Becoming Jack Nicholson
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Author | : Shaun R. Karli |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0810885980 |
Examining eight films produced between 1969 and 1980, this book explores how the actor and the filmmakers played upon audience expectations of "Jack Nicholson" to challenge prevailing attitudes about masculinity and power. In each of these films-Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, C...
Author | : Robert Crane |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2012-06-22 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0813140668 |
A biography based on personal interviews with the actor as well as his friends and fellow filmmakers: “Entertaining . . . A must for cinema students.” ―Hollywood Reporter In 1975, Jack Nicholson was just becoming a household name after starring in, writing, or producing twenty-five films including Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Last Detail, and Chinatown. At the time, Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer interviewed Nicholson for what began as a thesis for a University of Southern California film class—but quickly morphed into a larger portrait of Nicholson’s unique craft. It would become the first book about the icon, and the only one done with his participation. Crane and Fryer conducted their interviews with Nicholson with the intent of showcasing the young star as he saw himself, while also interviewing many of Nicholson’s close friends and fellow filmmakers, including Dennis Hopper, Roger Corman, Hal Ashby, Ann-Margret, Robert Evans, and Bruce Dern, providing a comprehensive profile of the actor's early years in the industry. The result is a unique portrait of the life and career of a man who has to date earned three Academy Awards and twelve nominations, seven Golden Globes, and the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award. “A true insider’s look at Nicholson not only as a writer, director, and actor, but also as a private man who desires a private life.” ―Los Angeles Daily News Includes photographs Originally published as Jack Nicholson: Face to Face
Author | : Ron Base |
Publisher | : Chicago : Contemporary Books |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
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Base examines the complex chemistry of movie stardom--a potent mix of greed and cunning, ego and casting, dedication and just plain dumb luck.
Author | : John Parker |
Publisher | : Kings Road Publishing |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Motion picture actors and actresses |
ISBN | : 1844544052 |
At a time of life when most people think of retiring, Jack Nicholson remains as energetic and charismatic as ever. Known for his trademark shark's grin and sunglasses, Nicholson has been acting for the past 37 years, and has just celebrated 25 years since the classicThe Shiningwas released. This book shares the truth about this avid LA Lakers fan, partying legend, and charismatic performer, revealed with the help and cooperation of many of Nicholson's Hollywood associates. John Parker traces the astonishing rise to stardom of a boy who was brought up to believe his grandmother was his mother and his mother his sister. This unorthodox childhood was the start of an incredible journey that included Oscar success, a string of high-profile lovers, and a long-term relationship with Anjelica Huston. This comprehensive biography goes behind the wolfish grin to discover that there is much more to Nicholson than the good-time partying figure found regularly in gossip columns; he does remain, after all these years, untamed and wild.
Author | : David Downing |
Publisher | : W H Allen |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Author | : Patrick McGilligan |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 799 |
Release | : 2015-11-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0393350975 |
“Jack’s Life feels true. . . . Fascinating.”—Entertainment Weekly Jack Nicholson has lived large on and off the screen. Patrick McGilligan, one of America’s outstanding film biographers, has plumbed research and interviews to expand his definitive biography since its publication twenty years ago. Jack’s Life captures the essence of this most private and public of stars with a vivid depiction of Nicholson’s tangled Dickensian upbringing, his hungry years as actor and writer, his nearaccidental breakthrough in Easy Rider, and his prolificacy and artistry ever since, with roles in Chinatown, Five Easy Pieces, The Shining, A Few Good Men, As Good As It Gets, and The Departed, to name a beloved handful of his sixty-plus films. McGilligan captures the life and legacy of this unabashed and complex personality
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Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Motion picture actors and actresses |
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Author | : Patrick McGilligan |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Author | : Matt Green |
Publisher | : Matt Green |
Total Pages | : 13 |
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Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Ever wondered how Jack Nicholson rose to stardom? Jack Nicholson is without a doubt one of the most popular and gifted American actors of the 20th century. The characteristic features of Jack include the dark tinted sun glasses, without which he is rarely seen outdoors, and the somewhat maniacal grin which has a great hand in shaping up his on-screen persona as a psychotic, neurotic and enigmatic character. The real Jack Nicholson is not far from what he portrays on his films: he smokes heavily, drinks heavily, has casual dates with multiple woman and even smokes on cannabis. Nicholson first came into the spotlight with the movie Easy Rider in 1969 and also with the subsequent success in Five Easy Pieces in 1970. His ability to assume a range of unconventional characters is greatly appreciated among his fans. For more interesting facts you must read his biography. Grab your biography book now!
Author | : Sam Wasson |
Publisher | : Flatiron Books |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2020-02-04 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1250301831 |
From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelatory account of the making of a modern American masterpiece Chinatown is the Holy Grail of 1970s cinema. Its twist ending is the most notorious in American film and its closing line of dialogue the most haunting. Here for the first time is the incredible true story of its making. In Sam Wasson's telling, it becomes the defining story of the most colorful characters in the most colorful period of Hollywood history. Here is Jack Nicholson at the height of his powers, as compelling a movie star as there has ever been, embarking on his great, doomed love affair with Anjelica Huston. Here is director Roman Polanski, both predator and prey, haunted by the savage death of his wife, returning to Los Angeles, the scene of the crime, where the seeds of his own self-destruction are quickly planted. Here is the fevered dealmaking of "The Kid" Robert Evans, the most consummate of producers. Here too is Robert Towne's fabled script, widely considered the greatest original screenplay ever written. Wasson for the first time peels off layers of myth to provide the true account of its creation. Looming over the story of this classic movie is the imminent eclipse of the '70s filmmaker-friendly studios as they gave way to the corporate Hollywood we know today. In telling that larger story, The Big Goodbye will take its place alongside classics like Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and The Devil's Candy as one of the great movie-world books ever written. Praise for Sam Wasson: "Wasson is a canny chronicler of old Hollywood and its outsize personalities...More than that, he understands that style matters, and, like his subjects, he has a flair for it." - The New Yorker "Sam Wasson is a fabulous social historian because he finds meaning in situations and stories that would otherwise be forgotten if he didn't sleuth them out, lovingly." - Hilton Als