Nicolas Cage has managed that most difficult Hollywood balancing act - critical and commercial success - and his films, from Rumble Fish to Moonstruck, and from Wild at Heart to Raising Arizona, have always reflected that. Never was this combined success more evident than when he won the best actor Oscar in 1996 for his portrayal of a doomed alcoholic in Mike Figgis' dark and haunting Leaving Las Vegas and in the same year scored a huge commercial hit co-starring with Sean Connery in the action thriller The Rock. Uncaged reveals for the first time, through scores of interviews with his family, friends and co-stars, the rise to superstardom of the prodigal son of one of Hollywood's most complex and controversial dynasties - the Coppolas.
Douglas Thompson is the author of more than twenty books. A biographer, broadcaster and international journalist, he is a regular contributor to major newspapers and magazines worldwide. His books, published in a dozen languages, include the television-based anthology Hollywood People, and best-selling biographies of Madonna, Clint Eastwood, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dudley Moore, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage and Leonardo DiCaprio. He collaborated with the billion dollar dancer Michael Flatley on his Top Ten story 'Lord of the Dance'. His books have been serialised in newspapers and magazines throughout the world, including Vanity Fair. With Christine Keeler, he wrote her revealing memoir The Truth At Last, an instant best-seller. He worked as a consultant on the tie-in television documentary on the Profumo Affair. Working with eminent psychotherapist Pauline Sutcliffe, he told the poignant story of her brother Stuart, who named and helped found the Beatles with John Lennon. His latest success, 'The Hustlers', was being developed in 2009 as a major motion picture by eminent producer-director Martha Fiennes and was the subject of a 2008 Channel 4 documentary. His DVD contributions to a celebration of Clint Eastwood's career were recently commemorated in a special box set of Eastwood movies. He has worked with many celebrities on their memoirs and enjoyed writing a biography of England and Chelsea footballer Frank Lampard. He completed in September,2009, an extraordinary true life story to be published in February, 2010. He is involved at present in the pre-production of a television documentary series.
Douglas Thompson divides his time between a farmhouse near Cambridge, England, and a beach home in California, where he was based as a Fleet Street correspondent and columnist for twenty years.
September, 2009.
