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‘This is an excellent biography – Marc Eliot clearly knows his way around Hollywood. Worth reading, if not for McQueen, then for its considerable insight into the business side of Hollywood.’ – Lynn Barber (The Sunday Times (Culture) )
‘Fascinating portrait of the insecure, complex and haunted film icon…an illuminating account of a life lived on the edge.’ (Lancashire Evening Post ) --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
‘Fascinating portrait of the insecure, complex and haunted film icon…an illuminating account of a life lived on the edge.’ (Lancashire Evening Post ) --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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Steve McQueen is one of America’s legendary movie stars best known for his hugely successful film career in classics such as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, and The Towering Inferno as well as for his turbulent life off-screen and impeccable style. His unforgettable physical beauty, his soft-spoken manner, his tough but tender roughness, and his aching vulnerability had women swooning and men wanting to be just like him. Today—nearly thirty years after he lost his battle against cancer at the age of fifty—McQueen remains “The King of Cool.” Yet, few know the truth of what bubbled beneath his composed exterior and shaped his career, his passions, and his private life.
Now, in Steve McQueen, New York Times bestselling author, acclaimed biographer, and film historian, Marc Eliot captures the complexity of this Hollywood screen legend. Chronicling McQueen’s tumultuous life both on and off the screen, from his hardscrabble childhood to his rise to Hollywood superstar status, to his struggles with alcohol and drugs and his fervor for racing fast cars and motorcycles, Eliot discloses intimate details of McQueen’s three marriages, including his tumultuous relationships with Neile Adams and Ali MacGraw, as well as his numerous affairs. He also paints a full portrait of this incredible yet often perplexing career that ranged from great films to embarrassing misfires. Steve McQueen, adored by millions, was obsessed by Paul Newman, and it is the nature of that obsession that reveals so much about who McQueen really was. Perhaps his greatest talent was to be able to convince audiences that he was who he really wasn’t, even as he tried to prove to himself that he wasn’t who he really was.
With original material, rare photos, and new interviews, Eliot presents a fascinating and complete picture of McQueen’s life.
Now, in Steve McQueen, New York Times bestselling author, acclaimed biographer, and film historian, Marc Eliot captures the complexity of this Hollywood screen legend. Chronicling McQueen’s tumultuous life both on and off the screen, from his hardscrabble childhood to his rise to Hollywood superstar status, to his struggles with alcohol and drugs and his fervor for racing fast cars and motorcycles, Eliot discloses intimate details of McQueen’s three marriages, including his tumultuous relationships with Neile Adams and Ali MacGraw, as well as his numerous affairs. He also paints a full portrait of this incredible yet often perplexing career that ranged from great films to embarrassing misfires. Steve McQueen, adored by millions, was obsessed by Paul Newman, and it is the nature of that obsession that reveals so much about who McQueen really was. Perhaps his greatest talent was to be able to convince audiences that he was who he really wasn’t, even as he tried to prove to himself that he wasn’t who he really was.
With original material, rare photos, and new interviews, Eliot presents a fascinating and complete picture of McQueen’s life.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A let down. This book is completely sensationalised and manipulates McQueen's story, to simply read like a tabloid. Besides the errors the main issue is that is selectively repeats the good research undertaken by other biographer's. Personally, i prefer either of Marshall Terrill's biographies. I read his first one over a decade ago and his latest one is even better. By comparison, Eliot's biography is a poor man's account of McQueen.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This Steve McQueen biography can be an interesting perusal of his life through his work. There is little mentioned of his personal life except a bit about his youth and through the biographies of 2 of his wives, Neile Adams and Ali MacGraw. There are some quotes from Steve, and his friends/coworkers, mainly concerning relating to his work.
The book has a limited number of pages about his life before show business, but the main substance relates to his work in motion pictures, why and how he chose the roles he did.
There is a confusing recounting of the early stages of the movie `The Great Escape'. The author writes the prison camp, Stalag LuftIII was just outside Munich, then a few pages later states it was in Poland. He also claims the officers in the prison knew about D-Day and planned the escape to help divert German forces. The diversion is an historical fact, but it is never explained how these prisoners could have been aware of the date of D-Day???
The most surprising omission to me was that in the beginning of the book where Steve's time in the marines is recounted the author tells of McQueen being assigned to "scrub and repair asbestos-laden pipes". Nowhere is this referred to when he is diagnosed with mesothelioma.
One can see the business technicalities of the film industry in this biography. We also read of the many faults, the drug use and drinking and the violent tendencies at times, of McQueen to his wives and others; but we also are made aware of McQueen's extraordinary talent. There are some questions about the accuracy of what has been written in this book, but we do learn about the essential times and life of Steve McQueen.
The book has a limited number of pages about his life before show business, but the main substance relates to his work in motion pictures, why and how he chose the roles he did.
There is a confusing recounting of the early stages of the movie `The Great Escape'. The author writes the prison camp, Stalag LuftIII was just outside Munich, then a few pages later states it was in Poland. He also claims the officers in the prison knew about D-Day and planned the escape to help divert German forces. The diversion is an historical fact, but it is never explained how these prisoners could have been aware of the date of D-Day???
The most surprising omission to me was that in the beginning of the book where Steve's time in the marines is recounted the author tells of McQueen being assigned to "scrub and repair asbestos-laden pipes". Nowhere is this referred to when he is diagnosed with mesothelioma.
One can see the business technicalities of the film industry in this biography. We also read of the many faults, the drug use and drinking and the violent tendencies at times, of McQueen to his wives and others; but we also are made aware of McQueen's extraordinary talent. There are some questions about the accuracy of what has been written in this book, but we do learn about the essential times and life of Steve McQueen.
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