Jerry Stahl
Screenwriter and Author
Stephen Elliott is an open book in 'The Adderall Diaries'...that gets to the very essence of its time and place. The book has drawn acclaim from Vanity Fair and writers such as Amy Tan and Jerry Stahl, who described it as "phenomenal" and credits the author's "jittery finesse and a reformed... In this article: Stephen Elliott, Jerry Stahl, Hans Reiser, San Francisco, Po Bronson, Amphetamine, Ritalin, and Heroin |
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Wikipedia | October 28, 2009
Jerry Stahl
...Russia, became a federal judge, though his working class roots include a stint as a coal miner. After the untimely loss of his father, Stahl's education proved to be a commanding culture shock. He moved from being a kid educated in a lower...
In this article: Will Smith, Permanent Midnight, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, California, Unemployment, Heroin, Columbia University, Martin Lawrence, and Johnny Depp
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L.A. Times - Jacket Copy | October 02, 2009
The West Hollywood Book Fair this Sunday: From Brady to zombies
...Rod Coronado, "Operation Bite Back," came out in June, and others. Other notable authors scheduled to appear include Carol Leifer, Jerry Stahl, Francesca Lia Block and mystery writers Gary Phillips and Charlie Huston. Eric Nakamura and...
In this article: Spangles, National Book Award, Francesca Lia Block, and Los Angeles Times
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L.A. Times - Movie News | August 31, 2009
'We kinda' broke his heart': Ben Stiller on Budd Schulberg and 'Sammy'
...when he was in movie jail after the failure of "Cable Guy," which he had directed. He says he went to Stahl to help him with the rewrite because "I knew he was a good writer and I was scared out of my mind to try to do it alone." They...
In this article: Budd Schulberg, Ben Stiller, Hollywood, Warner Bros., The Cable Guy, Permanent Midnight, Oscar, and Ernest Hemingway
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Wikipedia | August 09, 2009
Tony O'Neill
...Woodard. The sequel, Down and Out on Murder Mile was released by Harper Perennial as a mass market paperback in November 2008. Jerry Stahl said of Down and Out on Murder Mile: "I fucking loved it." He also co-wrote the memoirs of NFL...
In this article: Tony O'Neill, Jason Peter, Marc Almond, Heroin, Burning Shore Press, Harper Perennial, Noah Levine, St Martins Press, Adelle Stripe, and NFL
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L.A. Times - The Daily Mirror | August 05, 2009
Budd Schulberg and Sammy Glick
...to acting for a while. Sammy was down. Then Sammy was up. With his collaborator, former television writer Jerry Stahl (Stiller is playing Stahl in this month's "Permanent Midnight"), Stiller wrote a draft of "Sammy" as a period film with...
In this article: B.P. Schulberg, Budd Schulberg, Samuel Goldwyn, Ben Stiller, Hollywood, MGM, Academy Awards, and What Makes Sammy Run?
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The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories | May 19, 2009
Jerry Stahl's Reading List
From Flannery O'Connor to Shannon Burke, the author of Permanent Midnight and Bad Boys II picks his favorites from the dark side of literature. His latest novel, Pain Killers, was recently released by William Morrow. "What I love about it...
In this article: The Daily Beast, Lloyd Grove, New York Daily News, Trader Monthly, Max Blumenthal, and Bad Boys II
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CraveOnline | May 18, 2009
Taco the Town: Jerry Stahl
...and models in the one place that everyone can agree on: The Taco Stand! Today we'll be talking to novelist and TV writer Jerry Stahl, whose new book, "Painkillers" is the Citizen Kane of ex-junkie detective nazi science mystery prison...
In this article: Steve Urkel, Citizen Kane, Bruce Willis, Die Hard, and Family Matters
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L.A. Times - Jacket Copy | April 21, 2009
Jerry Stahl on writing, Mengele and muttering at 3 a.m.
...to the L.A. Times serial novel "Money Walks" and will appear at the L.A. Times Festival of Books on Sunday, April 26. In "Pain Killers," Stahl's dope-prone private eye Manny Rubert from "Plainclothes Naked" is sent to San Quentin by a...
In this article: Zeitgeist, Dog, Goddard College, McDonald's, and Mickey Spillane
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San Francisco Chronicle | March 25, 2009
Author's quirky look at Mengele, San Quentin
Sunshine and buttercups don't crowd the creative brain of Jerry Stahl. In each of his works, the novelist and screenwriter claws beneath the lacquered surfaces of society to fix his gaze on all things dark and grotesque. He wrote "I,...
In this article: Josef Mengele, Ben Stiller, San Francisco, Surgery, Amputation, I, Fatty, and National Geographic Channel
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USATODAY.com Books - Top Stories | March 11, 2009
'Pain Killers': Addict meets Mengele in prison, absurdity ensues
...hurt that Stiller -- who that same year broke out big in There's Something About Mary -- resembled Stahl. But PermanentMidnight, the movie version of Stahl's memoir about addiction and recovery, was a box-office flop. Stahl went on to write...
In this article: God, Ben Stiller, Permanent Midnight, Angel of Death, and Wernher von Braun
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Jerry Stahl (born September 28, 1953) is an American novelist and screenwriter, He is best known for memoir of addiction Permanent Midnight. A film adaptation followed with Ben Stiller in the lead role. Since their initial paring, the two have become lifelong friends and collaborators.'
Stahl has worked extensively in film and television.
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