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Brad Pitt: The Rise to Stardom

Brad Pitt: The Rise to Stardom
By Brian J. Robb

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Indisputably one of the biggest names in Hollywood, Brad Pitt has skyrocketed from the Levi jeans boy in a 1988 commercial to a pay packet of $5 million per movie in a space of five years. This intimate biography looks beyond Pitt's reputation as a hell-raiser to tell how Pitt has come to terms with his sudden rise to fame. 100+ photos, many in color.


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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1768686 in Books
  • Published on: 1996-09
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 160 pages

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'This biography delves behind Pitt's glamorous image to uncover the truth about his childhood, early acting career, and off-screen romances.' -- Preview

'This book is packed with all sorts of fab insights into the life of the world's most fanciable man' -- Live & Kicking


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Good readable text accurate info and good pictures4
This book is well illustrated and gives the available info on Brad's life in a readable format, and a decent size. Could benefit from an index. Some of the pictures I have not seen elsewhere. It is now a bit out of date, and some of the stuff mentioned as future projects has not in fact materialised (whatever happened to the idea of Brad playing General Custer for example? That would have been fun!) The best of the Brad Pitt books I have seen so far.

Warning! Beep!...5
I'm not going to lie to you. Reading this book, I felt like a real ballerina boy, head stuffed with cream puffs and dandylions in my hair. I said I wasn't going to lie. If you have this book on your bookshelf, you may pursue the "Greek love." No lie. You may want to have sex with another man (unless you are a woman, in which case it is fine, not that it's not fine the other way, but you know what I mean).

This bildungsroman follows young Pitt (Pitt the Younger) from his carefree days in the corn fields of Iowa to desinger satin sheets and Jennifer Aniston's tang. I don't want to give too much away, but here are some of my favorite bits:

*Brad turning to acting after a boring two-years as Asst. Deputy State Comptroller of Iowa.

*Hard drinking, sweet loving.

*In Brad's debut (Thelma and Louise) he actually suggested they ride off the cliff at the end.

*Harrowing dance with heroin culimnates with near-fatal OD outside of the Viper Room.

*Really bald.