Book description
'I don't know what people expect when they meet me. They seem to be
afraid that I'm going to piss in the potted palm and slap them on the
ass.' Marlon Brando
'I should have been dead ten times over. I believe in miracles. It's
an absolute miracle that I'm still around.' Dennis Hopper
'The best time to get married is noon. That way, if things don't
work out, you haven't blown the whole day.' Warren Beatty
'You only lie to two people in your life: your girlfriend and the
police.' Jack Nicholson
They're the baddest bad asses Hollywood has ever seen: Marlon
Brando, Dennis Hopper, Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson. These are men
for whom rules did not apply, men for whom normal standards of
behaviour were simply too wearisome to worry about. These are men who
brawled, boozed, snorted and shagged their way into legend-hood - but
along the way they changed acting and the way movies were made forever.
Hollywood Hellraisers is a whistle-stop tour of jaw-dropping
sexual activity, misbehaviour of an Olympic standard, all-out excess
and genuine madness. It's a wonder Hollywood survived.
Robert Sellers is a former stand-up comedian and the author of the
bestselling
Hellraisers.
He has also written biographies of Sting, Tom Cruise, two appreciations
of the work of Sean Connery and the definitive book on The Pythons,
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
He was a regular contributor to
Empire, Total Film
,
Independent, SFX
and
Cinema Retro
and
has contributed to a number of television documentaries, including
Channel 4's
The 100 Best Family Films
.
