Hellraisers : the life and inebriated times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed

ON SCREEN THEY WERE STARS. A portrait of four profoundly flawed yet awesome leading men, as well as a window into a time when glamour was sacrosanct and when stardom was achieved rather than manufactured. Playboy As the colorful anecdotes collected in this book make clear, some stars are born rather than made. New York Post Sellerss outrageously entertaining history proves that todays celebrities dont have much on Richard Burton, Peter OToole, Richard Harris, and Oliver Reed. The Daily Beast Hellraisers takes us back to the glory days of stage and screen actors Peter OToole, Richard Burton, Richard Harris, and Oliver Reed. Connecticut News OFF SCREEN THEY WERE LEGENDS! So wonderfully captures the wanton belligerence of both binging and stardom you almost feel the guys themselves are telling the tales. GQ Like the rejuvenating martinis and blurry haze of cigarettes in Mad Men, Robert Sellerss nostalgic Hellraisers . . . amounts to an unapologetic celebration of the plastered and the damned. The Wall Street Journal A rowdy collection of greatest hits. The New York Times An incredibly entertaining series of anecdotes, interspersed with unpretentious and conversational interviewsall about drinking. Los Angeles Times The most outrageous film book of the season, by far . The Buffalo News THE BOOZY BIOGRAPHY OF THE FOUR GREATEST ACTORS TO EVER WALK OR STAGGER INTO A PUB. Library : General Formats : EPUB ISBN : 9780312668143

the Boozy Biography Of The Four Greatest Actors To Ever Walk—or Stagger—into A Pub.

richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O’toole, And Oliver Reed: On Screen They Were Stars. Off Screen They Were Legends!

hellraisers 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 You Or I Had Perpetrated Them We Could Have Ended Up In Jail. Their Mercurial Acting Talent And Love From The Press And The Public Allowed Them To Get Away With The Kind Of Behaviour That Today’s Film Stars Could Scarcely Dream Of. They Were Truly The Last Of A Breed, The Last Of The Movie Hellraisers.

this Book Traces the Intertwining Lives And Careers Of Burton, Harris, O'toole, And Reed, Plus An Assortment Of Other Movie Boozers Who Crossed Their Path. It's A Celebratory Catalogue Of Their Miscreant Deeds, A Greatest-hits Package, As It Were, Of Their Most Breathtakingly Outrageous Behavior, Told With Humor And Affection. You Can’t Help But Enjoy It—after All, They Bloody Well Did.

god Put Me On This Earth To Raise Sheer Hell.—richard Burton

i Don't Have A Drink Problem. But If That Was The Case And Doctors Told Me I Had To Stop I'd Like To Think That I Would Be Brave Enough To Drink Myself Into The Grave.—oliver Reed

i Was A Sinner. I Slugged Some People. I Hurt Many People. And It's True, I Never Looked Back To See The Casualties.—richard Harris

booze Is The Most Outrageous Of Drugs, Which Is Why I Chose It.—peter O'toole

the New York Times - Janet Maslin

hellraisers Wants Only To Be A Rowdy Collection Of Greatest Hits, And It Lives Up To That Fun-loving Ambition. It Reels Off Riotous Tales About Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'toole And Oliver Reed Without Giving A Moment's Thought To What Those Tales Might Mean…anyone Horrified By The Reckless Abandon Of hellraisers Should Know What Its Ultimate Effect Turns Out To Be. This Fun-loving Celebration Of Drunkenness Proves To Be An Even More Sobering Cautionary Tale Than Some Of The Most Serious Addiction And Recovery Memoirs. And The Fact That None Could Entirely Stop Drinking, Even When It Became A Life-or-death Medical Necessity, Makes It That Much Sadder. Funny As It Is, The Book's Boisterous Beginning Gives Way To Grimly Premature States Of Illness And Dotage

An extremely entertaining biography of four charismatic and much-loved actors: Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed. Robert Sellers follows their stories through five decades of boozing, brawling and braggadocio.God put me on this earth to raise sheer hell.' Richard Burton 'I was a sinner. I slugged some people. I hurt many people. And it's true, I never looked back to see the casualties.' Richard Harris 'Booze is the most outrageous of all drugs, which is why I chose it.' Peter O'Toole 'I don't have a drink problem. But if that was the case and doctors told me I had to stop I'd like to think I would be brave enough to drink myself into the grave.' Oliver Reed This is the story of four of the greatest thespian boozers who ever walked - or staggered - off a film set into a pub. It's a story of drunken binges of near biblical proportions, parties and orgies, broken marriages, drugs, riots and wanton sexual conquests. They got away with it because of their extraordinary acting talent and because the public loved them. They were truly the last of a breed, the last of the movie hellraisers. **ON SCREEN THEY WERE STARS.** As the colorful anecdotes collected in this book make clear, some stars are born rather than made.__New York__ __Post__ __Hellraisers__ takes us back to the glory days of stage and screen actors Peter OToole, Richard Burton, Richard Harris, and Oliver Reed.__Connecticut__ __News__ So wonderfully captures the wanton belligerence of both binging and stardom you almost feel the guys themselves are telling the tales.__GQ__ A rowdy collection of greatest hits.__The New York Times__ The most outrageous film book of the season, by far__.____The Buffalo News__ Library : GeneralFormats : EPUBISBN : 9780312668143