The Naked Brando Portrait of a Friendship |
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| Author:
| Englund, George
Englund, George |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78334-022-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | Gibson Square Books, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $11.65 |
Book Description:
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Having been repeatedly urged to write by Brando himself (as he had been given his first Hollywood break by Brando), George Englund started this memoir in earnest a few months before Brando died on 1 July 2004 in order to capture the real Brando behind the star. Looking back in time, Englund draws on stories including Jackie Kennedy to Marilyn Monroe that only he and Brando knew. But he also shows how the seeds of decline and suspicion were there from the start. From the stories a...
More DescriptionHaving been repeatedly urged to write by Brando himself (as he had been given his first Hollywood break by Brando), George Englund started this memoir in earnest a few months before Brando died on 1 July 2004 in order to capture the real Brando behind the star. Looking back in time, Englund draws on stories including Jackie Kennedy to Marilyn Monroe that only he and Brando knew. But he also shows how the seeds of decline and suspicion were there from the start. From the stories a young actor emerges who was beautiful in every way—driven by his instinctive talent to break new ground—athletic, muscular, seductive, intelligent and generous.