Hollywood Hellraisers: The Wild Lives and Fast Times of Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper, Warren Beatty, and Jack Nicholson

319 Pages·2010·1.7 MB·English

by  Robert Sellers

Praise for Hollywood Hellraisers: The Wild Lives and Fast Times of Marlon
Brando, Dennis Hopper, Warren Beatty, and Jack Nicholson
“Great fun.”
— Guardian
“[A] boisterous account of four of Hollywood’s wildest leading men.”
— The Times
“Entertaining.”
— The Skinny
“[A]n entertaining if sometimes scurrilous portrait of an industry out of control
and off its head.”
— The List
“Old school, bad boy antics. Recommended.”
— Ottawa Citizen
“A gleeful chronicle of movie star misbehavior.”
— Empire
“Do you ever get the feeling that a book has been written especially for you?
That’s how I felt when I first spied [Hollywood Hellraisers].”
—Kathy Charles, author of John Belushi Is Dead
“[F]antastic book.”
— The Knutsford Times
Praise for Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton,
Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole, and Oliver Reed
‟Hellraisers is completely unapologetic about its party-hearty premise . . . a
rowdy collection of greatest hits, and . . . a fun-loving celebration of
drunkenness.”
— The New York Times
“[A] tremendous amount of unapologetic, unselfconscious fun.”
— Los Angeles Times
“A welcome surprise. . .. Like the rejuvenating martinis and blurry haze of
cigarettes in Mad Men, Robert Sellers’ nostalgic Hellraisers . . . amounts to an
unapologetic celebration of the plastered and the damned in our sanctimonious
Oprah age of public confession and easy redemption.”
— The Wall Street Journal
“Robert Sellers’ outrageously entertaining history proves that today’s celebrities
don’t have much on Richard Burton, Peter O’Toole, Richard Harris, and Oliver
Reed.”
— The Daily Beast, “This Week’s Hot Reads”
“Colorful anecdotes.”
— Daily Post
“[A] celebratory catalogue of their miscreant deeds, told with humor and
affection and not an ounce of moralizing. Enjoy it.”
—Turner Classic Movies, “Movie News”
“Astonishing.”
— Daily Mail
“Wonderful tales.”
— Dallas News
“A jaw-dropping account of their twisted, tortured, and politically incorrect
lives.”
— Daily Record
“Entertaining reading.”
— Metro, UK
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Hollywood Hellraisers
The Wild Lives and Fast Times of Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper,
Warren Beatty, and Jack Nicholson
Robert Sellers
To Bradley, Doug, Keith, Marc, and Martin
Copyright © 2010 by Robert Sellers
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sellers, Robert.
Hollywood hellraisers : the wild lives and fast times of Marlon Brando,
Dennis Hopper, Warren Beatty, and Jack Nicholson / Robert Sellers.
p. cm.
Includes index.
9781616080358
1. Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography. 2.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Social life and customs. I. Title.
PN1998.2.S455 2010