Deal of the Century

The end of New Hollywood marked the change of fortune for many of its prominent personalities, but few had it so extreme as William Friedkin. Director famed for winning “Oscar” and smashing box office records in 1970s began in 1980s making films that were, with few notable exceptions like *To Live and Die in L.A.*, huge disappointments. One of them was 1983 comedy *Deal of the Century*. The protagonist and narrator,…