Telling Lies in America

Screenwriters are considered to be at the bottom of Hollywood food chain, but, on occasion, some of them can become celebrities, influential players and even charge seven-figure sums for their work. In early 1990s one such screenwriting stars was Joe Eszterhas. In mid 1990s it all came crashing down when catastrophic box office failures of *Jade* and *Showgirls* were ultimately blamed on his screenwriting effort. Es…