THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE - WARREN BEATTY BIOGRAPHY

THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE - WARREN BEATTY BIOGRAPHY BY ELLIS AMBURN

WARREN BEATTY – ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FILM-MAKERS OF HIS GENERATION. THE FIRST PERSON TO RECEIVE ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTOR, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FOR A SINGLE MOVIE. A LEGENDARY LOVER WHO HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO MANY OF THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. THIS IS THE FIRST IN-DEPTH BIOGRAPHY OF WARREN BEATTY, HOLLYWOOD LEGEND, AND THE FIRST PERSON TO RECEIVE ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS TWICE AS ACTOR, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND WRITER FOR A SINGLE FILM. HIS ACCLAIMED MOVIES INCLUDE BONNIE AND CLYDE, SHAMPOO, REDS, HEAVEN CAN WAIT AND BUGSY. A WELL-KNOWN WOMANISER, THE NOTCHES ON BEATTY’S BEDPOST READ LIKE A WHO’S WHO OF FEMALE STARDOM. HIS LIAISONS HAVE INCLUDED JACKIE KENNEDY ONASSIS, LINDA EASTMAN (LATER MCARTNEY), MARIA CALLAS, CHER, BRIGITTE BARDOT, BARBRA STREISAND AND JANE FONDA. INCLUDING A WEALTH OF PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED INFORMATION ON EARLY AFFAIRS WITH JOAN COLLINS AND NATALIE WOOD, TO HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH MADONNA, WARREN BEATTY: A BIOGRAPHY ALSO UNEARTHS BEATTY’S INTRIGUING FAMILY BACKGROUND - INCLUDING HIS HIGHLY CHARGED AND COMPETITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS OLDER SISTER SHIRLEY MACLAINE - AND HOW HE LEFT HIS REPUTATION AS AN INTERNATIONAL CASANOVA BEHIND TO FINALLY CONSTRUCT A SOLID MARRIAGE TO ANNETTE BENING. EXTRAORDINARILY DRIVEN AND MOTIVATED, WARREN BEATTY WAS ONE OF THE YOUNG FILM-MAKERS WHO REVOLUTIONISED HOLLYWOOD IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES, WORKING ALONGSIDE SUCH GREATS AS FAYE DUNAWAY, ROMAN POLANSKI, JACK NICHOLSON, HAL ASHBY, ROBERT ALTMAN AND AL PACINO. ALONG WITH FIGURES LIKE CLIINT EASTWOOD, HE BECAME A HOLLYWOOD PLAYER IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE MOVIE BUSINESS: A NEW BREED OF STAR. THROUGH REVEALING INTERVIEWS WITH HIS COLLEAGUES, THE BOOK SHEDS LIGHT ON EACH OF HIS FILMS AND HIS UNIQUE WAY OF WORKING. WARREN BEATTY: A BIOGRAPHY TELLS THE STORY OF HOW MOVIE-MAKING CHANGED IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES. BEATTY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ACTORS TO TAKE A GREATER ROLE IN MOVIE PRODUCTION, ENDING UP WITH A MUCH HIGHER STAKE IN HIS MOVIES’ FATES. LATER HE ALSO BLAZED A TRAIL IN POLITICS, BECOMING A KEY POWER BROKER WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND ATTRACTING CONTROVERSY ALONG THE WAY. ELLIS AMBURN’S IRRESISTIBLE BIOGRAPHY IS ONE OF THE MOST REVEALING BOOKS ABOUT HOLLYWOOD EVER WRITTEN. IT WEAVES TOGETHER THE RICH MATERIAL OF WARREN BEATTY’S LIFE AND ART TO CREATE A COMPELLING PORTRAIT OF THIS INFUENTIAL FIGURE. THE BOOK IS 6 YEARS OLD AND IN GOOD CONDITION WITH A MESSAGE WRITTEN ON THE INSIDE FRONT PAGE AND A FEW SMALL SIGNS OF WEAR. 384 PAGES, FULLY ILLUSTRATED.