The 'Chinatown' and 'The Godfather' producer, who became the head of production at Paramount at 36 years old, died on Saturday.
Bob had the most undistinguished careers as an actor you could possibly imagine. He was not a good actor. His origin story about his acting — that he ran into Norma Shearer at a swimming pool and she wanted him to play her husband in a movie — left a lot of room for doubt. But he had an amazing instinct about storytelling. He brought Paramount Studio back to life.
Bob and I talked for years about doing a movie together. We wanted to make a film about Sydney Korshak, the lawyer who represented the Chicago mob and the Teamsters and who virtually controlled Hollywood [in the 1960s]. We never got around to making it but we did finally make a film together [in 1995]. Bob gave me the script forand I thought it had tremendous potential. It got lambasted by the critics but I’m very happy with that film. It’s got the best chase scene I’ve shot, among other things.
He was one of the most knowledgeable guys about film and the history of film that I knew. I loved the guy. He was extraordinary., added, "I have a lot of stories but most of them I can’t tell. But he was incredibly generous. Those screenings he held at his home — it was a collection of directors, writers, producers and actors that you could never dream of meeting. The elite of Hollywood. And he prided himself on being the conduit between people.
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