Hollywood Ambushed by God

from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/february-6-2009/joe-eszterhas/2170/

Joe Eszterhas
Dubbed by Time Magazine as “America's king of sex and violence,” Joe Eszterhas was once Hollywood's highest-paid screenwriter known for erotic sizzlers like “Basic Instinct” and “Showgirls.” His films grossed over one billion dollars, financed homes in Malibu and Maui, and an outrageous lifestyle. But in 2001, feeling desolate and lost following surgery to remove 80 percent of his cancerous larynx, Eszterhas experienced a spiritual transformation, which he later described in his memoir “Crossbearer” as being “God-struck.”