Not only is Al Pacino known as 'one of the greatest
actors in all of film history', he is also considered
'one of Hollywood's most notorious bachelors' (imdb.com)
as well as being one of the most enigmatic and private
celebrities in the world. For the first time, AL PACINO
offers a deeply personal and revealing window into
everything from his growing up in the South Bronx, where
he shared three rooms with nine people, to his fabled
studies with Charles Laughton and Lee Strasberg, his
father's absence, his mother's early death, and how he
bounced through a series of odd jobs until his first
paid role at the age of 26. He reveals his childhood
dream of becoming a professional baseball player,
describes his first drink at 13, and admits his once ate
Valium like popcorn at the Academy Awards. Though he has
been involved with women like Diane Keaton and Beverly
D'Angelo, the mother of his three children, he has never
married and here reveals why, and how his feelings have
changed. Through it all, he has delivered some of the
most seminal performances in film and theatre history
and worked with most of its biggest stars.He was
nominated for seven Academy Awards before winning Best
Actor Oscar for Scent of a Woman. AL PACINO is an
intensely personal look at a creative genius at the peak
of his powers who, after all these years, still longs to
learn more about his art. And for now, it's a close to a
memoir as we are likely to get. |
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