Harry Dean Stanton (eBook)

Hollywood's Zen Rebel

Joseph B. Atkins (Autor)

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2020
278 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-8013-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The first biography of the man Vanity Fair described as "e;the philosopher poet of character acting."e;After a series of minor parts in forgettable westerns, Harry Dean Stanton gradually began to get film roles that showcased his laid-back acting style, appearing in Cool Hand Luke, Kelly's Heroes, The Godfather: Part II, and Alien. He became a headliner in the eighties?starring in Wim Wenders's moving Paris, Texas and Alex Cox's Repo Man?but it was his extraordinary skill as a character actor that established him as a revered cult figure and kept him in demand throughout his career.Here, Joseph B. Atkins unwinds Stanton's enigmatic persona, shedding light on his early life in West Irvine, Kentucky, and exploring his difficult relationship with his Baptist parents, his service in the Navy, and the events that inspired him to drop out of college and pursue acting. Atkins also chronicles Stanton's early years in California, describing how he honed his craft at the renowned Pasadena Playhouse before breaking into television and movies.In addition to examining his acclaimed body of work, Atkins explores Harry Dean Stanton as a Hollywood legend, following his years rooming with Jack Nicholson, partying with David Crosby and Mama Cass, jogging with Bob Dylan, and playing poker with John Huston. Stanton is often remembered for his crowd-pleasing roles in movies like Pretty in Pink or Escape from New York, but this impassioned biography illuminates the entirety of his incredible sixty-year career, drawing on interviews with the actor's friends, family, and colleagues.

Autor

lt;P>Joseph B. Atkins is a veteran newspaper and magazine journalist and writer whose articles have appeared in USA Today, the Baltimore Sun, Oxford American, and In These Times. He is also the author of Covering for the Bosses: Labor and the Southern Press and Casey's Last Chance. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.

Inhalt

Prologue"Something Went Wrong""Riding a Stick of Dynamite"From the Lexington Stage to a New York Park BenchEarly Days in HollywoodZelig in La La LandHarry Dean and the New HollywoodThe Passing and the Passing ThroughA Repo Man and His "Tense Situations"To Paris, Texas, and BeyondHarry Dean the Punk IconThe Musician and PhilosopherLucky in the Last YearsPostscript

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.11.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Screen Classics
• Reihe/Serie: Screen Classics
• Reihe/Serie: Screen Classics
• Zusatzinfo: 16 b&w halftones
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: american new wave cinema • character actor • character actors biography • Cool Hand Luke • Film History • Francis Ford Coppola • greatest american character actors • gunsmoke • Harry Dean Stanton • hollywood outsiders • Jack Nicholson • Martin Scorsese • New Hollywood • new hollywood era • paris texas movie • Pretty in Pink • Pygmalion • Rebecca De Mornay • Repo Man • repo man movie • Sam Peckinpah
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-8013-9 / 0813180139
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-8013-7 / 9780813180137