Steven Spielberg finicky about his security, claims book

Steven Spielberg is quite finicky about his security - the filmmaker keeps a brand new motorcycle parked at his office to make a getaway if a situation arises, a new book about DreamWorks has claimed.

The book, The Men Who Would Be King, has been penned by former Variety scribe Nicole LaPorte.

"His passion for secrecy sometimes suggests a burgeoning near-paranoia," the New York Post quoted LaPorte, as writing of Spielberg.

The tome also makes some other claims about the Schindler's List director:

* "In Spielberg's office, hanging above his desk, a plexiglass half-moon keeps sound from reverberating so that his phone conversations remain ultra-confidential. When an assistant once asked what the funny thing over Spielberg's desk was, a security guard referred to it as a 'dome of silence.'
*  "When Spielberg's longtime editor views footage in the screening room, a black cloth is draped over the projection booth window to hide the screen."
*  "Every document that leaves the office — a script, development report, even a memo — is coded, so that should it somehow get into the wrong hands... the person responsible for the breach can be identified."
*  "When Spielberg isn't at [his office], live-cam images are streamed to his home. There are also measures to protect against earthquakes or attacks, as Spielberg believes in being prepared... At one point, employees were given survival kits including gas masks and other amenities."

Although, LaPorte could not get a chance to interview any of DreamWorks' three founders - Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen - she conducted almost 200 interviews with current and former employees.

However, Spielberg's representative has rubbished the claims made in the book saying, "This description is so far from the real world of Steven that it doesn't deserve a comment. If the rest of the book is like this excerpt, readers can expect very little of what they read to be true."

The book appearing on Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will hit stores on May 4.