Sean Connery
Sean Connery
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Summary
The life story of the first James Bond and Oscar-winning Hollywood A-list star, this volume includes in-depth interviews with Connery's family, friends and co-stars.
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Sean Connery by Michael Callan
Among European actors Sean Connery is unparalleled in his achievements. Having extended his career from theatrical successes through every genre of film, as James Bond he became the backbone of the most lucrative movie franchise in history. Born in an Edinburgh tenement, Sean Connery later served time as a milkman, cabinet polisher and art model. He turned to acting on a whim, and early onstage success in South Pacific translated into a TV and movie career. Taking his talents such as The Name of the Rose, The Hunt for Red October and The Rock. His role as Jimmy Malone in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables won him an Academy Award, which many saw as recongnition of a body of superlative screen creations over twenty years.
Michael Feeney Callan is the critically acclaimed author of biographies of Robert Redford, Anthony Hopkins, Richard Harris, Julie Christie, and Sean Connery. He has also written fiction, worked for the BBC, Ireland's Ardmore Studios, and PBS as a writer, producer, and director of television dramas and documentaries. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780753508657 |
| ISBN 10 | 0753508656 |
| Title | Sean Connery |
| Author | Michael Callan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2003-09-04 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |