- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Citadel Press Inc.,U.S. (1 Oct 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0806524901
- ISBN-13: 978-0806524900
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 537,299 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Since her memorable performance in the thriller Dead Calm, Nicole Kidman has dazzled film critics and audiences alike with her stunning good looks, boundless talent and fearless personality. In this biography, she reveals the very private woman behind Hollywood's top Australian import from her birth to activist parents to the break-up with Tom Cruise. Dickerson reveals the private relationship between Kidman and Cruise and explores the truth behind the rumours surrounding the filming of Eyes Wide Shut - Kubrik's look at marital dissolution.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This fantastic book is dedicated to the brilliant nicole kidman and tell you all her films and who she worked with ,litlury everything you could possibley imagen about her. the best bit is when it teels you about her life when she was very very young. this a brilliant book and it will tell you great things aboutthe film star.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Eyes Wide Open for Nic
11 Aug 2003
Format:Hardcover
I see this biography of Nicole Kidman, and, being a red-blooded All-American type, I decided to check out one of my favorite actresses. Having admired Ms. Kidman since her Dead Calm days, I like to claim her as one of my film "discoveries" so there's more than a bit of prejudice about her.
This biography, painstakingly researched and meticulously detailed, is a work of many textures and is an enjoyable as it is thorough.
But, hey, wait until you come to Chapter Seven - "The Making of Eyes Wide Shut" -- the film she and then-husband Tom Cruise made with the late, great Stanley Kubrick.
A longtime admirer of Kubrick's work, I learned some hand-wringing details about ol' Stanley such as whether or not the myths surrounding him and his allegedly bizarre work habits were true or not.
And SEX, oh yes. Nicole Kidman and sex. We see how Kubrick manipulated, managed, whatever, Ms. Kidman's 'love' scenes in Eyes Wide Shut. and how those scenes affected her marriage with the oh-so-nearby Mr. Cruise. This chapter has some of the 'hottest' descriptions I've seen in a serious, almost scholarly, biography. The pages were singed on the ends.
It's here where the reader gets hooked and then digs in for the rest of the ride, particularly after reading the interview with the 'sailor' who did the 'love' scenes with our star.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Go, Nic, Go!
29 July 2003
Format:Hardcover
As a read, this book is every bit as fabulous as Nicole is an actress. It is filled with psychological insights into her marriage to Tom Cruise and offers the most detailed information yet about her experiences growing up in Australia.
The best part of this book centers on the making of "Eyes Wide Shut." Beyond any doubt, it is the steamiest, most erotic writing I have enountered about a major Hollywood star. My glasses are still steamed over.
You will never be sorry you read this book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Interesting subject, poor writer
17 Aug 2005
Format:Hardcover
While Nicole Kidman is an interesting subject, and I love to read about her and watch her films, the writer of this book is infantile, and often makes you wonder if he has studied English at all. There are bizarre run-on sentences and wording that simply doesn't make sense. The style is choppy and uninteresting.
You might like this book if you are just hoping to learn a little more on Kidman's life, but expect to overlook some major shortcomings in the writer.
You might like this book if you are just hoping to learn a little more on Kidman's life, but expect to overlook some major shortcomings in the writer.
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