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Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography Gebundene Ausgabe – 15. Januar 2008
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1992: Andrew Morton showed a Princess in a light we had never seen before--Diana: Her True Story became a #1 New York Times bestseller.
1999: Andrew Morton revealed the young woman behind the blue dress--Monica’s Story was a #1 New York Times bestseller.
January 15, 2008: Andrew Morton uncovers the true story of the biggest celebrity of our age.
Everyone knows Tom Cruise---or at least what he wants us to know. We know that he overcame a difficult childhood to star in astonishing array of blockbusters: Top Gun, Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July, A Few Good Men, Interview with the Vampire, Jerry Maguire, three Mission: Impossible movies, War of the Worlds, and more. We know he has taken artistic chances, too, and as a result has earned three Academy Award nominations and three Golden Globes, along with the respect of acting legends like Paul Newman and Dustin Hoffman.
After that, the picture becomes a little less clear. We know that Tom is a Scientologist, but not necessarily what that means in his life. We know that, despite persistent rumors about his sexuality, he has been married to Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman, and Katie Holmes. But it was not until the spring of 2005, when he jumped on Oprah’s couch to proclaim his love for Katie and denounced Brooke Shields for turning to the “Nazi science” of psychiatry, that we began to realize how much we didn’t know about the charming, hardworking star.
For two years, award-winning biographer Andrew Morton has been tirelessly seeking out everyone from former teachers and girlfriends to Scientology insiders to friends who have watched a once-bullied, “nothing special” outsider transform himself into an icon Forbes has called the most powerful celebrity in the world Here, with never-seen photos and never-heard revelations, is a riveting, sometimes shocking portrait of the real Tom Cruise---his work, his love life, his marriages, his religion---from a master at uncovering the true story behind the public face of celebrity.
- Seitenzahl der Print-Ausgabe352 Seiten
- SpracheEnglisch
- HerausgeberSt. Martin's Press
- Erscheinungstermin15. Januar 2008
- Abmessungen17.25 x 3.11 x 23.14 cm
- ISBN-100312359861
- ISBN-13978-0312359867
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ANDREW MORTON is one of the world's best-known biographers and a leading authority on modern celebrity. His groundbreaking 1992 biography revealed the secret world of Princess Diana, prompting Tina Brown to declare in The Diana Chronicles, “The journalist Morton most reminds me of is Bob Woodward.” Diana: Her True Story became a #1 New York Times bestseller, as did Monica’s Story, Morton’s portrait of the young woman behind the blue dress in the Clinton White House. The winner of numerous awards, including Author of the Year by the British Book Awards and Scoop of the Year by the London Press Club, he lives in London and has traveled extensively in the U.S., Canada, and Europe in his research for this biography.
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“I get it. He has that deliciously indescribable magic that cannot be analyzed or replicated. He is in every sense a movie star.”
---Steven Spielberg
“He was pushing limits all the time…. I never thought of him ever becoming an actor. He was more of an Al Capone character, a maverick, the kind of kid who wouldn’t back down.”
---A childhood neighbor
“Don’t let that smile and those teeth fool you. He could have a really nasty streak.”
---A high-school girlfriend
“His acting was so good it was almost bizarre. You’d look into his eyes and he’d really be there, he’d really be in love with you. You could see his heart and soul. And then the director would shout ‘Cut,’ Tom would leave the set, and you’d have to go into therapy for six months.”
---Renée Zellweger
“I’ll bet all the money I’ve ever made, plus his, that he doesn’t have a mistress, that he doesn’t have a gay lover, that he doesn’t have a gay life.”
---Nicole Kidman
“You can’t drive past an accident, because as a Scientologist you are the only one who can help.”
---Tom Cruise
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- Herausgeber : St. Martin's Press (15. Januar 2008)
- Sprache : Englisch
- Gebundene Ausgabe : 352 Seiten
- ISBN-10 : 0312359861
- ISBN-13 : 978-0312359867
- Abmessungen : 17.25 x 3.11 x 23.14 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2,233,836 in Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Bücher)
- Nr. 17,317 in Biografien von Schauspielern & Entertainern
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Andrew Morton ist ein weltweit führender Celebrity-Experte und ausgewiesener Kenner der britischen Royals. Sein 1992 erschienener internationaler Bestseller "Diana – Ihre wahre Geschichte" war 58 Wochen in den Bestsellerlisten, wurde in 35 Sprachen übersetzt und inspirierte Filme, Dokumentationen und Reportagen über die königliche Familie. Andrew Morton wurde mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet und lebt in London und Los Angeles.
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It has I must say got me gripped into reading more about this "religion".
I can almost understand if people were born into "it", as they don't know any better, but to follow the writings of a sci-fi writer as a whole way of life, is beyond my comprehension.
Gripping read well written.
The writing was that good, I bought the book about Princess Diana.... and I don't "do" the Royal Family at all.
While enjoying his films I have never warmed to Tom Cruise. His manic toothy smile. His short man machismo. But I’ve been fascinated by his film successes - how does he do it ? He doesn’t seem like a truly great actor though he is always believable.
Author Andrew Morton shows a man who is driven to be on top, and who knows how to win even after couch jumping put his career in the toilet. There is a sympathetic look at Tom Cruise’s origins. His angry father who deserted his family and left them broke. Tom the outsider at school due to being short, skinny and dyslexic.
Tom is not so relatable when it comes to his relationships. While the author disputes allegations about the Cruise/Kidman marriage (‘Tom is gay, Nicole has affairs’) he uncovers something darker. He shows Tom as an insecure man who controls his partners, spies on them and despite flowers and romance, alienates them. Tom gets extra tactics after joining Scientology. A religion that excels in authoritarian control is the perfect match for the insecure boy who became a movie star.
It’s an enthralling read, and the author does not judge the players, though Nicole’s portrait is damning. The only downside is that it ends when Tom is married to Katie Holmes. I’ve love to hear this author’s view of the last ten years . Highly recommended.
20 years ago, I bought a biography of L. Ron Hubbard and it was one of the best books I have ever read, he was such a liar that it was one of the funniest books I have ever read, it made me laugh out loud reading about his exploits. What I did realise from that book is that LRH had many psychological problems roiling around in there and his "religion" was nonsense, designed by him to make money. VERY clear after reading his biography his innate fear of psychiatry! I also read his book Battlefield Earth after reading the biography to see if he could actually write and I enjoyed it a lot as well.
Andrew Morton, I think, describes Tom to a T, it would be difficult to guage with him when he was really feeling something and when he was acting.
I also wanted to read this book because I'm Australian and "Nic" is a favourite of mine. She didn't come off very well in this book and I was, at times, feeling a little sorry for Tom, especially reading the transcript of their tapped conversation.
The very uncomfortable section of this book was reading about the ridiculous experience they "endured" making Eyes Wide Shut. To call cinema "art" is fair, but how far do you go before you realise you are being taken advantage of? Nicole took this whole ridiculous episode way too seriously and made herself and Stanley Kubrick look like silly wankers.
Andrew Morton skimmed over the Mimi Rogers episode, which I was glad of. The thing I most remember about the woman is her horrendous dress sense and her comment when Tom and Nicole separated "as you can imagine, I'm very happy today". What a venomous person to be happy about the destruction of a family. Her true colours, I suspect.
All in all, this was a terrific read, heavy on scientology, but not too much so. It had to be explained to the degree it was to understand the hold it now has on Tom and how it got that hold. A terrible shame and I hope he breaks away one day and can see it for the rubbish that it is. Operating Thetan VII - for heaven's sake!