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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (October 7, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1476730407
  • ISBN-13: 978-1476730400
  • Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.7 x 8.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (445 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsI'm so glad Mark didn't leave his stupid comments in his pocket
By wibblywobbly on October 4, 2013
Format: Kindle Edition
Greg Sestero has done something fantastic. He's managed to perfectly pinpoint all of Tommy Wiseau's eccentricities and show us exactly why we should care about him. Our dear Sestosterone is not only talented at growing beards and playing football, he's also a great and engaging writer. As a longtime fan of The Room, I really enjoyed the way Greg switched between talking about his early years with Tommy and the actual drama happening on the set of The Room. Each anecdote is better than the last.

I think as fans we sometimes forget that these characters we see onscreen (and yell insults to on countless midnight screenings) are portrayed by actual human beings, separate from their characters. I loved reading about how Juliette Daniels ended up playing Lisa and Dan Janjigian's preparation for the Oscar-worthy role of Chris-R. The Disaster Artist has brought an entirely new dimension to The Room. The book's biggest feat was helping the reader understand Tommy Wiseau, as much as anyone can understand Tommy Wiseau. Some of the details that Greg shares with us break my heart. I now view Tommy in the same way one would view a vampire puppy-- with an equal mixture of "aw" and "eek".

I can be sure that the next midnight screening I attend, I'll be giggling to myself over how long it took to shoot the famous, "I did naaht heet her" line. Or over the real reason why Peter was blinking so much. Or whether the enigmatic Chloe knows what obscenities audiences yell when they see her name appear onscreen. Without this book I would never have known that I've memorized The Room better than Tommy Wiseau. It was a fantastic read and I'm so excited to see what Greg Sestero does next!
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5.0 out of 5 starsPowerful and Brutally Honest - Not What I Expected
By Adara on October 7, 2013
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As a huge fan of "The Room," I went into this book expecting to hear a first-hand account of the wackiness that must have occurred while filming and maybe a little inside info on Tommy Wiseau. I would have been perfectly happy if the book had been that simple, but it was that plus so much more. In a way, Greg Sestero has created the moving, raw, true-to-life biography that "The Room" was supposed to be. This isn't a funny book about a hilariously bad movie... It's a sad book about a deeply troubled man who was basically able to buy his way to fame. It's not a pretty picture that's painted here, but it's honest and like all things in life, there are shades of gray. Tommy is selfish, manipulative, and controlling, yet I can understand why Greg (or anyone really) would be drawn to him. Underneath it all he's still a little kid, and there's something refreshing about childlike idealism. Tommy really is the tragic figure he tried to portray in the character of Johnny, but not for the reasons he thinks. Also, the book is informative and interesting as it follows Greg through the excruciating process of trying to make it as an actor in LA. This book gave depth to "The Room" that I almost don't want it to have. It's harder to laugh knowing I'm laughing at a pathetic, pitiable human being who basically spent 6 million dollars to pretend he had friends. That's doesn't mean I won't laugh or I'll stop loving "The Room." I just didn't expect this book to have the depth that it does. Well done, Greg.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHilarious, Insightful, and Well-Written. What a story, Greg!
By LeeHoFooks on October 12, 2013
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You're probably interested in this book for the same reasons I was: You love/hate The Room, you want to read some funny behind-the-scenes stories about its making, and you're hoping to have some mysteries about the movie and its oddball director/writer/producer cleared up. Rest assured, you will get all that, and more, from reading this excellent book by Greg Sestero ("Mark"), and writer Tom Bissell. The Disaster Artist is part memoir of a struggling young actor, part "making of" of a cult classic, and part chronicle of the rise and fall of a bizarre friendship.

Fans of The Room tend to have a lot of questions. Why is the dialogue so odd? How old was Denny supposed to be? What happened to Peter? Who was Steven? Why the football? Why a rooftop? Why the pictures of spoons? What's with that flower shop scene? Who is Tommy Wiseau, really, and where did he get the money to film this thing?

Sestero does his best to answer these questions, though many things about Wiseau's past will probably forever remain a mystery. I don't wish to spoil the book for anyone, but I feel I must answer The Big Question in order to write a proper review and let the potential reader know what they are in for. Is Tommy Wiseau "in on the joke," so to speak? That is to say, is The Room intentionally funny?

