What's It All About?From Alfred to Zulu, Michael Caine has been Britain's best-loved actor for half a century. Now, for the first time, he reveals the truth behind his remarkable life. From his time as an evacuee during the Blitz to his front-line military service in the Korean War, from his early days as an assistant stagehand to becoming Peter O'Toole's understudy, from walk-on parts in local theatres to blowing the bloody doors off with his legendary roles in Zulu and The Italian Job, Caine's life was never simple or easy. Discussing his little-known childhood and family alongside his hard-fought journey from London to Hollywood, Caine writes with astonishing candour about the good years and the lean years, bringing his unique charm and humour to his anecdotes and memories of a sprawling movie-making career. If you worked in Hollywood in the last few decades, you've probably worked with Michael Caine - and his accounts of his relationships with other superstars, both on and offscreen, make this autobiography essential reading for any fan not just of Michael Caine, but of film in general. |
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User Review - ChazziFrazz - LibraryThingWhat an enjoyable read. Yes, this is an autobiography of an actor and there are names named, but his outlook on life and the way he relates his experiences are very entertaining. Starting life out as ... Read full review
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User Review - DinadansFriend - LibraryThingMaurice Micklewhite is an engaging fellow. His film and stage career seems to be adequately portrayed in this autobiography. Not a laugh fest like David Niven's Memoirs, but still a good time was had by the reader. Read full review
Contents
Very flat Norfolk 90 | 12 |
What I got for a chocolate | 31 |
Noses | 43 |
Part | 61 |
If you cant move it paint it | 63 |
You never hear the one that gets you | 75 |
Its only malaria | 91 |
Nowhere to go but up | 104 |
Elizabeth and me 3 15 | 315 |
Part Five | 335 |
Shakira | 337 |
Call me Larry | 350 |
3i Natasha | 365 |
Gucci shoes | 373 |
TheMan Who Would Be King | 389 |
Biting the customers | 407 |
lts only a small part | 120 |
Becoming Michael Caine | 127 |
Understudying OToole | 137 |
Raw steaks through the letterbox | 146 |
The first screen test | 158 |
Part Three | 167 |
When the magic happens | 169 |
1500 a week? | 184 |
The two minutes that changed my life | 195 |
Butch cooking | 205 |
Part Four | 233 |
If you want to be a star in America | 235 |
The Elephant to Beverly Hills 25 l | 251 |
Cannes | 261 |
Ottos Revenge | 269 |
French hours | 281 |
Bardot tries it on | 287 |
Oh yes 21 Rolls Royce | 298 |
My worst location | 307 |
The Swarm attacks | 415 |
Part | 423 |
Welcome to Beverly Hills | 425 |
Dressed to kill | 437 |
M2 in Beverly Hills | 447 |
The Queen and I | 463 |
How to lose an Oscar | 472 |
Paradise Found | 488 |
Part Seven | 501 |
Working with Woody | 503 |
Moving back | 518 |
Scoundrels | 529 |
In my own write | 539 |
A sting in the tail | 547 |
4? David | 554 |
Acknowledgements | 559 |
Picture Credits | 561 |
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