Best-selling author and Berkeley resident Michael Lewis was guest to a group of bankers in San Francisco the other night, and Frances Dinkelspiel at Berkeleyside says he gave them a freewheeling—and straightforward—presentation. Accompanied by his photographer wife Tabitha Soren, Lewis confessed to not liking The Blind Side (the movie based on his book) when he first saw it. An excerpt:
…During the screening, Lewis leaned over his popcorn and whispered to his wife, “I don’t know if I like this.”
Soren immediately turned to him and scolded, “Don’t ever say that out loud.”
But once the movie starring Sandra Bullock was released to great acclaim – and even bigger box office receipts – Lewis’ thoughts changed.
“By the time it grossed $200 million I had forgotten what I didn’t like about it,” he told the crowd…
Tidbit: His latest book-turned-movie, Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt, is apparently generating enough internal buzz that the studio may move its release from September to November to better position it for the Oscars.
