The Kid Stays in the Picture

Name: The Kid Stays in the Picture
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Robert Evans
ISBN: 9780062263179

Author: Robert Evans

Narrator: Robert Evans

Abridged: 6 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/04/2013

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Arts & Entertainment, Women, Performing Arts, Theater

Synopsis

Robert Evans' The Kid Stays in the Picture is universally recognized as the greatest, most outrageous, and most unforgettable show business memoir ever written. The basis of an award-winning documentary film, it remains the gold standard of Hollywood storytelling.

With black-and-white photographs from the author's archive and a new introduction by the legendary actor, producer, and Hollywood studio chief Robert Evans, The Kid Stays in the Picture is driven by a voice as charming and irresistible as any great novel.

An extraordinary raconteur, Evans spares no one, least of all himself. Filled with starring roles for everyone from Ava Gardner to Marlon Brando to Sharon Stone, The Kid Stays in the Picture: A Notorious Life is sharp, witty, and self-aggrandizing, and self-lacerating in equal measure.

This is a must-read for fans of American cinema and classics of the canon, including The Odd Couple, Rosemary’s Baby, Love Story, The Godfather, and Chinatown.

About Robert Evans

Robert Evans, the former chief of Paramount Studios, produced many of the most acclaimed and successful films of all time, including The Godfather, Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, Love Story, Marathon Man, and Urban Cowboy. He died in 2019.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on March 22, 2013

Is Evans arrogant? Absolutely. Would I want to work for him? Not on your life. Was this a great book? You bet your ass it was. Robert Evans went from a vague business career, to modest fame as an actor, to become one of the great Hollywood power players of the 60's and 70's. He headed Paramount or wo......more

Goodreads review by Diana on December 29, 2014

One of the most purely entertaining books I've ever read. Robert Evans is clearly a narcissistic man, but he knows how to tell the story of his fascinating life with panache.......more

Goodreads review by Kim on July 14, 2014

Baby, this was a fucking enjoyable read. You think the cinematic version captured the essence of Robert Evans? That movie got nothing on the audiobok version of The Kid Stays in the Picture read by Robert Evans himself. Controversial figure? You bet. Fascinating story? Oh, God, yes. I remember wonder......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on September 26, 2020

Did I like this book? Yes! Is it written in an interesting way? You bet. Does he ask a lot of questions and then answer them himself? God damn right he does.......more

Goodreads review by Bob on April 12, 2017

I've been a big fan of the documentary "The Kid Stays in the Picture" for many years so I was happy to finally get around to reading the source book. If anything, it is crazier than the movie. Robert Evans has led a life that defies logic. He should be dead, incarcerated, blacklisted or bankrupt man......more