WRITER

Joe Eszterhas

1944 - Today

Joe Eszterhas

József Antal Eszterhás (Hungarian: [ˈjoːʒɛf ɒntɒl ˈɛstɛrhaːʃ]; born November 23, 1944), credited as Joe Eszterhas, is a Hungarian-American writer. Born in Hungary, he grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. After an early career as a journalist and editor, he entered the film industry. His first screenwriting credit was for the film F.I.S.T. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Eszterhas has received more than 749,269 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Eszterhas is the 5,137th most popular writer (down from 4,551st in 2019), the 576th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 479th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Hungarian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

750k
Page Views (PV)
47.11
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
16
Languages Editions (L)
2.88
Effective Languages (L*)
2.90
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Basic instinct

Motion picture plays, Detective and mystery stories

1991

Jade

1995

American rhapsody

Friends and associates, Fiction, Politicians

The setting . . .Washington, Hollywood, and the landscape of the American Republic.The writer . . . Joe Eszterhas, ex-Rolling Stone reporter, National Book Award nominee for Charlie Simpson's Apocalypse, and screenwriter of such blockbusters as Basic Instinct and Jagged Edge.The stars . . .Bill and Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Al Gore, John McCain, Ken Starr, and Monica Lewinsky.The supporting players . . .Warren Beatty, James Carville, Sharon Stone, Larry Flynt, Vernon Jordan, Linda Tripp, Matt Drudge, and Bob Packwood (with cameos by Richard Nixon and Farrah Fawcett, Eleanor Roosevelt and David Geffen, Robert Evans and Richard Gere).The story . . .The most basic, and basest, in many years -- an up-close and personal look at the people who run our world. A tale filled with humor, tragedy and romance; suspense, absurdity and high drama; and, of course, lots and lots of sex.In American Rhapsody, Eszterhas combines comprehensive research with insight, honesty, and astute observation to reveal ultimate truths. This is a book that flouts virtually every rule, yet joins a rich journalistic tradition distinguished by such writers as Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe.A brilliant, unnerving, hugely entertaining look at our political culture, our heroes and villains, American Rhapsody will delight some and outrage others, but it will not be ignored. What Joe Eszterhas has produced is a penetrating and devastating panorama of all of us, a fun-house mirror held up to our own morals, hypocrisies and desires.From the Hardcover edition.

2000

Hollywood Animal

2005

The Devil's Guide to Hollywood

Motion picture industry, Motion picture authorship, Anecdotes

2006

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joe Eszterhas ranks 5,137 out of 7,302. Before him are Laura Cereta, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, Harold Russell, Louella Parsons, Margita Figuli, and Albert Mol. After him are Alfonso Sastre, Walter M. Miller Jr., Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Riccardo Bacchelli, Virgilio Piñera, and Cornelia Sorabji.

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Laura Cereta
1469 - 1499
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 5,131
Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg
1750 - 1819
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 5,132
Harold Russell
1914 - 2002
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 5,133
Louella Parsons
1881 - 1972
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 5,134
Margita Figuli
1909 - 1995
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 5,135
Albert Mol
1917 - 2004
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 5,136
Joe Eszterhas
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 5,137
Alfonso Sastre
1926 - 2021
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 5,138
Walter M. Miller Jr.
1923 - 1996
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 5,139
Wolfgang Hildesheimer
1916 - 1991
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 5,140
Riccardo Bacchelli
1891 - 1985
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 5,141
Virgilio Piñera
1912 - 1979
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 5,142
Cornelia Sorabji
1866 - 1954
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 5,143