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Harry Dean Stanton - Hollywood’s Zen Rebel (Paperback)
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Harry Dean Stanton - Hollywood’s Zen Rebel (Paperback)
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Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017) got his start in Hollywood in TV
productions such as Zane Grey Theater and Gunsmoke. After a series
of minor parts in forgettable westerns, he gradually began to get
film roles that showcased his laid-back acting style, appearing in
Cool Hand Luke (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), The Godfather: Part
II (1974), and Alien (1979). He became a headliner in the eighties
- starring in Wim Wenders's moving Paris, Texas (1984) and Alex
Cox's Repo Man (1984) - but it was his extraordinary skill as a
character actor that established him as a revered cult figure and
kept him in demand throughout his career. Joseph B. Atkins unwinds
Stanton's enigmatic persona in the first biography of the man
Vanity Fair memorialized as "the philosopher poet of character
acting." He sheds light on Stanton's early life in West Irvine,
Kentucky, exploring his difficult relationship with his Baptist
parents, his service in the Navy, and the events that inspired him
to drop out of college and pursue acting. Atkins also chronicles
Stanton's early years in California, describing how he honed his
craft at the renowned Pasadena Playhouse before breaking into
television and movies. In addition to examining the actor's
acclaimed body of work, Atkins also explores Harry Dean Stanton as
a Hollywood legend, following his years rooming with Jack
Nicholson, partying with David Crosby and Mama Cass, jogging with
Bob Dylan, and playing poker with John Huston. "HD Stanton" was
scratched onto the wall of a jail cell in Easy Rider (1969) and
painted on an exterior concrete wall in Drive, He Said (1971).
Critic Roger Ebert so admired the actor that he suggested the
"Stanton-Walsh Rule," which states that "no movie featuring either
Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be
altogether bad." Harry Dean Stanton is often remembered for his
crowd-pleasing roles in movies like Pretty in Pink (1986) or Escape
from New York (1981), but this impassioned biography illuminates
the entirety of his incredible sixty-year career. Drawing on
interviews with the actor's friends, family, and colleagues, this
much-needed book offers an unprecedented look at a beloved figure.
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