{"product_id":"book-auhe","title":"Warren Beatty","description":"\u003cb\u003e “Whatever you have read or heard about me through articles or gossip, forget it. I am nothing like that Warren Beatty. I am nothing like what you have read.” —Warren Beatty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWarren Beatty guarded his privacy even before he became a movie star, when he burst onto the screen in 1961 as the earnestly handsome all-American boy in \u003ci\u003eSplendor in the Grass\u003c\/i\u003e. When he started acting, Beatty kept secret the fact that actress Shirley MacLaine, already a star, was his older sister. Over time, he has cultivated a mystique, giving few interviews and instructing others not to talk about him. Until now. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough years of groundbreaking research, lauded biographer Suzanne Finstad gained unprecedented access to Beatty’s family, close friends, and film colleagues, including such luminaries in the arts and politics as Jane Fonda, Goldie Hawn, Leslie Caron, Robert Towne, Mike Nichols, and Senators John McCain, George McGovern, and Gary Hart. Weaving hundreds of these candid interviews, photographs from private albums, personal letters, diaries, and the previously unpublished papers of the late Natalie Wood and mentors such as directors Elia Kazan and George Stevens, playwrights Clifford Odets and William Inge, and agent Charles Feldman, \u003ci\u003eWarren Beatty\u003c\/i\u003e unveils the real Beatty—a complex, sensitive visionary torn between the “fairly puritanical, football-playing boy” from Virginia and his Hollywood playboy image. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinstad paints a rich, fascinating portrait of the secretive film legend, taking us back to the “unrealized genius” parents who molded arguably the most famous brother and sister in Hollywood history, tracing the family influences and events in Beatty’s past that directly inspired \u003ci\u003eMcCabe \u0026amp; Mrs. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShampoo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeaven Can Wait\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIshtar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDick Tracy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBugsy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove Affair\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBulworth\u003c\/i\u003e, and led to his political activism, culminating in a near-bid for the White House. Finstad constructs the definitive, myth-shattering account of Beatty’s evolution from Hollywood’s enfant terrible to producer of the revolutionary \u003ci\u003eBonnie and Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e, launching him as the premier actor\/director\/writer\/producer of his generation, the only person to twice earn Oscar nominations in all five major categories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere also is the truth about Beatty the lover, setting the record straight on his storied relationships with such iconic actresses and beauties as Jane Fonda, Joan Collins, Natalie Wood, Leslie Caron, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Michelle Phillips, Diane Keaton, Isabelle Adjani, and Madonna. Finstad’s astute insights illuminate Beatty’s private struggle to attain happiness, his complicated bond with his sister, Shirley, and the deeper reasons why, at fifty-four, the archetypal bachelor married actress Annette Bening. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStunningly researched, engrossing, and exquisitely detailed, \u003ci\u003eWarren Beatty: A Private Man\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a new understanding of the enigmatic, fiercely intelligent star who embodies the American dream.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49341213245744,"sku":"BDauhe","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/210462-auhe-Square.jpg?v=1734057058","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-auhe","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}