Sean Connery is one of the world’s true superstars, applauded by critics and filmgoers alike. Now, John Parker traces the rise to stardom of the tough Edinburgh street kid, who left school at the age of thirteen. Arriving in London with gold teeth and tattoos to seek his fortune in the meat market of bodybuilding, Connery fought against snobbery to become a self-taught Shakespearean actor. Then came the big break. Auditioning for the part of James Bond, he told producers with typical bluntness how Bond should be played, and it landed him the job—and overnight stardom. Connery went on to become one of the world’s most versatile, highly paid actors, winning an Oscar for his role in The Untouchables. Here, John Parker offers an engaging portrait of one of the most glamorous, talented, and complex actors in movie history.
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Sean Connery is one of the world’s true superstars, applauded by critics and filmgoers alike. Now, John Parker traces the rise to stardom of the tough Edinburgh street kid, who left school at the age of thirteen. Arriving in London with gold teeth and tattoos to seek his fortune in the meat market of bodybuilding, Connery fought against snobbery to become a self–taught Shakespearean actor. Then came the big break. Auditioning for the part of James Bond, he told producers with typical bluntness how Bond should be played, and it landed him the job—and overnight stardom. Connery went on to become one of the world’s most versatile, highly paid actors, winning an Oscar for his role in The Untouchables. Here, John Parker offers an engaging portrait of one of the most glamorous, talented, and complex actors in movie history.
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John Parker has been a writer and journalist all his working life, in a career that has taken him from local newspapers to Life magazine. He spent 20 years in Fleet Street and his books include a biography of Jack Nicholson, the bestselling King of Fools, a biography of the Duke of Windsor and the widely praised Five for Hollywood, a study of the movie industry of the 1950s.
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Sir Sean (Tommy) Connery A Noble Scot,
By spy007bondman "REW" (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Arise Sir Sean Connery: The Biography of Britain's Greatest Living Actor (Hardcover)
A special man with a long career in the movies.This book is informative,but the reality he was type-casted as James Bond and never could destroy the monster he created.
The author should have spent more time with a history of growing up in Scotland with a hard knox life of growing up without the opportunities that were not available when growing up. This man of great character makes us want to be better people in the world at large to be productive individuals with grit...
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The chances of Sean Connery ever making it even to the bottom rung of the ladder to film stardom were slight, and if he surmounted that hurdle any bookie his paternal grandfather used to run for would still have given astounding odds on him becoming what Steven Spielberg described as one of the top five actors in the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sean Connery, James Bond, United Artists, New York, Diane Cilento, Los Angeles, Ian Fleming, Michael Caine, Terence Young, Richard Burton, Century Fox, Cubby Broccoli, Allied Artists, The Untouchables, Sidney Lumet, Lana Turner, Roger Moore, The Man Who Would Be King, The Rock, Cary Grant, Harry Saltzman, Tommy Connery, Eric Sykes, Honor Blackman, Paul Newman New!
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The chances of Sean Connery ever making it even to the bottom rung of the ladder to film stardom were slight, and if he surmounted that hurdle any bookie his paternal grandfather used to run for would still have given astounding odds on him becoming what Steven Spielberg described as one of the top five actors in the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sean Connery, James Bond, United Artists, New York, Diane Cilento, Los Angeles, Ian Fleming, Michael Caine, Terence Young, Richard Burton, Century Fox, Cubby Broccoli, Allied Artists, The Untouchables, Sidney Lumet, Lana Turner, Roger Moore, The Man Who Would Be King, The Rock, Cary Grant, Harry Saltzman, Tommy Connery, Eric Sykes, Honor Blackman, Paul Newman New!
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- You Only Live Twice by Sean Connery on 10 pages
- Diamonds Are Forever by Sean Connery on 7 pages
- Dr No (Penguin Modern Classics) by Ian Fleming on 6 pages
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [VHS] by Harrison Ford on 5 pages
- Look Back in Anger (Plays, Penguin) by John Osborne on 4 pages
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