07 September 2009 02:02

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SCOTT RUDIN - HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER RUDIN TARGETTED IN NEW TELL-ALL

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Caption: Joel Cohen, Ethan Cohen, Walter Mirisch, and Scott Rudin (Picture) pose with the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year award for Theatrical Motion Pictures for 'No Country For Old Men' 2008 Producers Guild Awards - Pressroom - held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Los Angeles, California ....

HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER RUDIN TARGETTED IN NEW TELL-ALL

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN producer SCOTT RUDIN has been targeted in a new tell-all book exposing the Oscar-winner's infamous temper.
Hollywood screenwriter Paul Rudnick, who worked with Rudin on The Addams Family and The First Wives Club, blast his former collaborator in a collection of essays entitled I Shudder: And Other Reactions to Life, Death, and New Jersey.
In the tome, Rudnick recalls the producer's humiliating treatment of his employees, and insists his bad reputation is well-deserved.
He recalls an alleged incident when Rudin fired one impaired worker: "(An) assistant in the office was legally blind.
"When Scott would fire him, which was often, this assistant would stand patiently out on the sidewalk, waiting for the handicapped van, at a bus stop in full view of Scott's office window. Watching this... Scott would always relent and sent a lesser assistant out to rehire the blind one."
But the writer believes Rudin's no-nonsense attitude is all a facade - insisting he's always there when people really need his help.
He adds: "Scott is secretly and genuinely caring. When any of his friends, his employees, or their family members are in real trouble, when someone gets sick, or a parent dies, or a writer or an actor or a director falls on hard times, Scott shows up and, very quietly, he offers everything: money, doctors, transportation, and hope. If people ever found out about this side of Scott, his reputation would be ruined."


07 September 2009 02:02


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