Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Burton, Harris, O'Toole and Reed

ISBN-13: 9781848090187 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 304 str.

Robert Sellers

Opis

The highly entertaining biography of four charismatic and much-loved actors follows them through five decades of boozing, brawling and braggadocio.
"God put me on this earth to raise sheer hell." Richard Burton
"I was a sinner. I slugged some people. I hurt many people. And it's true, I never looked back to see the casualties." Richard Harris
"Booze is the most outrageous of all drugs, which is why I chose it." Peter O'Toole
"I don't have a drink problem. But if that was the case and doctors told me I had to stop, I'd like to think I would be brave enough to drink myself into the grave." Oliver Reed
This is the story of four of the greatest thespian boozers who ever walked -- or staggered -- off a film set into a pub. It's a story of drunken binges of near biblical proportions, parties and orgies, broken marriages, drugs, riots and wanton sexual conquests. And yet these piss-artists were seemingly immune from the law. They got away with it because of their extraordinary acting talent and because the public loved them. They were truly the last of a breed, the last of the movie hellraisers.

Recenzje

A rollicking read Sunday Express

O autorze

Robert Sellers is a former stand-up comedian and the author of biographies of Sting, Tom Cruise, two appreciations of the work of Sean Connery and the definitive book on The Pythons: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. Robert was a regular contributor to Empire, Total Film, The Independent, SFX and Cinema Retro and has contributed to a number of television documentaries, including Channel 4's The 100 Best Family Films.