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Brian J. Robb (Author)
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January 16, 2002
This updated glimpse into the life and career of Brad Pitt offers more photos and 32 new pages. Robb details Pitt's career from Thelma and Louise to his work in films as diverse as Seven Years in Tibet and Meet Joe Black. The author discusses how Pitt's dislike of Hollywood blockbusters continues to push him toward challenging roles.

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'This biography delves behind Pitt's glamorous image to uncover the truth about his childhood, early acting career, and off-screen romances.' -- Preview

'This book is packed with all sorts of fab insights into the life of the world's most fanciable man' -- Live & Kicking

Product Details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Plexus Publishing; 2nd edition (January 16, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0859652882
  • ISBN-13: 978-0859652889
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.6 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #609,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Brian J. Robb is the author of a series of Hollywood biographies, including an international best-seller on Leonardo DiCaprio. Other subjects have included Scream director Wes Craven and Hollywood stars Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregor, Nicolas Cage, Will Smith and River Phoenix.

He is currently Managing Editor at Titan Magazines, a publisher of film and TV related titles in the UK. In addition, he edits the UK's Official Star Wars Magazine, as well as being Managing Editor on Dreamwatch, an international cult film and television magazine.

He is a journalist of 20 years standing who has held a variety of film-related jobs, including Publications Editor of the British Film Institute, editing publications for the 1990 London Film Festival, as well as publications for the 1991 Edinburgh Film Festival and the 1991 British Film Festival in Washington DC.

He was film and video critic for the Edinburgh Evening News for eight years and has contributed film reviews to Scot FM and BBC Radio Scotland. He has worked for the Radio Times and TV Guide, ran a local newspaper group in Edinburgh and was the Founding Editor of Scottish Arts Monthly.

In addition, he has worked on The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday newspapers and contributed freelance work to The Guardian, The Daily Record, Scotsman Magazine, Fear, Fantasy Zone, Doctor Who Monthly, Film Monthly, Dreamwatch and Starburst, as well as regular columns for ZX Computing magazine in the mid-1980s.

Brian has an MA in Film & TV Studies from the University of Glasgow and a postgraduate diploma in Journalism Studies from University College, Cardiff.

 

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good readable text accurate info and good pictures, November 4, 1998
This book is well illustrated and gives the available info on Brad's life in a readable format, and a decent size. Could benefit from an index. Some of the pictures I have not seen elsewhere. It is now a bit out of date, and some of the stuff mentioned as future projects has not in fact materialised (whatever happened to the idea of Brad playing General Custer for example? That would have been fun!) The best of the Brad Pitt books I have seen so far.
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3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Warning! Beep!..., February 20, 2003
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I'm not going to lie to you. Reading this book, I felt like a real ballerina boy, head stuffed with cream puffs and dandylions in my hair. I said I wasn't going to lie. If you have this book on your bookshelf, you may pursue the "Greek love." No lie. You may want to have sex with another man (unless you are a woman, in which case it is fine, not that it's not fine the other way, but you know what I mean).

This bildungsroman follows young Pitt (Pitt the Younger) from his carefree days in the corn fields of Iowa to desinger satin sheets and Jennifer Aniston's tang. I don't want to give too much away, but here are some of my favorite bits:

*Brad turning to acting after a boring two-years as Asst. Deputy State Comptroller of Iowa.

*Hard drinking, sweet loving.

*In Brad's debut (Thelma and Louise) he actually suggested they ride off the cliff at the end.

*Harrowing dance with heroin culimnates with near-fatal OD outside of the Viper Room.

*Really bald.

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