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Reynolds, Burt; Winokur, Jon

 
9780399173547: But Enough about Me: A Memoir
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0399173544 ISBN 13: 9780399173547
Verlag: PENGUIN GROUP, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

A scandalous, sentimental, no-holds-barred, New York Times bestselling memoir from one of Hollywood's most enduring and resilient stars.

Burt Reynolds is a Hollywood leading man known for his legendary performances, sex symbol status, and infamous Hollywood romances. In his decades of stardom, Reynolds has seen it all. But Enough About Me will, in his words, "call out the assholes," try to make amends for "being the asshole myself on too many occasions," and pay homage to the superstars and ordinary heroes he has come to love and respect.

Beginning with Reynolds's adolescence as a notable football player in South Florida and the devastating car accident that ended his sports career and helped steer him toward acting, But Enough About Me then chronicles Reynolds's meteoric rise to fame. From Oscar nominations, to the spread in Cosmopolitan magazine, to the financial decisions that took him from rich to poor and back again, Reynolds shares the wisdom that has come from his many highs and lows.

He also opens up about his romances and breakups with some of Hollywood's leading women, including the "two loves of his life," Dinah Shore and Sally Field, and his turbulent relationship with Loni Anderson, to whom he was forced to pay record-setting amounts of alimony and child support after the couple divorced. Through it all, Reynolds reflects on his personal pitfalls and recoveries and focuses on his legacy as a father and acting teacher.

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Burt Reynolds began his acting career in TV westerns before his breakout film performance in Deliverance. His other leading roles include films such as The Longest Yard, Hustle, Gator, Smokey and the Bandit, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Striptease, and Boogie Nights, for which he earned a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. Reynolds also received an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his starring role on the popular sitcom Evening Shade.

Jon Winokur is the author of two dozen nonfiction books, including Advice to Writers, The Big Book of Irony, and the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Garner Files, co-authored with James Garner. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Author's Note

This book is about the people who've shaped me, for better or worse. In chapters named for specific individuals, or for groups of people, I pay homage to those I love and respect, from my family and friends to the athletes, actors, directors, teachers, and students who've enriched my life. You'll find mostly love letters here, but a few poison-pen notes, too, because my bullshit detector has improved with age. I don't hesitate to call out the assholes I can't forgive, like the Hollywood "friends" who came and went in herds. But I also try to make amends for being an asshole myself on too many occasions. I've always made fun of myself, and I don't stop now. And I think I've learned a few things about acting, about filmmaking, about love, about life . . . but enough about me. I hope you enjoy my book.

-B.R.

Foreword

It's the second day of filming Deliverance. Burt Reynolds is playing Lewis Medlock, a macho survivalist, and I'm Ed Gentry, a mild-mannered suburbanite. Our characters have arranged for a couple of backwoods guys to lead us down to the river in their truck. We're to follow them in our Scout SUV, with Burt behind the wheel and me riding shotgun. With no seat belt. As I would learn, that's the way it often feels with Burt: no seat belt.

In the script, Lewis decides he wants to lead, not follow, so he cuts onto the road in front of the truck, and it makes Ed nervous. That's the script.

So the plan is to give the truck a small head start, then cut through a grassy area and beat it to the road. Now we're rolling film, and the assistant director calls through a bullhorn, "Number one car!" and the truck takes off. A few seconds later we hear, "Number two car!" but Burt waits. And waits. I'm wondering what the hell's going on. When he finally takes off, I know we have no chance to keep close to the truck, never mind beat it to the road. Burt floors it and we almost go airborne. I'm certain now we're going to crash into the truck and I brace against the dashboard. But somehow we land on the road about a foot ahead of the truck, throw up some dust and stones, and head on down the road, and I hear Burt's whoop of a laugh that I would come to learn signals another happy brush with danger. It's at about this time that I learn that this world-class athlete, this all-star halfback back at Florida State, is in the stuntmen's union.

We're not done. A few scenes later the two of us are still in the SUV facing what looks like an overgrown cow path in the middle of the woods. There are tiny trees growing on it and we don't have much visibility. We're in a tight spot on both sides with no room for technicians or camera crew. A couple of crew members have fastened a gyroscope camera on the hood of the SUV, which is supposed to keep steady no matter how rough the ride is. It's an early use of this technology and everyone is hoping it will work. With the camera secured, the director and all of the crew leave us to take over the filming ourselves.

I switch on the camera and jump into the SUV, pick up the clapboard, and, for some reason, maybe because I know I'm crazy putting myself in Burt's hands again, I announce in a German accent, "Und now ve happily go forvard into who the hell knows vhat. Take one!" As soon as I clap the thing, Burt floors it.

We don't know what's in front of us (apparently no one's checked out the terrain). Burt doesn't care. He's going flat out. Trees are raking the side of the vehicle and slapping at the camera, which seems to be holding. Suddenly we hit what feels like a crater: BAM! It rocks the vehicle down to its frame. We somehow bounce out of it, although we may have been inches away from going through the windshield. I think even Burt is shocked at how close we came to disaster, but his reaction is to giggle and soon the two of us are laughing, the kind of deep laughter little kids get. Yet even in our hysteria we r

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Verlag
PENGUIN GROUP
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0399173544
ISBN 13 
9780399173547
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
320
Kontakt zum Hersteller
G.P. Putnam's Sons
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