Nicholson by Marc Eliot
The definitive biography of a man with one of the most iconic and fascinating careers-and lives-in Hollywood.Forsixdecades, JackNicholsonhas been part of film history. With three Oscar wins and twelve nominations to his credit and legendary roles in films like Easy Rider,Five Easy Pieces, Terms of Endearment, The Shining, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Nicholsoncreated original, memorable characters like no other actor of his generation.And his offscreen life has been no less of an adventure-Nicholsonhas always been at the center of the Hollywood elite and has courted some of the most famous and beautiful women in the world.
Relying on years of extensive research and interviews with insiders who know Nicholsonbest, acclaimed biographer Marc Eliot sheds light onNicholson's life on and off the screen.FromNicholson's working class childhood in New Jersey, where family secrets threatened to tear his family apart, to raucous nights on the town with Warren Beatty and tumultuous relationships with starlets like Michelle Phillips, Anjelica Huston, and Lara Flynn Boyle, to movie sets working with such legendary directors and costars as Dennis Hopper, Stanley Kubrick, and Meryl Streep, Eliot paints a sweeping picture of the breadth ofNicholson'sdecades-longcareer in film and an intimate portrait of the real man.
Both a comprehensive tribute to a film legend and an entertaining look at a truly remarkable life, Nicholson is a compulsively readable biography of an iconic Hollywood star.
Marc Eliot is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books on popular culture, among them the highly acclaimed biographies American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart; the award-winning Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince; Down 42nd Street; what many consider the best book about the sixties, his biography of Phil Ochs, Death of a Rebel; Take It From Me (with Erin Brokovich); Down Thunder Road: The Making of Bruce Springsteen; To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles; and Reagan: The Hollywood Years. He has written on the media and pop culture for numerous publications, including Penthouse, L.A. Weekly, and California magazine. He divides his time among New York City; Woodstock, New York; Los Angeles; and the Far East. Visit him at www.MarcEliot.net
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| ISBN 13 | 9780307888389 |
| ISBN 10 | 030788838X |
| Title | Nicholson |
| Author | Marc Eliot |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2014-10-28 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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