Table of Contents
Preface Nicolas Cage ix
Remembrances Peter Arnold xii
Remembrances Deana Martin xvii
Remembrances Randal Kleiser xix
Remembrances Caleb Deschanel xxi
Foreword Leonard Maltin xxiii
Prologue xxvi
Part 1 Production
1 The Humanities of Film 2
2 The Total FilmMaker 12
3 The Money Man 21
4 Script and Writer 34
5 Actors 40
6 The Million-Dollar Hug 51
7 Preproduction Chores 64
8 The Crew 78
9 Homework 88
10 Filming It! 94
Part 2 Postproduction
11 Editing 106
12 Music and Dubbing 112
13 Distribution and Exploitation 120
14 Other Filmmakers, Other Films 127
Part 3 Comedy
15 Laughs Are Our Thing 138
16 The Visuals of Comedy 149
17 The Comedians 160
Kind of a Wrap 166
Appendix: Storyboards and Script Notes 169
Acknowledgments (2021) 193
Jerry's Acknowledgments (1971) 194
About the Author 195