SHOOTING MONTEZUMA

About the Book

Jan Merlin, film star and Emmy-winning writer, exposes the reader to a perspective that only first hand experience can provide. Literally ´scripted´ about an odd movie in which the audience is to guess who was acting in disguise behind masks, the book reveals how a film is ingeniously made and how it affects those involved in it. With celebrated stars, a legendary director, and an egotistic make-up artist extraordinaire, the company goes on location to Brazil. Scandals, feuds, power-plays, all surround the production of a major film with a gimmick... and the secret about it they find unable to keep. For those who revel in the magic of movies, this novel will intrigue; for those who know the tricks of the trade, this will confirm their suspicions. See February,2004, copy of VIDEO WATCHDOG for an intensive interview with Mr. Merlin about the LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER, and how his work in that film led to this novel´s creation.

About the Author

Jan Merlin was born and raised in New York City. At the outset of WW II, he enlisted in the US Navy to serve as torpedoman aboard destroyers in the North Atlantic and South Pacific fleets, accumulating ten battle stars before entering Japan with the first Occupation Force group. Upon returning to civilian life, he enrolled in the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater and made his Broadway debut in MISTER ROBERTS. A twice nominated Emmy award winning writer, his professional acting career includes being starred or featured in numerous plays, several hundred live and filmed televison appearances, and more than thirty motion picture films made in the United States and abroad.