[Films: The War of the Roses, Pretty Woman, The Devil's Advocate and L.A. Confidential. Milchan denies being a dealer but admits acting as an intermediary between Israel and various defense companies.]
Produced: Devil's Advocate
The Israeli movie producer Arnon Milchan (between Peres and
Netanyahu) is a close friend of Israel's president Shimon Peres ("his first
letter he wrote as president went to me"), Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and
Likud Party leader Binyamin ("Bibi") Netanyahu. Milchan, who began his career
with the fertilizer/chemical company Milchan Brothers, reportedly owns 30
companies in 17 countries involved in plastics, electronics, communications, and
pharmaceuticals. ARNON MILCHAN - MOSSAD'S MAN IN
THE MIDDLE by Christopher Bollyn
[2011 Oct] Arnon Milchan - "Mr. Israel" and 9/11 by Christopher Bollyn
In reading the Milchan biography I found a number
of interesting bits of information, which are included in this article with my
comments. One of the most interesting things I learned was that Milchan's first
big film, in which he invested two million dollars, involved a key scene in
which a passenger airliner is flown into a high rise building. The
British/French film,
The Medusa Touch,
was released in 1978. It is worth noting that the Russian Jewish Lord Lew Grade
(born Lev Winogradsky) immediately bought the film's foreign rights for $5
million before it was even produced, putting Milchan ahead by a million dollars.
ARNON MILCHAN - MOSSAD'S MAN IN THE MIDDLE by Christopher Bollyn
