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One-of-a-kind filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld tells stories only he can tell, from his blockbuster career with iconic actors, studio execs, and producers. His humor and insight provide an inside glimpse into how Hollywood really works, or how it doesn’t.

Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time delivers a cavalcade of sometimes baffling, often enlightening, and always funny stories about Sonnenfeld’s many films and television shows. From battling with studio executives and producers to bad-script-solving on set to coaxing actors into finding the right light and talking faster, Sonnenfeld provides an entertaining master class in how to make commercial art in the face of constant human foible. Over four decades in Hollywood, the mega-franchises include The Addams Family and Men in Black; the critical favorites, Get Shorty and Pushing Daisies; the icons, Will Smith, John Travolta, and Michael Jackson; and the projects that got away, Forrest Gump, Ali, and anything starring Jim Carrey.

The true stories escalate from surreal to outrageous to unbelievable. And then there’s magic hour. But you’ll never see Hollywood the same way again.

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Reviewer: Sandra G Michaels
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: So funny
Review: Loved learning about some of the work behind the camera shots. Some FUNNY stuff!

Reviewer: Janet Wagner
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Easy read and entertaining
Review: The anecdotes about various actors were entertaining. The author tries to be self-deprecating, and often succeeds. However, there is a touch of narcissism.

Reviewer: Lanny A. Netz
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I am learning a lot about filming
Review: Not my usual read, but a nice change from the doom and gore

Reviewer: Katherine
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Truly one of a kind
Review: This is the best book about the business of making studio movies since "Adventures in the Screen Trade." Although the stories are from Barry Sonnenfeld's POV, they perfectly reflect the insanity of the process. Funny and tragic, he's a great and true story teller in whatever medium he chooses.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I'M LOVING THIS BOOK
Review: This is the sort of honest, witty, anecdote-driven book about Hollywood I truly love. I can't put it down.

Reviewer: Frozen_Lizard
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Honest and Funny look inside Hollywood
Review: Barry Sonnenfeld is at it again; telling the kind of behind the scenes, stranger than fiction, frequently bizarre and often hilarious stories that no one else can tell quite the way he does. A neurotic raconteur of the highest order, his unique and eccentric style of storytelling will have you laughing out loud when you're not shaking your head in disbelief.Unlike his previous memoir (the superb 'Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother'), which was more about his own life story and the unlikely path to his success, this one is mainly focused on the world of big budget movie making. Chock full of behind the scenes details and random tidbits about the famous people he's worked with...Among the names that show up in the pages of this book are Kathy Bates, James Caan, Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Tommy Lee Jones, Rob Reiner, Will Smith, Rip Torn, John Travolta, John Turturro, Robin Williams and many others.One thing I particularly like about Sonnenfeld is that he doesn't mind spilling a little tea from time to time but he also doesn't go out of his way to take cheap shots or make personal attacks. Right from the start of this book he states that everything is told from his perspective and those involved may see it differently (We're all the heroes of our own story).Not since William Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade has someone so thoroughly exposed the ridiculousness of "business as usual" in Hollywood. I loved it.

Reviewer: Peggy
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Meh
Review: Sometimes entertaining, sometimes tedious. Anything entertaining you’ve probably already read in the interviews given to sell the book. I’d pass on this.