05020cam a2200793 4500 1701474497 TxAuBib 20241106120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593655122 0593655125 B0CW1L17GW Amazon 4578b10c-e098-4bfb-be0f-1b88de147ac9 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10572278 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Pacino, Al, 1940- Sonny Boy [Libby] : A Memoir. Penguin Publishing Group, 2024. Biography. Pacino. Movies. autobiographies. Actor. Film. Al Pacino. Comedy. Autobiography. Memoirs. Drama. Creativity. Gift Books. gifts. gift. Acting. biographies. Hollywood. Music. memoir. biographies and memoirs. gifts for dad. celebrity books. books for dad. dad books. best selling books. books best sellers. biography books. dad gifts. biographies of famous people. new york times best sellers. music biographies. celebrity memoirs. memoir books. autobiography books. actor gifts. memoirs books. al pacino book. al pacino memoir. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 57MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. HTML:The Instant New York Times Bestseller “The book is a beautiful trip.” (New York Times Magazine) • “Soulful . . .  Feels like hanging out within a history of American movies over the last 50 years.” (Los Angeles Times) • “Startlingly cinematic ... A fine memoir.” (The Guardian) From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies—The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, Serpico, and Dog Day Afternoon—that were not just successes but landmarks in the history of film. Those performances became legendary and changed his life forever. Not since Marlon Brando and James Dean in the late 1950s had an actor landed in the culture with such force. But Pacino was in his midthirties by then, and had already lived several lives. A fixture of avant-garde theater in New York, he had led a bohemian existence, working odd jobs to support his craft. He was raised by a fiercely loving but mentally unwell mother and her parents after his father left them when he was young, but in a real sense he was raised by the streets of the South Bronx, and by the troop of buccaneering young friends he ran with, whose spirits never left him. After a teacher recognized his acting promise and pushed him toward New York’s fabled High School of Performing Arts, the die was cast. In good times and bad, in poverty and in wealth and in poverty again, through pain and joy, acting was his lifeline, its community his tribe.  Sonny Boy is the memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide. All the great roles, the essential collaborations, and the important relationships are given their full due, as is the vexed marriage between creativity and commerce at the highest levels. The book’s golden thread, however, is the spirit of love and purpose. Love can fail you, and you can be defeated in your ambitions—the same lights that shine bright can also dim. But Al Pacino was lucky enough to fall deeply in love with a craft before he had the foggiest idea of any of its earthly rewards, and he never fell out of love. That has made all the difference. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-11-05 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4578b10c-e098-4bfb-be0f-1b88de147ac9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4578b10c-e098-4bfb-be0f-1b88de147ac9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4578b10c-e098-4bfb-be0f-1b88de147ac9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)