Cuckoo, grim and nice

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April 6, 2026 by jacklovelace

Just finished a good book “The Last Kings of Hollywood” about Francis Coppola, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.

Two out of three come across as really weird. I bet you can guess.

The most fun is sharing what went on behind the scenes when they had their first hits; Coppola did The Godfather, Lucas did Star Wars and Spielberg did Jaws.

As for being people, instead of giving you bits, let’s put it this way.

If Coppola came over to your house for a visit you would find a genius who was fairly cuckoo.

Lucas would be a genius who wouldn’t look you in the eye and didn’t want to be there.

Spielberg would be a genius who said was a nice guy.

Fascinating book.

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