Hollywood Ending

Ken Auletta – author of Greed and Glory on Wall Street – provides a shocking history of film producer Harvey Weinstein’s remarkable rise in the entertainment industry and his sexual abuse of vulnerable women. Auletta does not spare the details – when they are available – and so readers who would rather avoid descriptions of assault, physical coercion and rape will not be interested. This lurid history is significant, of course, because Weinstein’s downfall marked the beginning of the #MeToo movement which changed employment practices nationwide.

 Weinstein’s Ascension

Harvey Weinstein and his younger brother Bob grew up in Queens, NY. Harvey dropped out of college to start a music promotion company.Bob joined him. They distributed a live concert film and wrote and produced a horror movie.They named their company Miramax after their mother, Miriam, and their father, Max.