{"product_id":"five-easy-decades-how-jack-nicholson-became-the-biggest-movie-star-in-modern-times-paperback","title":"Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis McDougal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"Dennis McDougal is a rare Hollywood reporter: honest, fearless, nobody's fool. This is unvarnished Jack for Jack-lovers and Jack-skeptics but, also, for anyone interested in the state of American culture and celebrity. I always read Mr. McDougal for pointers but worry that he will end up in a tin drum off the coast of New Jersey.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Patrick McGilligan, author of Jack's Life and Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Privileged Son: Otis Chandler and the Rise and Fall of the L.A. Times Dynasty \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"A great freeway pileup--part biography, part dysfunctional family chronicle, and part institutional and urban history, with generous dollops of scandal and gossip.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Hendrick Hertzberg, The New Yorker \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"McDougal has managed to scale the high walls that have long protected the Chandler clan and returned with wicked tales told by angry ex-wives and jealous siblings.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Washington Post \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, MCA and the Hidden History of Hollywood \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"Real glamour needs a dark side. That is part of the fascination of Dennis McDougal's wonderful book.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Economist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"Thoroughly reported and engrossing . . . the most noteworthy trait of MCA was how it hid its power.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e--The New York Times Book Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"Over the years, I've read hundreds of books on Hollywood and the movie business, and this one is right at the top.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Michael Blowen, The Boston Globe\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Five Easy Decades\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dennis McDougal paces his excellent biography of Jack Nicholson, who recently became a septuagenarian, with the command of an experienced marathoner.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"McDougal captures quite well the whirlwind of Nicholson's hardscrabble years.\" -- Los Angeles Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A model biography: exhaustive, full of action, and startlingly illuminating. . . . McDougal presents an engrossing showcase of big films and bigger personalities [and he] makes Nicholson's everyday life just as fascinating as his films. . . . McDougal's research is so deep and detailed, his extensive chapter notes could make a fine book of their own.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dennis McDougal is a rare Hollywood reporter: honest, fearless, nobody's fool. This is unvarnished Jack for Jack-lovers and Jack-skeptics but, also, for anyone interested in the state of American culture and celebrity. I always read Mr. McDougal for pointers but worry that he will end up in a tin drum off the coast of New Jersey.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Patrick McGilligan, author of Jack's Life and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnconventional and unrestrained, Jack Nicholson is a famous and infamous pop-culture icon known for his romantic escapades, his hair-trigger temper, and his love affair with the L.A. Lakers. Written by a veteran journalist with access to Hollywood's heavy hitters, this candid, probing biography gives you a spellbinding, incisive look at the megawatt Method actor with the enigmatic Cheshire cat grin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis McDougal writes about Hollywood for the New York Times. A former Los Angeles Times staff writer, he won more than forty awards for his hard-nosed coverage of the entertainment industry. He is the bestselling author of The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, MCA, and the Hidden History of Hollywood and Privileged Son: Otis Chandler and the Rise and Fall of the L.A. Times Dynasty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52444649586995,"sku":"9780470422823","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bEd0MVd1UytPcXdHYnY1VmVLeG9Idz09.webp?v=1758941835","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/five-easy-decades-how-jack-nicholson-became-the-biggest-movie-star-in-modern-times-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}