American Rebel, Marc Eliot
American Rebel, Marc Eliot
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American Rebel
The Life of Clint Eastwood

Author: Marc Eliot

Narrator: Marc Eliot

Unabridged: 12 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/06/2009

Synopsis

As an actor, he seduced us with his tough-guy charm in A Fistful of Dollars and Dirty Harry. As a director and a producer, he amazed us with his artistic insight and technical savvy in Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, and Changeling. Clint Eastwood represents the finest cinematic achievements of the last decades, and he remains one of film's greatest living legends.

In American Rebel, Marc Eliot examines the ever-exciting, often tumultuous arc of Eastwood's life and career, from his days as a disaffected college dropout, to his rise to fame as the archetypal loner, to his acceptance into the pantheon of the Academy as a multiple Oscar Award winner. But this unauthorized biography is as much about Eastwood's personal life as his public work, and unlike past biographers, Eliot explores Eastwood's complex relationship between his life and his art with an unflinching look at his failures and his successes.

The most complete and up-to-date Eastwood biography yet, American Rebel is a must-have for Eastwood fans and anyone who loves movies.

About Marc Eliot

Marc Eliot has written widely on the media and popular culture for a variety of publications. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including Down 42nd Street, Death of a Rebel, and Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince. He divides his time among New York City; Woodstock, New York; and Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sean on March 09, 2011

This is a breezy, shallow biography with little in the way of insight or original research. Discussion of Eastwood's films is virtually non-existent -- Eliot gives a small plot synopsis and a rundown of pre-production, followed by a summary of critical reviews that seems to be gleaned from Rotten To......more

Goodreads review by J.P. on May 03, 2017

I think everyone has been asked the question, "If you could meet someone famous whom would it be?" Although there are many people on my list, Clint Eastwood has always been way up near the top. Ever since I can remember anything about movies and movie stars I guess, yet I never really considered Clin......more

Goodreads review by Kellie on December 16, 2017

My family and I are big Clint Eastwood fans. My son and husband love the Dirty Harry and spaghetti western movies. I have seen several movies that have had Clint as an actor and or director and loved them. So, I decided to read this biography about him to learn more. I didn’t know what a womanizer he......more

Goodreads review by Martijn on January 03, 2013

In this bio, one thing is made abundantly clear, up until the age of 65 Mr. Eastwood humped everything with a heartbeat. Which makes him sound less like a rebel and more like Paris Hilton. It is interesting how he didn’t care much for the Hollywood establishment and did whatever he wanted in his car......more

Goodreads review by Paul on December 04, 2018

Marc Eliot's actor biographies concentrate on the films and throw in a bit of personal flotsam to make them feel like real biographies. He is a bit opinionated and those personal beliefs really throw any attempt at impartiality out the window. In other words, these are fluff pieces written by someon......more

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