heavily. He underwent surgery to remove 80% of his larynx, and had a trachea fitted. Eszterhas wrote a book about his experiences with Mel Gibson and anti-Semitism, titled Heaven and Mel, wherein he portrays Gibson as a man fueled only by hatred, prone to violent outbursts. Among many damning statements is Eszterhas' claim that while staying at Gibson's Costa Rican estate to work on a script, he became so afraid that he slept with a golf club in his hand. Personal life In 1974, Eszterhas married Gerri Javor. They had two children together and divorced in 1994. That same year, Eszterhas married Naomi Bakar, and they had four children. In 1990, Eszterhas learned that his father was then being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice for writing anti-Semitic propaganda in Hungary during the 1930s and early 1940s. He refused further contact with his father after this revelation, which he later claimed to have regretted, saying "When [my father] was in a Hungarian old-age home, the nurses kept calling and saying, 'He's dying, and he needs to see you.' Not going was a huge mistake. I’ve asked God to forgive me, but I don’t think I’ll be forgiven." Eszterhas is a Republican and is a supporter of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán. Filmography F.I.S.T. (1978) – received fee of $85,000 for the script but a record price of $400,000 for the novelization Flashdance (1983) Blue Thunder (1983) – uncredited rewrite in five days; Eszterhas claims he came up with the ending Pals (early 1980s) Jagged Edge (1985) Big Shots (1987) – sold for $1.25 million Hearts of Fire (1987) Betrayed (1988) Checking Out (1988) Music Box (1989) Basic Instinct (1992) – received $3 million Nowhere to Run (1993) Sliver (1993) Showgirls (1995) – sold for $2 million Jade (1995) – paid $1.5 million for a two-page outline plus $400,000 to executive produce One Night Stand (1997) – paid a record $2.5 million for a four-page outline, with an additional $1.5 million to be paid once filming had started. Eszterhas' original script was changed so much he took his name off Telling Lies in America (1997) An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997) Children of Glory (2006) Books 13 Seconds: Confrontation at Kent State, Dodd: Mead 1970, with Michael Roberts Charlie Simpson's Apocalypse, New York: Random House, 1973, , . Nark!, San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1974 American Rhapsody, Vintage,