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	<title>Gary Goldstein&#187; Gary Goldstein | Movie Producer | Screenwriting | Success Secrets</title>
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		<title>Gary’s ‘Top 10 List’ for How to Succeed in Hollywood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1.    An agent is a plus, not a must
2.    Living outside L.A. is ok
3.    Pitching your story without you (your ‘why’) is a losing deal
4.    Perfecting your craft is half right
5.    Query after the call, not before
6.    Asking producers to read your script (or casting directors to watch your reel) can wait
7.    Followup is your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywgoldstein.com/blog/2010/05/gary%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98top-10-list%e2%80%99-for-how-to-succeed-in-hollywood/</link>
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		<title>The Least Planned Film Ever Produced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[J.F. Lawton – the writer of Pretty Woman, Under Siege, The Hunted, Mistress &#8211; was a client since the very beginning.  Little did we know that, a few short years after I began to manage his screenwriting career, we’d take the plunge and dive into new roles.  The both of us, together. J.F. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywgoldstein.com/blog/2010/02/the-least-planned-film-ever-produced/</link>
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		<title>From the Haight-Ashbury to Hollywood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I grew up in San Francisco in the 60’s, living only blocks from The Grateful Dead, The Jefferson Airlane, Janis Joplin – and spending almost every night and weekend immersed in the culture of that amazing time – all music and politics.  I attended U.C. Berkeley during the maelstrom of the late 60’s and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywgoldstein.com/blog/2010/02/fom-the-haight-ashbury-to-hollywood/</link>
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		<title>Persistence and the Pursuit of Talent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With talented writers and well-crafted screenplays, I was able to ‘up my game’ and begin producing with and for major studios.   One of the keys to playing in that arena is to forge relationships with bigger name actors and their agents, managers, attorneys, publicists… anyone close enough that you can get them to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywgoldstein.com/blog/2010/02/persistance-and-the-pursuit-of-talent/</link>
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		<title>How I Opened the Door to Hollywood on a Tennis Court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being a product of the 60’s in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury and graduating Berkeley in the early 70’s, I had fantasies of becoming a great criminal defense lawyer handling the hot political cases of the day.
Instead, I ended up representing the indigent adults in San Francisco’s largest ghetto, an extraordinary community, although my clients were far [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywgoldstein.com/blog/2010/01/how-i-opened-the-door-to-hollywood-on-a-tennis-court/</link>
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		<title>Adversity Can Be a New Beginning: How I Turned a Writers Strike into My First Film Production</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The writers’ strike of ’88 hit Hollywood not long after my literary management business had really begun to take off.  Finally, I’d built what looked like a successful business.  At that moment, the Writers Guild of America made a decision that would shut down all production, in fact the entire business of film [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywgoldstein.com/blog/2010/01/adversity-can-be-a-new-beginning-how-i-turned-a-writers-strike-into-my-first-film-production/</link>
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		<title>Your Hollywood ‘TOP 100’ List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine you just won an oscar.
You’re standing on stage holding a shiny gold statuette.
You begin your “thank you” speech.
Who are you thanking ?
Who are the people who helped you get up on that stage ?
You can’t possibly thank them all, but there’s an after-party and they will all be there.  You’ll embrace each one, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywgoldstein.com/blog/2010/01/your-hollywood-%e2%80%98top-100%e2%80%99-list/</link>
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		<title>FILM INDUSTRY NETWORK INTERVIEWS GARY GOLDSTEIN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PARIS – Hollywood producer  Gary Goldstein has been behind some extraordinary successes in cinema,  with films such as ‘Pretty Woman’, ‘Under Siege’ and ‘The  Mothman Prophecies’ receiving numerous Academy Award nominations,  People&#8217;s Choice Awards, a Golden Globe and other awards.  Critical  success has been matched by outsized (Billion dollar) box [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywgoldstein.com/blog/2009/12/film-industry-network-interviews-gary-goldstein/</link>
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		<title>What is the ‘Future of Film’ ?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of hundred folks gathered for the day at the Sheraton Delfina Hotel in Santa Monica, California, for an intensive assessment of the health, the shifting sands – trends both good and bad – and, ultimately, the future of the film business.
Where have we come from, where are we today, where will we likely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywgoldstein.com/blog/2009/12/what-is-the-%e2%80%98future-of-film%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Peter Jackson&#8217;s &#8216;District 9&#8242; Crosses $200M; Sequel Only May Happen &#8220;At Some Point&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The alien apartheid film likely to snag one of the newly expanded 10 Best Picture Oscar nominations did it in worldwide box office this weekend &#8212; $115M domestic and $85M international so far (with China and Japan to come). And, remember, this indie prod&#8217;s negative cost was only $30M.  By the way, not only does QED Intl have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywgoldstein.com/blog/2009/11/peter-jacksons-district-9-crosses-200m-sequel-only-may-happen-at-some-point/</link>
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