Erica Jong's Big Mistake: Suing Julia Phillips

Erica Jong trashes Oscar-winning producer Julia Phillips without naming her in a HuffPo interview:

Fear of Flying had been taken over by a woman who was a drug addict, and who was not a director, but decided she wanted to direct it herself. And I sued to stop her, and get the rights back, and it cost me a fortune, and I didn’t win, and it really hurt me badly for the rest of my career.

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