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The Films of Jack Nicholson
Douglas Brode
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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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Nothing New Here & Somewhat Annoying.......2006-04-07
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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Jack Nicholson: Movie Top Ten
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Jack Nicholson - charming, charismatic and demonic. Having sustained one of the most successful careers in Hollywood, he is still receiving critical acclaim (Oscar for 'As Good As It Gets') years after his early Oscar-nomination as the drunken, liberal lawyer in Easy Rider. With a prolific filmography ranging from convict McMurphy in Milos Forman's seminal One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, to the psychotic axe-killer Jack Torrance in Kubrick's The Shining, and sleazy private eye Jake Gittes in Polanski's Chinatown, Nicholson's ability to blend box-office success with cult status is unparalleled.
Jack Nicholson: Movie Top Tens takes ten of his most engaging or offbeat films and analyses them through accessible, in-depth essays by some of the best cutting-edge film writers around. Visually charged with striking b/w shots throughout, the result is both an incisive overview of Nicholson's impressive career, and an anthology of films by some of the leading cult directors of recent years such as Stanley Kubrick, Tim Burton, Roman Polanski, Mike Nichols, Antonio Antonini, and Milos Forman.
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Great book, Great actor........2004-07-02
I love Jack Nicholson. I recommend this book for anybody who wants a serious study of his best acting roles. Don't buy it if you're looking for a glossy 'star' fan book, as this is a collection of essays by film critics. It makes a refreshing change to see Jack's work taken this seriously.
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Jack Nicholson is one of the longest-lasting and most recognized sex symbols of our time. This sizzling biography goes deep in-depth, relating exclusive interviews with past flames and flings, to shed light on the unique charisma and magnetism of one of America's most respected and desired movie stars.
Among the startling revelations:
- A longtime girlfriend who describes Jack's reaction when he at last discovered the long-buried, dark secret of his childhood
- Jack's notorious penny-pinching, such as the time he came home from a movie set with a doggie bag of catered Mexican food
- The woman Jack "shared" with Robert Evans and Warren Beatty
- The night Christina Onassis, who'd had a fling with Jack in Los Angeles, got mad at him for seducing a girl in her party at Xenon
- The beauty queen who was still married to drug dealer Tom Sullivan when she was drawn to Jack
- The beautiful, talented costar who showed up at Jack's house at 1 A.M. and what happened when live-in girlfriend Anjelica Huston answered the intercom
- The night Steve Rubell ran around Studio 54 saying, "We got to keep Ryan O'Neal and Jack Nicholson away from each other. There's going to be a big fight."
- Why Rebecca Broussard refused him when Jack asked for her hand in marriage in 1993, even after having two children with him
- Why Katharine Hepburn's goddaughter still loves Jack and has spent years looking for a man who can measure up to him
- Diane Keaton's reaction to Jack passing gas during filming of a love scene for Something's Gotta Give
- Jennifer Howard, who found Jack's lovemaking "very oomph! He knows what he's doing. You can kind of just let go. Let him le-e-e-ad the way!" In Jack, Edward Douglas offers us a provocative, fascinating portrait of the man, the legend, the star: Jack Nicholson.
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Jack Nicholson is one of the longest-lasting and most recognized sex symbols of our time. This sizzling biography goes deep in-depth, relating exclusive interviews with past flames and flings, to shed light on the unique charisma and magnetism of one of America's most respected and desired movie stars.
Among the startling revelations:
- A longtime girlfriend who describes Jack's reaction when he at last discovered the long-buried, dark secret of his childhood
- Jack's notorious penny-pinching, such as the time he came home from a movie set with a doggie bag of catered Mexican food
- The woman Jack ""shared"" with Robert Evans and Warren Beatty
- The night Christina Onassis, who'd had a fling with Jack in Los Angeles, got mad at him for seducing a girl in her party at Xenon
- The beauty queen who was still married to drug dealer Tom Sullivan when she was drawn to Jack
- The beautiful, talented costar who showed up at Jack's house at 1
A.M. and what happened when live-in girlfriend Anjelica Huston answered the intercom
- The night Steve Rubell ran around Studio 54 saying, ""We got to keep Ryan O'Neal and Jack Nicholson away from each other. There's going to be a big fight.""
