"So much better, so much more fun, than the movie it is about that one must be thankful to the filmmakers for producing such a spectacle, if only so that this book could be written."--
Vogue
When film director Brian De Palma invited author Julie Salamon to follow him on the set of
The Bonfire of the Vanities,
he had no idea that the fifty-million-dollar movie would become one of Hollywood's biggest flops.
The Devil's Candy
is the juicy, bestselling exposé that sent Hollywood honchos running for cover. Who was responsible for the last-minute casting change that cost four million dollars? Who knew that Melanie Griffith would show up halfway through the filming with a new set of breasts? Settle down in your front-row seat for a story that has more drama, hilarity, greed, folly, and ego than the movie that eventually ended up on the screen. Expertly reported and elegantly written,
is irresistible fun, a classic insider's look at the movie business.