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A vibrant, exuberant self-portrait of one of today’s greatest living actors.
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Christopher Plummer’s magnificent book recounts the wild adventure that is his life, stretching from a privileged childhood in Canada to the glorious, star-studded New York of the fifties to a sensational career in film appearing in some of our most beloved classics. Here are his late nights out with Carson McCullers, Tennessee Williams, Paddy Chayefsky, and Arthur Miller; his affairs and marriages; his collaborations with famed producers; and his memorable roles alongside fellow young and talented actors, each also destined for stardom: Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter O’Toole, Natalie Wood, and countless others. Plummer weaves delicious anecdotes of a life spent on stages and film sets across the world—from Peter Hall’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre to The Sound of Music (affectionately dubbed “S&M”)—into a boisterous narrative filled with humor and irresistible charm.
- Sales Rank: #496088 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Vintage
- Published on: 2012-05-01
- Released on: 2012-05-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.90" h x 1.27" w x 5.10" l, 1.34 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 656 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
From Publishers Weekly
Fans of Plummer's acclaimed Shakespearean performances or his stately film roles, from Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music to the Klingon General Chang in Star Trek VI, may not recognize him in this breezy, bawdy memoir. Plummer drinks and parties his way through a six-decade career; beds starlets, prompters and wardrobe girls; and endures countless mid-performance indignities and pratfalls. (Lesson repeatedly learned: actors and stagehands should not get drunk right before the show.) Plummer is ebullient, a bit hammy (I cried myself to sleep for weeks, he sobs, after his dog Toadie dies), full of canny insights into the actor's craft and prone to occasional stabs of self-reproach over his own failed marriages, aloof parenting and unjustified tantrums. Throughout, he's an enchanting observer of the showbiz cavalcade, drawing vivid thumbnails of everyone from Laurence Olivier to Lenny Bruce and tossing off witty anecdotes (George C. Scott turned up at our doorstep one morning at 4:30 a.m. looking most sinister and as usual dripping blood from head to toe) like the most effortless ad libs. The result is a sparkling star turn from a born raconteur for whom all the world is indeed a stage. Photos. (Nov. 11)
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Review
“For anyone who loves, loves, loves the theater…a finely observed, deeply felt (and deeply dishy) time-traveling escape. . . . Just grab a quilt and a stack of pillows. No need for a delectable assortment of bonbons. They’re in the book.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Splendid, lively. . . . An immensely satisfying memoir, of rare grace, good humor, and unapologetic self-honesty. . . . In tact and generosity of spirit, it is the very model of what a memoir should be.” —The Daily Beast
“A staggering parade of theater-world luminaries struts, swaggers, and yes, occasionally staggers through this compulsively readable memoir. . . . [Plummer] has a tasty anecdote about onstage, backstage, or drinking-hole doings about every single one of them.” —The New York Times
“Rich and riotous. . . . He seems to have been everywhere—including inside almost every room of the Hotel du Cap on the French Riviera—and known everyone.” —Jennifer Schuessler, The New York Times
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“The veteran actor’s delightfully sprawling account of his life and career.” —USA Today
“[A] fascinating memoir. . . . The book records so many trysts, pratfalls, drunken evenings—and afternoons—that it’s amazing he has survived. . . . Amply shows how Mr. Plummer has managed a long, successful career in spite of himself.” —The Wall Street Journal
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“In spite of himself–his relentlessly high artistic principles; his penchant for playing the underdog, even when he was the star; his keen ear equally attuned to the precision of Elizabethan verse and to what passes as truth across a whiskey at 5 a.m. . . . this man has experienced a life rich in textures, and he is able to give most of them glorious voice. His is a life in the theater lived hard and true, in the grand tradition of those distinguished players who went before, whom he surely made proud. Good sir! I raise my glass to you.” —Alex Witchel, The New York Times Book Review
About the Author
Christopher Plummer was born in Toronto, Ontario. He has acted in more than 100 feature films, including The Man Who Would Be King, The Sound of Music, Stage Struck, and The Insider, and he has starred in three of the world's most important theatre companies: Great Britain's National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Stratford Festival of Canada. He received two Tony Awards for Best Actor (Barrymore; Cyrano), and he has been nominated for the award seven other times. He also received a London Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for Becket. He has received Emmys, the John Gielgud Quill Award, the Edwin Booth Award (Barrymore), The Jason Robards Award for Excellence, and has been inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. He received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Beginners. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Elaine Taylor.
