Jack Nicholson is the most popular film actor since Marlon Brando, and as he swaggers well into his seventh decade, he shows no sign of losing any of his astonishing star power. Here, drawing on interviews with many of Nicholson’s Hollywood associates, John Parker pieces together a complex portrait of the star—his tangled and tumultuous childhood, his wives and high-profile romances, his brilliant film career, and his Oscar-winning triumphs in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Terms of Endearment, and As Good as It Gets. Find out what lies behind that famous shark’s smile—and be prepared to be surprised. Journalist John Parker’s previous books include Arise Sir Sean Connery, King of Fools, and Five for Hollywood.
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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 newspaper to Life magazine. He spent 20 years in Fleet Street and his books include a biography of Sean Connery, the best selling Kings 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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I would recommend Patrick McGiligan's biography because it has the research and detail one would expect of a biography. This book, (I assume written by an Englishman since it was published in England and uses words like "chum",etc) is a composite of what has already been published on Jack Nicholson. Its even balanced and focuses on seminal events in Nicholoson's life and his movies..What is very annoying about this book is the excessive description of the cultural context that surrounded Jack's 60's days...Way too much setting, frankly because there is not any new content here...If you don't know much about Jack, this is not a bad introductory piece....Oh, yes the other thing about this book is way too much (previously published) information on Warren Beatty, Roman Polanski, Marlon Brando, and Robert Evans...the writer goes into great details on the problems in their lives...not central to subject of this biography...
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SHINING BRIGHTLY !!!,
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This review is from: Wild: The Biography of Jack Nicholson (Hardcover)
This is a very interesting look at Jack's life from childhood on - including his friendships and how these friendships affected his life. I enjoyed this thoroughly, so much, that I am reading it a second time!
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THE SEARCH FOR the inspirational sources of Jack Nicholson the artist, and Jack Nicholson the man, takes us on a journey that in many ways is more diverse than some of his contemporaries, like Warren Beatty, Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, who were born in the same year - 1937. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jack Nicholson, New York, Los Angeles, Easy Rider, Robert Evans, Warren Beatty, Mulholland Drive, The Shining, Dennis Hopper, Carnal Knowledge, Bob Rafelson, Five Easy Pieces, The Two Jakes, James Dean, Michelle Phillips, Mike Nichols, Peter Fonda, John Huston, Rebecca Broussard, Robert Towne, Roger Gorman, Roman Polanski, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Anjelica Huston, Beverly Hills New!
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THE SEARCH FOR the inspirational sources of Jack Nicholson the artist, and Jack Nicholson the man, takes us on a journey that in many ways is more diverse than some of his contemporaries, like Warren Beatty, Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, who were born in the same year - 1937. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jack Nicholson, New York, Los Angeles, Easy Rider, Robert Evans, Warren Beatty, Mulholland Drive, The Shining, Dennis Hopper, Carnal Knowledge, Bob Rafelson, Five Easy Pieces, The Two Jakes, James Dean, Michelle Phillips, Mike Nichols, Peter Fonda, John Huston, Rebecca Broussard, Robert Towne, Roger Gorman, Roman Polanski, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Anjelica Huston, Beverly Hills New!
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- Easy Rider by Peter Fonda on 18 pages
- James Dean: Behind the Scenes by Leith Adams on 5 pages
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac on page 33, page 35, and page 56
- Carnal Knowledge by Jules Feiffer on page 101, page 105, and Back Matter
- Splendor in the Grass on page 18, and page 24
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