- Why Rebecca Broussard refused him when Jack asked for her hand in marriage in 1993, even after having two children with him
- Why Katharine Hepburn's goddaughter still loves Jack and has spent years looking for a man who can measure up to him
- Diane Keaton's reaction to Jack passing gas during filming of a love scene for
Something's Gotta Give
- Jennifer Howard, who found Jack's lovemaking ""very oomph! He knows what he's doing. You can kind of just let go. Let him le-e-e-ad the way!"" In Jack, Edward Douglas offers us a provocative, fascinating portrait of the man, the legend, the star: Jack Nicholson.
"
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What's up with the pseudonym?.......2006-03-22
There's not much to say about this book other than it's a compliation of everything the author read with a few recent interviews sprinkled in.
Like a previous reviewer, I lost interest (starting with Chapter 2) when I saw that it was one quote after another. When I looked at the Bibliography to see the sources and saw Mike Walker's gossip column in The National Enquirer as a source, as well as other tabloids, I figured the book wasn't worth the time considering how "accurate" those tabloids are (The Enquirer *can* get it right more often than other tabloids, sure, but a book needs more solid sources than tabloids!).
I have always had the greatest respect for Nicholson's acting ability. Numerous times in the past, I've read about how he is the consummate professional: He gets on a set and knows his lines (*and* yours!), does what he has to do and leaves. (*That's* the mark of a professional!!!)
The title says it all: The focus is more on Nicholson's personal life rather than his professional life. I find him fascinating (and, yes, unbelievably sexy at his age!) and believe his accomplishments are just as, if not, more interesting (and important) than his personal liasons.
This doesn't do Jack justice and the fact the author hides behind a pseudonym really sucks.
Good book to say the least.......2006-01-12
For instance we learn that Nicholson was taught acting by veteran film and tv actor Jeff Corey. It gives a little vague when it describes exactly what kind of actor Nicholson is. Corey mostly taught Nicholson method acting but for some films like The Shining Nicholson was more old fashioned theatrically in his approach. We learn many more things about JN like that that Nicholson gave up being an actor for a while (I often wondered why Nicholson wrote Head for the Monkees)then he was brought back. I'm more interested in the book when it's
on Jn's acting career than personal life though they do intertwine a lot. If you want my opinion this book leaves me with the opinion that Nicholson is a little too clickish in who he works for. Director Bob Raffleson or Diane Keaton or with John and Angelica Huston (before JH died that is) and so on. But come to think of it most actors who are famous are somewhat clickish(John Wayne was with John Ford a lot in movies to give another example).
Excellent overview of his life and loves.......2005-10-26
as a casual movie goer who is no specialist on Jack's romantic and professional history, I found this to be a very comprehensive, continuously enlightening tour through all that he's accomplished in his amazing private and public life... although I couldn't help but be familiar with his reputation as the consumate rogue, I had no idea of the staggering quantity (and quality) of his conquests and of the 8 kids he's fathered and what's become of so many figures in his life... a very enjoyable read...
Quotes and Notes.......2005-04-20
This review refers to "Jack: The Great Seducer" by Edward Douglas....
As a big fan of Jack Nicholson, I was quite disapointed with this book. It is subtitled 'The Life and Many Loves of Jack Nicholson'. In that respect it did give quite a bit of information of his many loves and a good synopsis of his life before and after he became the great star that he is. If you are a fan and have never read anything else about him, you can probably add a star to my rating. However, although there are a few new interviews with various friends and girlfriends of the mega star, and the info is very up to date(going all the way through "Something's Gotta Give"), most of what you will read has been printed elsewhere. As a matter of fact, of the 436 pages, about 50 are devoted to the bibliographies and notes of quoted sources. I gave up by chapter 2 going back and forth to see where the quote came from. Each page has at least half a dozen noted quotes(sometimes there are that many in a paragraph). I also found at times, the book was nothing more than an X rated "Enquirer" as it couldn't have been more up close and personal when it comes to Jack's love life(and other big names as well). I was quite insulted by this part, as I feel most fans of this very talented actor, who has brought us so many hours of wonderful entertainment through the years, would be as well. It wasn't shocking, just sleazy.
