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Kid Stays in the Picture
Kid Stays in the Picture | Robert Evans
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Robert Evans's The Kid Stays in the Picture is universally recognized as the greatest, most outrageous, most unforgettable show business memoir ever written. The basis of a groundbreaking, award-winning documentary film, it remains the gold standard of Hollywood storytelling.The only actor ever to run a Hollywood studio, Evans emerged from near-obscurity in the mid-1960s to rescue Paramount, one of the great studios of the Golden Age, from near-bankruptcy. A self-confessed "half-assed actor," Evans proved a genius producer and studio chief, drawing on his irresistible combination of instinct, smarts, showmanship, and bravado to take Paramount from the basement to the penthouse with such films as The Odd Couple, Rosemary's Baby, Love Story, The Godfather, and Chinatown. He lived a swashbuckling life, partying with lifetime friends like Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, and Dustin Hoffman, consulting with power players like Henry Kissinger, and squiring a host of dazzling women including his wives Ali McGraw, Catherine Oxenberg, and Phyllis George. After a decade of triumph, he lost everything in a spectacular flameout of cocaine and bad business decisions, yet survived it all and lived to tell the tale.An extraordinary raconteur, Evans spares no one, least of all himself. Filled with starring roles for everyone from Ava Gardner to Marlon Brando to Sharon Stone, The Kid Stays in the Picture is sharp, witty, and self-aggrandizing and self-lacerating in equal measure. This new It Books edition, the first in more than a decade, will feature a new foreword by the author. And simultaneous with this edition will come a first-ever ebook rollout including both a regular edition and an enhanced ebook with clips from Evans's celebrated, Grammy-nominated audiobook and the famous 2002 documentary."
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bunneeboy
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Wotta voice!

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Brendaough
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HalfwY through the Robert Evans book.....it‘s a real page turner

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ApoptyGina69
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Pausing for a sandwich and a beer. Haven't really checked posts bc reading! But having a lot of fun and know you all are out there with me. Clearly won't make the 24; just relishing the experience. 📚💖🍺#24in48

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wonga
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#signedsundays its been ages since i read this but i remember i really liked it :) 🎬📽📚#signedsunday

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AMVP
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#Riotgrams day 22 - #bookface

Had to use a mirror just to get the match this good, got too impatient to try for better. Props to people who can do this consistently.

britt_brooke Perfect! 8y
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ThatNeilGuy
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Is this guy's voice distinctive? Sure. Was it entertaining? You bet your ass it was.

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ThatNeilGuy

What a wonderfully original voice. Just started listening and already loving this audiobook because of the author's voice alone.

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Pixiepoe
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Although it was filled with some interesting tidbits and funny stories from a Hollywood legend, his writing style and delivery (I listened to the audio version) left something to be desired. He came across as too cutesy at times & used the same phrases over and over again.