Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times

Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times by Dennis McDougal


ISBN
9780470422823
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
496
Dimensions
145 x 225 x 36mm

A Hollywood insider un-spins the life of Jack Nicholson, one of Tinseltown’s most successful and intriguing actors.

Unconventional, uninhibited, and unrestrained, Jack Nicholson is a famous–and infamous–pop-culture icon known for his romantic escapades, his hair-trigger temper, and his love affair with the L.A. Lakers. This candid, probing biography gives legions of fans a spellbinding, incisive look at the megawatt method actor with the enigmatic Cheshire cat grin.

Written by a veteran journalist with access to Hollywood’s heavy hitters, this fascinating chronicle spans half a century of star power, focusing on one of filmdom’s most celebrated folk heroes. Jack rose to fame with portrayals of antiheros ranging from the demented, demonic, or despicable to characters who were somehow lovable in spite of their eccentricities. He won three Oscars and seven Golden Globes, but beyond the accolades is a man who remains largely unknowable.

His bad boy image masks a complicated past, a complex present, half a dozen children, and an art collection, real estate, and business empire that have made him one of the world’s wealthiest entertainers. In many ways, Jack’s story mirrors that of Hollywood. For 50 years, from J. J. Gittes to the Joker; Easy Rider to Five Easy Pieces; The Shining, Terms of Endearment, and A Few Good Men to As Good As It Gets and The Departed, his life and career reflect the shifting fortunes of an industry that set the cultural pace for America, and then the world. Here’s how it all happened, year by year, film by film, triumph and trauma, over Five Easy Decades.
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