The Lawyer and the Little Prince

Tandet convinced the French publisher, Gallimard, and the Saint-Exupery family to sign a boilerplate contract under the pretense that Gene Kelley had already signed on as the leading man. Armed with nothing but nerve and chutzpah, he was able to make his way through the valley of the moguls and convince Paramount Pictures to produce a feature-length film based upon the popular story.

Tandet reveals the conversations he had with directors, actors, writers, and others he met on his path to taking the magical, musical fable based upon Antoine de Saint-Exupery's story from an idea to a feature film. This engaging memoir provides captivating inside details regarding a film that is still popular, decades after its release."