The answer is no.

I've read a lot of funny books over the years, but I can't recall another that made me laugh out loud so often, or so hard, as The Disaster Artist. Sestero's insights into the making of "the Citizen Kane of bad movies" had me in childish fits of giggles, as did the glimpses into "Tommy's Planet." Wiseau, you see, always wanted a planet of his own.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsInsights into the enigmatic vampire man-child that is Tommy Wiseau! ("Oh hi Kristen!")
By Kristen on June 29, 2014
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I am a little bit obsessed with The Room. It's not a constant thing--I can go for months without watching it or talking about it or probably even thinking about it--but sooner or later, I find myself talking to a friend or acquaintance about my love of entertainingly bad movies, and I mention the The Room as being (in my opinion) the best bad movie ever made. Usually the person I'm speaking to will not have heard of The Room, or will have heard of it but not seen it, which immediately necessitates bringing up internet video footage and inevitably rekindles the obsession. Who is this Tommy Wiseau? Where did he get that crazy accent, how old is he, and how in the heck did he make enough money to pour six million dollars of his personal fortune into this movie, and what on earth was he trying to accomplish by doing so?

If you have seen The Room, you probably already realize that the man behind the movie is a person who doesn't see things the way the rest of us see them. We see poorly-built sets, ill-fitting and unflattering costumes, stilted dialogue riddled with non sequiturs, rampant continuity issues, bad green screen special effects, nonsensical plotlines, and most of all, Tommy himself, who is probably the worst actor you've ever seen unless you attend a lot of middle school theater productions...and maybe even then. But, as this book very eloquently explains, Tommy saw something else entirely.

If you are looking for pee-your-pants funny anecdotes about what it was like for Greg Sestero to be first Tommy's friend and then, eventually, his employee on the set of The Room, they're here. (He had to write down the code to his apartment's gate because he could never remember it--it was 1234!!Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsA good book about a movie considered to be the best - worst movie ever...

Not trying to be or seem mean, but Tommy (not so) Wiseau is phenomenally and incomprehnsibly stupid. He and other people who are this stupid need to (but will never) know it. Read more

Published 4 days ago by Jeremy R. Feit
5.0 out of 5 starsHonest Read

Fantastic and honest words by a true friend. While many people may find Tommy a repulsive character, the fact that Greg stays a true friend till the end says a lot about both... Read more

Published 6 days ago by Monsieur Vega Bazan
5.0 out of 5 starsFascinating, insightful book

Like many people out there, I was sucked in by the myth of the famously bad movie The Room. For years, I wondered exactly how such a terrible movie that was so lacking in... Read more

Published 6 days ago by E.W.
5.0 out of 5 starsROOM FANS ONLY

Room fans GET PUMPED! this is the best book I have ever read!

Published 10 days ago by Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsYou are tearing me apart, Mark!

Through his writing, Greg Sestero has made me hate Tommy, feel bad for him, grow to love him, hate Tommy again, and then love him. Read more

Published 14 days ago by Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

What a brilliant, phenomenal, feel-good novel! Loved every page!

Published 17 days ago by Petr Hrubý
5.0 out of 5 starsA rare true story that's actually interesting

Hilarious and fascinating in so many ways. Both the events Sestero describes and the way he describes them with his narration are a riot. Read more

Published 18 days ago by Lizzy Chrome
5.0 out of 5 starsVampire trick

I haven't read many books due to having a severely bad attention span, but this book had no problem at keeping me sucked in. Read more

Published 19 days ago by Trace Yates
4.0 out of 5 starsFascinating, hilarious, and sad.

Fascinating, hilarious, and sad. Interesting portrait of an egotistical genius who happens to have zero talent.

Published 27 days ago by Ryan Ferguson
5.0 out of 5 starsSo good. Really.

Witty, poignant, and incredibly insightful. I've never been a huge fan of audiobooks, but Greg's spot-on Tommy Wiseau impression is an absolute necessity... Read more

Published 28 days ago by Trevor Rogers

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