The wild story of the Italian fraudster who bought MGM – and nearly killed James Bond
Giancarlo Parretti has a great story. The 82-year-old Italian businessman and accused fraudster says he bought MGM – the once ...
How did an Italian waiter bring Louis B Mayer's Hollywood studio to its knees – and live to tell the tale?
"He bought MGM and it unravelled within weeks. The money just wasn't there." ...
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Who is Giancarlo Parretti and what happened to him? Inside scandal that rocked Hollywood as tycoon 'who nearly killed off Bond' lifts lid on chaotic MGM purchase …
Waiter turned movie mogul Giancarlo Parretti bought the classic franchise for $1.3billion in 1990 with grand plans to revamp ...
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Giancarlo Parretti now: What happened to Italian movie mogul who took over MGM
The Man Who Definitely Didn’t Steal Hollywood tells the astonishing story of former waiter turned movie mogul, Giancarlo ...
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The wild story of the Italian fraudster who bought MGM – and nearly killed James Bond
Giancarlo Parretti has a great story. The 82-year-old Italian businessman and accused fraudster says he bought MGM – the once mighty Hollywood studio known for its roaring lion emblem – after ...
Debauched world of Hollywood fraudster who killed off 007… while trying to bed A-listers and harem of model mistresses
HE was the knight in shining armour who rode in to save Hollywood’s most prestigious studio from collapse. But within weeks of Giancarlo Parretti buying MGM for $1.3billion in 1990, with a vow to ...
The Man Who Definitely Didn't Steal Hollywood
When a former waiter called Giancarlo Parretti buys the legendary MGM/UA (the studio behind The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the ...
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The Man Who Definitely Didn’t Steal Hollywood, review: a delightful yarn, plump with absurdity
In 1990 an Italian entrepreneur with little knowledge of film or even English bought MGM. There’s no precise parallel, but ...
Irish Sun4d
Debauched world of Hollywood fraudster who killed off 007… while trying to bed A-listers and harem of model mistresses
He says virtually all the money to buy MGM came from Credit Lyonnais, who loaned it to Parretti. “During the negotiating period I managed to arrange for Giancarlo to meet President George Bush a ...