What the book did have the warrants my 2 stars, is a good look at his life and loves, chronologically through his films. From the beginning of his career, each film is touched on, and the ones that really define Jack ("Easy Rider", "Five Easy Pieces", "Chinatown", etc) are quite detailed as to how he got the part, why he chose the roles, and what was happening in his life at the time.
Edward Douglas (a pseudonym, and I can't blame him for that) sheds some new insight into the what makes Jack tick, but for the most part I didn't think the as the front flap suggests, the revelations were "startling". I mean, what is so startling about a rich man wanting to take home left overs from his favorite restaurant. Maybe he LIKED the food and wanted a midnight snack.
Fans will not miss much by passing this one by....Laurie
An excellent chronological and referenced account........2005-01-31
"Jack: The Great Seducer" offers an excellent chronological and referenced account of his interworkings with the women in his life and career.
The book itself offers one new revelation I was unaware of in the likes of Cynthia Basinet. Depicted as one of Jack's gals and downplayed as an "aspiring singer", I found her compassion, courage, insight, and humor within what seems to have been a geninue love affair to be inspiring. Cynthia is a single mom who took to assisting W. Sahara refugees after separating from the actor. Upon further research, I discovered Miss Basinet single-handedly transformed her career as a successful model/actress into a recording artist with a philanthropic platform with no apparent assistance from JN. Her rendition of "Santa Baby" was originally recorded for Jack as a Christmas gift, and has gone on to become a Holiday favorite. It's the version often thought to be Marilyn Monroe, which appears in the 2003 film "Party Monster".
On the surface, the book resonates as a rah-rah "harem" lifestyle most men only fantasize about, however as I gave it more thought I couldn't help but wonder: where is the love?
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"If the Other Guy Isn't Jack Nicholson, I'Ve Got the Part": Hollywood Tales of Big Breaks, Bad Luck, and Box-Office Magic
Ron Base
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One of the neglected gems of movie trivia.......2002-10-15
One of my favorite games of movie trivia is trying to imagine what certain classic, beloved films would be like if they had been made with an entirely different cast. Often times, the results range between the horrifying and the ludicrous (for example, Lana Turner as Scarlett O'Hara and Jeffrey Lynn as Rhett Butler, teaming up to make Gone with the Wind the dullest Civil War epic ever) and occasionally, you're forced to admit that a film like the Fugitive probably would have pretty much been the same rather the lead was played by Harrison Ford or Alec Baldwin. And sometimes, if you're lucky, you imagine a film that may be different from the classic the world knows and loves but, at least to the mind's eye, is just as fascinating -- The Graduate starring Charles Grodin, Doris Day, Sally Field, and Ronald Reagan or Terms of Endearment featuring a comeback supporting performance from none other than Burt Reynolds.
These fun, intriguing, and often infuriating speculations are what lie at the heart of Ron Base's unjustly neglected film book, If the Other Guy Isn't Jack Nicholson, I've Got the Part. (The title is an actual quote from Reynolds who either lost or gave up roles in films ranging from Terms of Endearment to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest to our Mr. Nicholson. After reading this book, one wonders what Boogie Nights might had been like if Reynolds had passed on that...) Starting from Hollywood's golden age and the days of the star systems and ending with the modern-day, often interchangeable blockbusters of today, Base writes a lively, humorous, and always fascinating account of the struggles and the intrigue that went into casting some of the best pictures to come out of Hollywood's studios. He covers the famous search to find the perfect Scarlett, the comical saga of finding the perfect actors to bring the Graduate's story to life (and yes -- Day, Field, Grodin, and even Ron Reagan were all serious possibilities at one point of time), the birth of the Corleone Family, and even explains how a little-known Sharon Stone ended up with the "honor" of exposing herself to the world in Basic Instinct.
Along the way, the book manages to provide a treasure trove of little known trivia and anecdote. As well, by showing us how the faces of Hollywood's ideal leading stars changed (basically going from suave Clark Gable to awkward Dustin Hoffman and eventually ending up with the hulking likes of Arnie and Stallone), Base provides an interesting and entertaining look at the way American society views itself has been changed and transformed over the course of the 20th century. This is a wonderful, fun book that will be enjoyed by anyone who ever watched Jack Nicholson on screen and thought to himself, "Gee, I wish they'd gotten Burt Reynolds for that role." Luckily, the book can enjoyed by the rest of us, too.