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67 of 70 people found the following review helpful.
Plum, Plummer, Plum Beautiful
By enubrius
Since the only review of this book, so far, is by someone who HASN'T read it, I thought I'd take the opportunity of voicing an opinion of one who has! My first thought upon starting the book was: At 600 plus pages, this would seem to be less a "memoir" and more a full-scale autobiography. But, memoir it is as Mr Plummer seems to be recounting his life not is strict chronological order, but as memories assail him while writing. One can almost hear his thinking: "Oh, I'd forgotten that! Well, it's just too good not to tell! I'll get back to the main "plot" in a minute!" The stories are amazingly entertaining (As one who, as a youth saw the "Ian Keith/Broadway Television Theater" moment I was thrilled to discover I hadn't just imagined the whole thing!). The history of the theater, and its decline (and triumphs) over the last half century, heartening and heart-breaking. The portrait of stars and lesser luminaries of, at least, the past four generations is enthralling. As to the writing: suffice to say Mr Plummer is almost as good a writer as he is an actor (he couldn't be AS good... he'd be Shakespeare!) If you love theater, read this! If you don't, read this and you will!
34 of 39 people found the following review helpful.
In Spite of Himself...Indeed!
By Jenny Moore
I eagerly awaited the release of this book. I have been a lifelong fan of Mr. Plummer's and I have been looking forward to reading his self-penned memoir for several years. The night of it's release, I literally stayed up a good portion of the night reading it...long into the early morning hours. I finished it the next night. It was a pretty captivating book, I must say. Overall I cannot give it five stars as I strongly felt the language and explicit sexual descriptions (a few of them actually) were too graphic and the language in my opinion, was unnecessary. I figured he was using it for effect but it really seemed like it could have been toned down. Call me a prude but that's how I feel. I do think that it isa nicely written memoir. I felt, that after seeing him on stage and on screen for so many years, I really walked away knowing him a little better. Throughtout the book, he was self-deprecating, honest and frank about his triumphs and his failures as a performer and as a person.
I was left with a few questions though. What happened to his second wife Trish? After surviving a near fatal car accident, which led to a raging alcohol problem, I got the distinct feeling that after their divorce, she succombed to her alcoholism and passed away. He never cleared up what happened to her. It left a lot of loose ends...whether or not this was intentional, I will never know but I would like to.
I also got the feeling that he has never gotten over the breakup of his marriage to Tammy Grimes. He seemed to leave the reader feeling like his heart had been broken, to his own fault in many ways as he was very much into his partying days then, but still. I would have liked more stories of him and Tammy together. They seemed like, had they been a little older, maybe it would have worked out. Who knows? I know he is crazy about his third wife Elaine and I'm glad he's found true happiness and love with her. I just got the vibe that he never got over Tammy..
I was surprised at how much he seemed to enjoy being a father initially, to baby Amanda "Manders", although by his own admission, he wasn't around very much to really call himself a father. It's interesting that he did the exact same thing to his daughter that his own father did to him and I found that sad. I'm glad he and Amanda have reconciled and are now close. I feel bad that he missed out on all of her growing up years and I get the sense, from his writing, that is one of his biggest regrets as well.
Overall, I found it a very charming and honest memoir. I loved the chapter on The Sound of Music and it seemed like he and Julie have a great fondness for each other, which is so obvious anytime they are around each other, both on and off the screen.
I hope to make it to one of his book signings. It's an excellent read, just be warned there is a lot of bad language and blantant sexual encouters, for those prudes like myself. Bravo on a great job writing this book, Mr Plummer! I wish you'd write more and I wish you'd release a CD of your amazing gifts as a concert pianist. You are truly gifted. God bless you sir!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
A terrific, literate and mesmerizing memoir
By Amazon Customer
Mr. Plummer is a splendid writer who takes pains to reveal himself candidly and honestly, warts and all. For anyone interested in theatre in the last half of the 20th century, this is required reading. Though admirably frank about his own failings and failures, he retains a gentleman's charity when discussing others. About his various liaisons, he remains fairly discreet throughout. There is much to learn and even more to enjoy in this absorbing and beautifully written book.
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