The Last Kings of Hollwood: In-Conversation with Paul Fischer

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Depot is excited to welcome author Paul Fischer for our next 'in-conversation' event, celebrating Paul's latest book, The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema.

Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at 1980s Hollywood as author and film producer Paul Fischer discusses his new book, The Last Kings of Hollywood - a definitive account of one of the wildest and most influential periods in American cinema, told through the lives and tumultuous friendships of three of the most famous directors of all time.

The Last Kings of Hollywood tells the thrilling, dramatic story of how Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas rivalled and supported each other, fell out and reconciled, and struggled to reinvent American film.

Along the way, Coppola directed The Godfather, then the highest-grossing film of all time - until Spielberg surpassed it with Jaws.  Lucas broke that record with Star Wars, which Spielberg overtook once again with E.T.

Packed with delicious detail, charisma and chaos, this is an event for anyone who loves film history, big personalities, and the movies that built modern Hollywood.  Hosted by author, critic and film historian Pamela Hutchinson, and with Paul in the hot seat - a true-blue film buff full of brilliant anecdotes - expect an evening that's as entertaining as it is insightful, tracing how three young directors became household names, and how their careers became intertwined as Hollywood changed around them.