Good.......2002-05-22
Interesting book. And Ron Base gets it right a lot where others don't. The unspoken truth when saying, "Burt Reynolds turned down TERMS OF ENDEARMENT" etc., is that THE MATERIAL IS THE THING. Stars are interchangeable!!!! This book gets that right. God knows how many millions studios would save on star fees if they'd get that through their heads! (Only George Lucas said paying Jim Carrey $20 million is stupidity. Carrey made $20 million for THE MAJESTIC, which was still one of the biggest flops in history.)
Fascinating!.......1999-02-13
One of the best books I've read about movies. It is well-written and fascinating. The book is broken up into chapters that deal with certain episodes, so it's easy reading. Although the material written about isn't life-or-death stuff, it is interesting to contemplate Travolta having had taken certain parts, or Stallone having taken certain parts, etc. Great book.
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AND, THERE'S A GREAT DEAL MORE TO COME............2006-08-05
While many of us think Jack Nicholson burst into cinematic celebrity with his role in "Easy Rider," the truth is he had already put in ten long years of trying to make it in Hollywood, In fact, 1969 found Nicholson throwing himself into writing and producing until Rip Torn, who was slated for the role in "Easy Rider," left after a contractual dispute and Nicholson stepped in.
We could say the rest is history, but it is not for despite the countless interviews Nicholson has given there is still much to be learned about this baffling and brilliant actor. The author of biographies of George Cukor, James Cagney and Robert Altman, Patrick McGilligan knows how to document a life.
Renowned for playing estranged loners ("Five Easy Pieces," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Nicholson was born in 1937 and raised to believe that his mother was his sister. He was never certain who his father was. Despite the question of his parents, he seems to have had a rather conventional upbringing in New Jersey.
Much found in Nicholson's past can be sighted in his present: He was succored by the women who raised him as he has been by his many romantic relationships; he followed professional sports as a youth and attended games with a cadre of his buddies; he was careful with money - today he is one of Hollywood's richest actors.
Nicholson and his close friends declined conversation with the author. Thus, McGilligan has relied on already published material, albeit written with a fresh slant. "Jack's Life" is entertaining, yet the career of one of our most gifted actors is still ongoing. I'm waiting - after all, everyone who saw "Batman" knows that the Joker will return.
- Gail Cooke
The Standard-Setting Biography Of Jack Nicholson.......2005-05-26
This book covers Jack's life from birth to age 57. Jack Nicholson has such a gift for acting that it is, for me, almost unbelievable. This book will let you in on his life so that you, the reader, can understand how this amazing talent came about. Thank you, Jack, for all of your great work.
Good insight into early career, but fades badly........2005-01-23
Patrick McGilligan does a good job of examining Nicholson's early career, his work from the late fifties to the early 70's is discussed with insight and detail. The early chapters show a young man searching for his role in an industry he desperately wanted to be part of; and McGilligan focusses on Nicholson's attempt to create a role for himself in Hollywood. You definitely get the feeling that McGilligan had much more access to the people in Jack's life from this time period.
But as Nicholson becomes more famous, McGilligan's work seems to lose focus,and as Nicholson became more circumspect when dealing with the media, McGilligan's sources of info seem to dry up. Writing a biography of a living person without access to them in some way will always cause a bio to have a distance that only the best writers can overcome. McGilligan is not able to overcome this deficit and the book becomes tedious as it progresses to repeated mentions of Nicholson's less than ordinary formative years as the child of a woman he grew up believing to be his sister and their presumed affect on his work and relationships. This is a focus for McGilligan as he tries in some way to gain some kind of psychoanalytic understanding of Nicholson and the book bogs down under the weight of these constant asides. By the time the book reaches its end in 1992, I was thoroughly bored with McGilligan's take on what really should have proven to be an interesting life.
Nothing exceeds this man.......2000-11-25
He is Plutonian regeneration. A shining star in a world full of mediocrity. Thanks Jack. Thanks for the inspiration.
There must be more to life then this.......2000-04-20
Unlike some of McGilligan's other subject's, this book is titled somewhat innapropriately as there's some life in the old dog yet. There's evidence that he researched the first 57 year's of the actor's lfe pretty well, but the resulting portrait leaves Jack as enigmatic as the famous grin McGilligan seems so fascinated by. The tone is often sensationalistic, particularly when he argues that Jack my be reading of his possible illigitamacy "for the first time here" Nonetheless, it's an enjoyable read, though I didn't feel I knew Jack any better when I turned the last page, and was more enlightened about 70's Hollywood by Jack's friend Robert Evans, Robert Siskind, and others.
