Joe Eszterhas

Joe Eszterhas is an acclaimed Hungarian-American screenwriter who has worked on 16 films that have grossed more than $1 billion dollars combined, including Flashdance, Basic Instinct, and Showgirls. He was senior editor of Rolling Stone from 1971-1975, and his nonfiction tome Charlie Simpson’s Apocalypse received a National Book Award nomination. The Kindle edition of his latest book, Heaven and Mel, is now available for purchase on Amazon.

My Mel Gibson Nightmare

‘Heaven and Mel’

<p>He was asked to write the screenplay for a Mel Gibson film about the Maccabees. Then, he said, things went crazy. His new book, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0087PTQ96/thedaibea-20/" target="_blank">Heaven and Mel</a></i>, is available now on Kindle. In a Daily Beast exclusive, the screenwriter explains why he wrote his explosive new tell-all—and why he’s now seeking police protection.</p>

Joe Eszterhas | Published Jun 08, 2012