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Film Financier Jake Eberts

Eberts' company, Goldcrest Films produced both hits and flops. He helped fund movies like Chariots of Fire, Ghandi, and The Killing Fields. He formed his own firm in 1985, Allied Films, which produced Driving Miss Diasy. A new book about his career is called My Indecision is Final.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 1, 1990: Interview with Jake Eberts; Review of Garth Brooks' album "No Fences" and Rosanne Cash's album "Interiors"; Interview with Mark McKinney and Scott…

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