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Article: Once, Andre Previn made headlines. He even made Madame Tussauds. Now he just makes music. What a relief. By Edward Seckerson
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 16, 1995
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A few years back, two of Andre Previn's old Hollywood chums - a
famous director and an equally famous composer - came to pay their
respects at a London performance of Beethoven's Ninth. During the
prolonged ovation at the close, the composer turned to the director
and remarked: "Such a reception. I'm pleased for Andre, really I
am. It's just too bad he fucked up his career."
That's a true story, and it's Hollywood to a T. Why would anyone
want to leave? So when Previn took his four Oscars and ran, back in
the late 1960s, he was finished - goodbye and thanks for the
memories. He has a few. There were the charlatans, of course: ever
hear the one about the studio executive at an early ...