Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced Americaby Peter Biskind
Published 2010
Warren Beatty is one of the most famous Hollywood playboys. However, he was also an incredible actor. This biography is a fair, respectful, portrayal of the man, his background and beliefs, and his work.
Publishers Weekly 11/23/2009 says:
"In his refreshing biography, Biskind ("Easy Riders, Raging Bulls") examines Beatty's dual and often dueling status as Hollywood legend and notorious womanizer without letting either subsume the other... Beatty had a hand in some of New Hollywood's most important films. But Biskind does not gloss over the fact that Beatty has not had a box office hit since 1990's "Dick Tracy", nor does he ignore the string of flops that have deflated the actor's career ("Ishtar", "Bugsy", "Love Affair", etc.). Yet his respect for Beatty never dwindles, and readers are left with a complicated portrait of a complicated man, arguably a great actor of his generation." "(Jan. 5)" Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
This title is currently on the New Nonfiction shelf at the library (791.4302 BISKI).
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