Tom Cruise by Robert Sellers
At the age of eighteen Tom Cruise was just another pretty face amongst the "Brat Pack" of aspiring young actors in the 1980s. However, while fellow "Brat" players have faded Tom Cruise has become one of the single most bankable actor in Hollywood today, whose films have earned an estimated $1 billion worldwide. The Cruise childhood was nomadic and traumatic. By his 14th birthday he had attended a dozen schools and had been diagnosed as suffering from dyslexia. When his parents divorced the young Cruise helped to support his mother and three sisters by finding part-time work after school. He never spoke to his father again until just prior to his death in 1984 of cancer. Hesitating between the church (he studied for a year at a Franciscan seminary) and the sports field as the scene of his future endeavours, Cruise decided on the stage after a high school production of "Guys and Dolls". His starring debut in "Risky Business" established him as the perfect all-American male pin-up and "Top Gun", one of the biggest hits of the decade, confirmed his star power. In subsequent years Cruise has made a determined and successful effort to establish himself as a respected actor, and discard the cocky, grinning glamour boy image, by working with numerous noted directors and critically validated older actors and by gradually taking on more demanding dramatic roles ("Rain Man", "Born on the Fourth of July", "The Firm"). This detailed and absorbing biography pieces together for the first time the full amazing success story that is Tom Cruise.
ROBERT SELLERS is the author of the bestselling Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed, Hollywood Hellraisers and An A-Z of Hellraisers. He has also written biographies on Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford and Sean Connery, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, a history of the George Harrison/Monty Python film company HandMade, and the controversial Battle for Bond, which for a time was banned by the family of Ian Fleming. He was a regular contributor to Empire, Total Film, Independent, SFX and Cinema Retro and has contributed to a number of television documentaries, including Channel 4's The 100 Best Family Films.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780709054412 |
| ISBN 10 | 0709054416 |
| Title | Tom Cruise |
| Author | Robert Sellers |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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