Books by Marc Eliot
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review 1: Kokonaisuudessaan Marc Eliotin Clint-elämäkerta on tuhti ja onnistunut paketti näyttelijälegendan elämästä. Vuonna 1930-syntyneen tähden näyttelijäuran päättää upeasti Gran Torino, mutta viisikymmenluvulla oli toisin. Hän sai Universalilta potkut yhdessä Burt Reynoldsin kanssa, k...
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review 1: The author has a very strong bias towards Clint Eastwood Ex. Clint successfully convinces his mistress to have second abortion (author doesn't even mention in the same chapter that Clint has a child with another mistress at the same time) and before there's time to think about w...
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review 1: In an industry with hardly any conservatives, Clint Eastwood is a rare exception. He and his chair were given a high profile speaking slot at the 2012 Republican convention.Eliot's biography, done without any involvement from Eastwood, covers his life and career through 2009. I w...
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review 1: I gobbled this one up over Thanksgiving and it was a treat. We all know Jack Nicholson the actor but for me this was a better chance to get a look at him as a man and learning about his early challenges, his conquests and his failures and regrets was a wonderful experience. The f...
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review 1: I was in the mood to read a biography so I scouted Blogging for Books to see what was available for review. I stopped and was excited to see Marc Eliot's Nicholson: A Biography available for advance review. Library Journal quipped, " Fans of celebrity bios and film students ...
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review 1: This is a straight-ahead film star biography, but with seemingly strong sources it provides a frank portrayal of the actor-producer who despite his best efforts, followed in the positive and negative footsteps of his famous father. The younger Douglas grew up with a mostly absent...
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review 1: I was expecting something else...it felt like I was reading someone's resume,CV or an encyclopedia. A lot of unnecessary details about how a movie got made and why it did or did not do well (maybe helpful if you are planning a career in film). I skipped the last section that li...