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An extremely entertaining biography of four charismatic and much-loved actors: Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed. Robert Sellers follows their stories through five decades of boozing, brawling and braggadocio.
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'God put me on this earth to raise sheer hell.' Richard Burton
'I was a sinner. I slugged some people. I hurt many people. And it's true, I never looked back to see the casualties.' Richard Harris
'Booze is the most outrageous of all drugs, which is why I chose it.' Peter O'Toole
'I don't have a drink problem. But if that was the case and doctors told me I had to stop I'd like to think I would be brave enough to drink myself into the grave.' Oliver Reed
This is the story of four of the greatest thespian boozers who ever walked - or staggered - off a film set into a pub. It's a story of drunken binges of near biblical proportions, parties and orgies, broken marriages, drugs, riots and wanton sexual conquests. They got away with it because of their extraordinary acting talent and because the public loved them. They were truly the last of a breed, the last of the movie hellraisers.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is definitley for you if like me, you're underwhelmed by the sheer blandness of many of the film stars from the modern era...Yes Jude Law, Orlando Bloom, stand up!...In the era of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed, those guys would have been playing the screaming, helpless victim role, dead by the first quarter of the film!
This book is largely all about the drunken escapades of the four Hellraisers, and is guaranteed to have you laughing out loud more than once. It's worth remembering though, just how talented and unique these men were though and it's that talent/charisma/uniqueness/last of a dying breed, call it what you will, that makes them truly worth remembering.
This book is largely all about the drunken escapades of the four Hellraisers, and is guaranteed to have you laughing out loud more than once. It's worth remembering though, just how talented and unique these men were though and it's that talent/charisma/uniqueness/last of a dying breed, call it what you will, that makes them truly worth remembering.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you used this book as a drinking game, matching drink for drink, you would be dead by page 7.
This entertaining read brings together the four legendary actors, Burton, O'Toole, Harris and Reed. This is not a serious study of their craft, but a drink by drink account of their lives and more outrageous binges. If you have ever felt guilty about drinking too much, then take solace in this.
If I have two tiny criticisms (hence 4 stars instead of 5), you don't quite get the sense of their talent (and sometimes wasted talent). Is it just the force of their personalities that set them apart as actors? What is clear that they all made some very bad movies as well, and the book is nicely balanced in this respect. The other is that the author's style occasionally strays into the `blokey' - when his subjects' anecdotes hardly need any additional commentary. How do you add superlatives to four lives of total boozy surfeit? But these are two small flies in a quadruple vodka of a read. Thoroughly recommended to all out there. Hic!
This entertaining read brings together the four legendary actors, Burton, O'Toole, Harris and Reed. This is not a serious study of their craft, but a drink by drink account of their lives and more outrageous binges. If you have ever felt guilty about drinking too much, then take solace in this.
If I have two tiny criticisms (hence 4 stars instead of 5), you don't quite get the sense of their talent (and sometimes wasted talent). Is it just the force of their personalities that set them apart as actors? What is clear that they all made some very bad movies as well, and the book is nicely balanced in this respect. The other is that the author's style occasionally strays into the `blokey' - when his subjects' anecdotes hardly need any additional commentary. How do you add superlatives to four lives of total boozy surfeit? But these are two small flies in a quadruple vodka of a read. Thoroughly recommended to all out there. Hic!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Love this book - instantly readable, full of information, these were real actors living hellishly wonderful lives - not like today's talentless soap stars. Highly recommended.
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HELLRAISERS
HELLRAISERS by ROBERT SELLERS is a fantastic read, could not put the book down. Also followed on and enjoyed just as much, his 'HOLLYWOOD HELLRAISERS' and 'An A-Z of HELLRAISERS'. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Brian Jasper
Brill, very close to the bone in parts, but well worth it
If you are a fan of the British Hellraisers then this is well worth a read. It's written as it happend, no punches pulled. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Andy S
Oh, isn't alcoholism, misogyny and assault exciting?
I rarely feel compelled to give reviews but, with this book... Firstly, the positives: I like an apocryphal anecdote as much as the next person and this book does not disappoint. Read more
Published 7 months ago by davnat
A Booze Cruise
More a selection of anecdotes than a heavyweight biographical piece. Charting the wild lives of some very interesting film stars. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. M. J. Payne
All the girls love a bad boy
I have just read Hellraisers and loved it. Interesting and at times emotional and laugh out loud funny. Read more
Published 13 months ago by steph
A rattling good read!
This is a rattling good read, even if its rather "laddish" tone grates from time to time. Some of the anecdotes will have you chortling for ages, even if an underlying sense of... Read more
Published 15 months ago by M. Joyce
Staggering!
An amazing biography of the film industries hardest drinkers, Burton, O'Toole, Harris and Reed. Some of their escapdes will have you laughing, crying and wanting to read parts out... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Phillip Calgary
Poorly written, shallow and repetitive
The author of this never ending series of repetitive anecdotes,(many apocryphal I suspect) obviously thinks there is much to admire in four gifted men who drank to quite... Read more
Published 16 months ago by BDK
No, I haven't read it
Let's get this straight: I haven't read this book. I don't need to. I have simply seen a man who does not usually read unable to put it down, transformed into a storyteller as he... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ms. J. E. Davis
A very funny read
I found this difficult to put down and greatly entertaining book. I burst out laughing on a number of occasions but especially when Ollie was playing havoc with Keith Moon. Read more
Published 17 months ago by smcqueen
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