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ID: 285069
Title: Charlton Heston: Hollywood's Last Icon
Author: Marc Eliot
Narrator: Marc Eliot
Format: Unabridged
Length: 19:34:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-14-17
Publisher: HarperAudio
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment
Summary:
The first biography of one of the most fascinating, complex, and polarizing legends of cinemas golden age, Charlton Heston, from the bestselling, prize-winning author of Cary Grant, Walt Disney, and American Rebel.
With unforgettable performances such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, the anguished astronaut George Taylor in 1968s Planet of the Apes, and the eponymous Ben-Hurfor which he won an Academy AwardCharlton Heston cemented his place in the pantheon of twentieth-century Hollywood royalty. But his fame as an actor was matched by his political activism. A democrat in his early years, Heston became a staunch supporter of Richard Nixon and Reagan republicanism. He was also president of the National Rifle Associationan outspoken crusader for gun rights whose incendiary words, ''from my cold, dead hands'' incensed liberals and became a maxim for Second Amendment supporters.
At long last, New York Times bestselling author Marc Eliot tells the story of Hestons life and six-decade-long career in full detail. Granted exclusive access to Hestons diaries, letters, and personal estate, Eliot skillfully unfolds the complicated story of this iconic actor, illuminating his greatest achievements as well as his greatest failures and regrets. Eliot examines how a boy from backwoods Michigan became Hollywood's leading heroic actora star who not only battled for the plumiest roles, but to maintain his identity in the dreamscape of Tinseltown. As he lays bare this intriguing figures life, Eliot exposes the dirty world of Hollywood mythmaking and Hestons crucial role in it.
Eliots moving, artful, and honest biography pays tribute to this movie legend and reveals not only how Hestons famous persona came into being, but why. Shedding new light on one of Americas greatest stars, Eliot creates an incisive and compelling portrait for both longtime fans and a generation newly discovering the storied star.
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