Inherited Risk: Errol and Sean Flynn in Hollywood and VietnamA brilliant father-son biography of the scandalous life of movie star Errol Flynn -- and of his son's equally glamorous yet doomed career as a war photographer in Vietnam On April 6, 1970, the charismatic Sean Flynn rode his motorcycle into a roadblock, was captured by the Vietcong, and vanished into the jungle. Errol's son shared his father's good looks, charm, athleticism, courage, and artistic talent. But Sean also inherited his father's love of risk, compelling him to lead an equally romantic but tragically brief life. The story of both men's chillingly similar lives begins with Errol. He was born in Australia, where his mother either beat him or ignored him. He spent his early adult life in the savage outposts of New Guinea as a tobacco planter, gold prospector, bird trapper, diamond smuggler, and slave trader. By the time fame arrived, drinking, drugs, and sex with underage girls assured him legendary status for recklessness, as well as an early death. Sean was obsessed with his father, a remote and mythical figure. Never able to break free from Errol's overpowering legacy, Sean established his own heroic reputation. The father played a daredevil on screen, the son -- as brilliant and daring as his father -- was driven to increase the stakes. His final gallant and suicidal gesture carried the Flynn tradition to its inevitable conclusion. |
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... death , philosophic last words interspersed with my quips ( never actually mentioning my Death , of course ) to friends who would choke a little and say , ' God , what je ne sais quoi he always had ! " " In his private di- aries he ...
... death - haunted Flynn , writing a few years later , de- veloped " a dull smouldering anger at the abysmal mystery of my pres- ence on this earth , with not the least clue as to any reason for it ; a mystery that probably not even death ...
... death , she blamed the enemies that had pursued him and exclaimed : " They've killed him , they've killed him , the vultures ! " Marelle , who had a bitter but intense emotional bond with her son , was shattered by his death . In a ...
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Seans Life 19411965 | 17 |
Seans War 19661969 | 31 |
Copyright | |
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