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Scott Rudin
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n the firmament of
Hollywood, the producer
of The Firm has his own
special star.
Scott Rudin, producer of
the megahit movie about the
mob and an illicit law firm,
has courted success for
years, starting out as an
assistant to Broadway pro-
ducers before moving on to
movie roles as producer and
executive producer.
The Addams Family and
Sister Act are tough acts to
follow, but Mr. Rudin, pro-
ducer of both, is currently at
work on sequels to the two
monster hits.
The picture of content-
ment, Scott Rudin seems to
relish the attention. His feet
firmly planted in the reality
of Hollywood's reel world,
Mr. Rudin even gets a
chuckle out of the recent
commotion caused by The
Firm.
Usually, after a movie
wraps, cast and crew gather
for a party. With The Firm,
"post-production bash" took
on a whole new meaning as
lawyers started making
claims that the movie un-
fairly portrays them as
greedy and guileful.
"It's not a documentary,"
Mr. Rudin roars. "It's a pot-
boiler."
As for those lawyers
steaming at the way they
are depicted, Scott Rudin
has no regrets. Lawyers, he
says, "should thank John
Grisham," upon whose novel
the movie is based, for put-

Michael Elkin is the enter-
tainment editor of the Jewish
Exponent in Philadelphia.

ting them so much in the
spotlight.
And if they can't stand the
heat from those lights, Scott
Rudin offers two words of
advice: Lighten up!
Mr. Rudin's other current
project is light years away
from the Memphis mischief
and misadventures of The
Firm. The Jewish New
Yorker had only to turn to
the streets of his neighbor-
hood for his next move in the
movies.
Scott Rudin is also a pro-
ducer of Searching for Bobby
Fischer,which uncovers the
complexities of the chess
world through the eyes of a
young genius.
Making a movie about
chess had its own checkered
story. One-third of the way
through the shoot, the
reclusive chess champ Bobby
Fischer suddenly re-emerged
to take part in games in
Sarajevo.
With a title such as Sear-
ching for Bobby Fischer, the
search seemed about over —
and not only the name but
the story seemed in jeopar-
dy.
"There was a discussion of
changing the title, (espe-
cially) when Fischer started
making these anti-Semitic
rants," recalls Mr. Rudin.
But after winning the
games, Mr. Fischer went
back into "hiding," leaving
the spotlight as quickly as
he had re-entered.
Not that everyone was fa-
miliar with the exasperating
eccentric. "People had all
kinds of names for the film,"
says Mr. Rudin, recalling
with a laugh receiving a bill