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001 2009029092
003 DLC
005 20100624182958.0
008 090717s2009 nyuaf b 001 0ceng
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn317928624
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050 00 $aPN1998.2$b.S45 2009
100 1 $aSellers, Robert.
245 10 $aHellraisers :$bthe life and inebriated times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed /$cRobert Seller.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bThomas Dunne Books,$c2009.
300 $a286 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aRichard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed: On screen they were stars, off screen they were legends. This is the story of drunken binges of near biblical proportions, parties and orgies, broken marriages, riots, and wanton sexual conquests--indeed, acts so outrageous that if ordinary mortals had perpetrated them they would have ended up in jail. They got away with the kind of behavior that today's film stars could scarcely dream of, because of their mercurial acting talent and because the press and public loved them. They were truly the last of a breed. This is a celebratory catalogue of their miscreant deeds, a greatest-hits package of their most breathtakingly outrageous behavior, told with humor and affection. You can't help but enjoy it--after all, they certainly did.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aSpitting image television sketch -- Introduction -- An aperitif -- Legends are born -- The plastered fifties -- The soused sixties -- The sozzled seventies -- The blotto eighties -- The pickled nineties -- Last man standing.
600 10 $aBurton, Richard,$d1925-1984.
600 10 $aHarris, Richard,$d1930-2002.
600 10 $aO'Toole, Peter,$d1932-
600 10 $aReed, Oliver,$d1938-1999.
650 0 $aMotion picture actors and actresses$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1008/2009029092-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1008/2009029092-d.html