Linda Schreyer

From Cowboy to Mogul to Monster: the Neverending Story of Film Pioneer Mark Damon Linda Schreyer

Meet Mark Damon, former actor-turned producer, the man behind some of the most original and award-winning movies of our time: Das Boot, The Never Ending Story, 91/2 Weeks, Short Circuit, The Lost Boys, Monster, The Upside of Anger and more. Throughout the decades, Damon dated, aided, and hired the likes of actors Natalie Wood, Tuesday Weld, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Costner, Charlize Theron, and so many more. Now we learn his story for the first time - as a smoldering sex symbol in the Hollywood of the '50's and '60's, leading to his years in Rome as an Italian playboy and Spaghetti Western cowboy at the height of "La Dolce Vita", and his return to Hollywood in the 1980's to become the inventor of independent film financing. Filled with juicy behind-the-scene anecdotes of the films he's made, From Cowboy to Mogul to Monster pulls no punches while offering insights into how to succeed in one of the world's most cutthroat industries. Mark Damon's fascinating story recounts how he graduated from actor to Hollywood mogul to award-winning film producer of Monster.