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Artifacts from the Cenote of Sacrifice, Chichen Itza, Yucatan (Peabody Museum Memoirs)
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In this abundantly illustrated third and final volume on the artifacts found by Edward H. Thompson in the Well of Sacrifice, specialists analyze the great variety of objects and debate whether they represent evidence of dateable prehistorical ritual. The collection includes the rare remains of hundreds of textiles, wooden objects, and copal incense offerings that were preserved in the waters of this limestone sinkhole, as well as the lithics, ceramics and bone and shell artifacts commonly found in Maya burials and caches and about 250 mammalian remains. These objects are remarkable for having been cut, torn, broken, and burned before they were thrown into the green waters of the sacred well at Chichen Itza.
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- Great, optimistic look at American civic participation
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The Ladd Report
Everett Carll Ladd
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The U.S. economy has passed through one of the longest and most impressive booms in its history. We are enjoying our highest standard of living ever, buoyed by low crime and an improving environment. Still, we worry that, in other important ways, we're losing ground as a society. In particular, social commentators are bemoaning the state of our communities. Is our civic engagement declining even amidst material well-being? Do we no longer join together, care about each other, and trust one another as we once did?
Everett Carll Ladd, a political scientist who directs the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, uses a vast array of data to offer a definitive report on the state of America's civic life. He shows that, far from withering, civic life is thriving.
Participation in community affairs has dramatically increased. You might be surprised, considering most media portrayals, to learn that:
The national PTA has declined, but overall parent-teacher involvement has soared, and more parents report spending more time than ever with their kids' schooling.
The Sierra Club and Audubon Society have grown fourfold since 1970.
A rich variety of new community churches find their membership burgeoning. Despite the decline of mainline denominations, more people attend church now than ever before.
Levels of charitable giving have been climbing steadily in real terms for more than a half century.
Volunteer rates are up significantly. For all the time-squeeze on two-wage-earner families and the allure of television sitcoms, a record number of Americans now do volunteer work.
If you are wondering how to organize your own community, or how you can pitch in, or simply want to know what all the doomsayers are talking about, then The Ladd Report is for you. Here is an essential guide that will answer every argument and remind us all how right Tocqueville was when he described America as a "nation of joiners."
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Balance to Bowling..........2000-08-08
Ladd's book is nice reading and it does serve to balance out Putnam's work "Bowling Alone." I attended an NCA conference where Putnam was a featured lunchtime speaker. I bought his book and was surprised that he chose to play so fast and loose with the numbers. What I felt was that Putnam uncovered some databases and started working on how all of it could be tied together, but many of his charts and graphs lack any semblance of continuity. The data are often not from the same time periods and the scales on many of the graphs totally lack a Y-axis descriptor. In some cases, the lines are deceptive in the graphs.
In any case, Ladd does a less flamboyant, but equally compelling, job at inspecting the state of American social repsonsibility in his report. This book lacks the same PR machine that Putnam appears to have behind his book (maybe Putnam's title and cover are flashier?), but I found it to be a more sobering read. Please, before you go citing Putnam in any of your own literature, buy and read this book first.
Great, optimistic look at American civic participation.......2000-04-20
This book is a must for any waiting for Putnam's Bowling Alone. It is straightforward and honest--examining the data that does and does not support Ladd's theories. On the whole, it is a good source with excellent figures that leaves the reader with an optimistic outlook about our current situation as well as our future as a "nation of joiners"
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From the supplier: Ladd Furniture Inc (Ladd) expects a 4% 4th qtr decline in net sales of $124 million. Reasons for the decline include the discontinuation of some of the Martinsville residential furniture lines as well as the sales weakness of the upper-medium priced furniture. The upsurge in housing activity should improve future sales. In related news, Ladd will acquire Pilliod Co and restructure a few of its plants.
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Title: Ladd reports 4th quarter revenue decline; plans to acquire Pilliod. (Ladd Furniture Inc.; Pilliod Co.)
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Date: February 1, 1994
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