David McClintick, James B. Stewart

Narrator: Charles Constant

Unabridged: 19 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/31/2021


Synopsis

When the head of Columbia Pictures, David Begelman, got caught forging Cliff Robertson's name on a $10,000 check, it seemed, at first, like a simple case of embezzlement. It wasn't. The incident was the tip of the iceberg, the first hint of a scandal that shook Hollywood and rattled Wall Street. Soon powerful studio executives were engulfed in controversy; careers derailed; reputations died; and a ruthless, take-no-prisoners corporate power struggle for the world-famous Hollywood dream factory began.

First published in 1982, this now classic story of greed and lies in Tinseltown appears here with a stunning final chapter on Begelman's post-Columbia career as he continued to dazzle and defraud . . . until his last hours in a Hollywood hotel room, where his story dramatically and poignantly would end.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Warren

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Goodreads review by Robbie

Absolutely incredible work of long-form journalism by a former WSJ investigative reporter that takes you inside the connection between Hollywood and Wall Street via the lens of a late-70s embezzling scandal at Columbia Pictures (then owned by private equity firm Allen Partners). The scandal unfolds......more

Goodreads review by Michael

Hilarious story about Hollywood agent and studio executive embezzler, David Begelman. As is often the case, Begelman suffered less for his crimes than did the man who blew the whistle on him, actor Cliff Robertson, who had trouble finding work for several years after the scandal broke.......more

Goodreads review by Tom

In the 2010 American buddy cop action comedy film The Other Guys, Will Ferrell's character is the butt of jokes for his focus on forensic accounting until he investigates a scaffolding permit violation leading to a significant plot development. This is the boring forensic accounting without acco......more