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Speed-the-Plow Summary & Study Guide Description
Speed-the-Plow Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Speed-the-Plow Plot Summary
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Speed-the-Plow opens in Bobby Gould's new office in the morning. Gould, the newly promoted head of production at a movie studio is reading a book when Charlie Fox enters. Fox is very excited about something, but Gould continues to leaf through the book he is reading, making fun of its contents. Gould becomes suspicious when Fox asks if he can "greenlight" (approve) a movie deal, but his fears are quickly abated as Fox elaborates. Fox was visited earlier in the morning by a big movie star, Doug Brown, who is free to do a movie with him based on a prison script that Fox had sent him earlier; the star has given Fox until 10 am tomorrow to come up with a deal. Gould immediately calls his superior, Ross, and while he waits for him to call back, he and Fox discuss the Doug Brown story.
Ross calls back...
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