false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173759207m/324915.jpg 324915 4 If there is a more archetypical tale of Hollywood in the '80s than the buccaneers' adventures of Jon Peters, Barbra Streisand's former hairdresser, and his business partner Peter Guber, it hasn't been written yet. This thorough, stylish book recounts the rise of Peters and Guber, who together earned fortunes by schmoozing their way to the top, seducing gullible investors, and shoving aside the filmmakers who actually turned out successful films like "Rain Man" and "Batman." The Japanese executives at Sony, in this delightful insider account, were just the most recent and most hoodwinked in a long line of Peters' and Gubers' dupes. 315600 1996 Hit and Run total:38|5:5|4:15|3:15|2:3| 38 136 63 5 3 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 09:23:26 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 09:37:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 09 13:20:31 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 13:23:52 -0700 2009
John Peters is a tough guy who works as a hair dresser. Peter Guber is a movie guy and a wuss. Together, they become a formidable team that rides the wave when Sony buys out a movie studio.

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