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Colin Farrell: Living Dangerously (Hardcover)

by Jane Kelly (Author) "It's called 'a new style of gentlemen's cabaret', but it's as old as the hills ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Blake Publishing; illustrated edition edition (30 Sep 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844541711
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844541713
  • Product Dimensions: 24 x 16 x 3.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 152,280 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Colin Farrell is Hollywood's hottest rising star. His acting profile has soared as he has added a staggering range of roles to his name. But it is not just his box-office hits that Colin is famous for. This quick-witted young star has filled more column inches than any other young film star with his devil-may-care attitude and appearances in the thriving LA party scene. His mainstream debut came on the small screen with a starring role in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel. With this appearance, Farrell quickly established himself as an actor and it wasn't long before his talent was picked out for movie roles. His diverse list of credits includes Tigerland, Ordinary Decent Criminal, Minority Report and Phone Booth. His reputation as one of the most sought after actors in LA looks set to continue with news that he is to play Sonny Crockett in the much anticipated film remake of the 1980s television show Miami Vice.


About the Author

Jane Kelly has written for a host of national newspapers and magazines and has been a staff feature writer on Today, the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail. She is also a keen painter who has exhibited widely, with work in several private collections. She lives in west London with her cat Brenda.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Colin Farrell Fans Be warned.., 9 Feb 2006
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Jane Kelly's Biography of actor Colin Farrell is threadbare to say the least. Not only is it riddled with factual errors but the whole book is full of spelling mistakes, missed words and typos. It reads more like a first draft than a published work.

The book gives us the story of Farrell's life from his childhood in Dublin through his rise to success in Hollywood. Clearly having never met Farrell, it contents us with quoting large chunks of interviews and long, page filling accounts of the lives of people and actors he has worked with or been associated with.

I did wonder if the author had actually watched some of the films Colin Farrell has made all the way through as there are several plot inaccuracies described. For example, getting name of the father of Clare’s baby in A Home at the End of the World wrong. Attention to detail is surely what readers of biographies are looking for?

There is a lot of gushing about his appearance, about his chocolate brown eyes and the size of his manhood but little truly exclusive or unique insight. The book's factual errors begin on page one, chapter one - Colin Andrew Farrell? - Shouldn’t that be Colin James Farrell? It doesn't bode well as an opening line.

Fans of Colin Farrell fans will learn nothing new from this book and will be irritated by its inaccuracies whilst film fans will simply have to suffer having the ending of every movie he has made spoiled. This is simply every interview, news article and press release strung together in chronological order.

Bad grammar, a mass of idle speculation, personal opinion and regurgitated trivia stretched to ten chapters.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Read, 6 Oct 2005
Being a close friend of Colin I was intriged by yet another book of his life but despite being rather gossipy in places there is a certain amount of truth to be told although much of the private sexual life has been left out. A good read nonetheless.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Readers of A Reader be warned, 8 Jun 2007
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Having proofread this book before it went to the publisher I was seriously worried by A Reader's comments. Factual accuracy is the concern of the author but the spelling was down to me. I have just reread two chapters at random.There are no spelling mistakes in Chapter 1. There is one spelling mistake in Chapter 4. It is Nicholas De Jongh's name. If A Reader is Nicholas De Jongh perhaps his lack of proportion can be forgiven. Or perhaps I got lucky and this mass of mistakes is in other chapters of the book. Perhaps A Reader would like to direct me where to look. Or then again perhaps he/she would prefer to continue to enjoy the freedom hiding behind a pseudonym gives one to make unchallengable generalised comments about other people's hard work
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