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After screenwriter Joe Eszterhas told his powerful agent, Michael Ovitz, he was leaving Creative Artists Agency to join a rival around the fall of 1989, Ovitz threatened to destroy his career. Eszterhas responded with this powerful letter defending himself, which was quickly circulated around Hollywood and is now widely regarded as the catalyst to ending…

Adam Albright-Hanna

Jan 6, 2013

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