When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead

Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man

By: Jerry Weintraub, Rich Cohen, George Clooney - foreword

Narrated by: Jerry Weintraub

Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Here is the story of Jerry Weintraub: the self-made, Brooklyn-born, Bronx-raised impresario, Hollywood producer, legendary dealmaker, and friend of politicians and stars. No matter where nature has placed him - the club rooms of Brooklyn, the Mafia dives of New York's Lower East Side, the wilds of Alaska, or the hills of Hollywood - he has found a way to put on a show and sell tickets at the door.

"All life was a theater and I wanted to put it up on a stage," he says. "I wanted to set the world under a marquee that read: 'Jerry Weintraub Presents.'"

In When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead, we follow Weintraub from his first great success at age 26 with Elvis Presley, whom he took on the road with the help of Colonel Tom Parker; to the immortal days with Sinatra and Rat Pack glory; to his crowning hits as a movie producer, starting with Robert Altman and Nashville, continuing with Oh, God!, the Karate Kid movies, and Diner, among others, and summiting with Steven Soderbergh and Ocean's Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen.

Along the way, we'll watch as Jerry moves from the poker tables of Palm Springs (the games went on for days), to the power rooms of Hollywood, to the halls of the White House, to Red Square in Moscow, and the Great Palace in Beijing - all the while counseling potentates, poets, and kings, with clients and confidants like George Clooney, Bruce Willis, George H. W. Bush, Armand Hammer, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, John Denver, Bobby Fischer...the list goes on forever.

And of course, the story is not yet over. As the old-timers say, "The best is yet to come." And as Weintraub says, "When I stop talking, you'll know I'm dead."

With wit, wisdom, and the cool confidence that has colored his remarkable career, Jerry chronicles a quintessentially American journey, one marked by luck, love, and improvisation. The stories he tells and the lessons we learn are essential, not just for those who love movies and music, but for businessmen, entrepreneurs, artists...everyone.

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©2010 Jerry Weintraub (P)2010 Hachette

Great story.. should be a great movie! -Jake

absolutely great story. Jerry is the man. I have listened to many audio books, this one is by far the best narrative I've heard. Just a great story I'd love to meet Jerry.
-Jake

beautiful story, very memorable. there are so

beautiful story, very memorable and there are so many lessons to be learned in this book. I loved it

Another great Audiobook

Jerry is amazing and I always enjoy when the author reads there book. Great bio book

Incredible story of an incredible man

One of the most interesting accounts of an individual told by the man himself.
There is no business like show business.

Historic Hollywood told by someone who lived it.

A glimpse behind the curtain from the viewpoint of a Hollywood legend. Lessons and stories anyone could find value in.

Fantastic book even better here in Jerry Weintraub‘s voice 

There’s a fantastic movie called “His Way” it has Damon Clooney, and a bunch of other stars telling incredibly funny stories about Jerry learning about his death really made me sad because I felt like I knew the man just by watching the movie listening to the book there were a lot of stories that were similar, but it’s wonderful to hear them Red and Jerry‘s voice I hope you enjoy

When I got to the last chapter I was in tears yet motivated!

What a waste phenomenal book and a spectacular performance by the author. I would not have anyone else read those pages other than Weintraub.
Charismatic, Entertaining, and most important of all, Genuine.
I got the book 6 months before he died. I would have loved to meet the men himself. The world really did lose "one of the good guys" like Larry King would say.

Brilliance

This Book Changed my LIFE.
It will give you courage and teach you valuable life lessons.

Jerry Weintraub is a legend and an inspiration.

One of the best audio books I've listened too. Jerry reads the whole thing with passion and emotion. He makes you laugh, cry and inspires you.

Absolutely enticing !!

One of the best audiobooks I've listened to yet! Jerry is a special guy and made the story extremely visual!