Brat Pack

Author : Andrew McCarthy
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1538754282
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brat written by Andrew McCarthy and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Patti Smith's Just Kids and Rob Lowe's Stories I Only Tell My Friends will love this beautifully written, entertaining, and emotionally honest memoir by an actor, director, and author who found his start as an 80s Brat pack member. Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend at Bernie's, and Less than Zero, and as a charter member of Hollywood's Brat Pack. That iconic group of ingenues and heartthrobs included Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, and Demi Moore, and has come to represent both a genre of film and an era of pop culture. In his memoir Brat: An '80s Story, McCarthy focuses his gaze on that singular moment in time. The result is a revealing look at coming of age in a maelstrom, reckoning with conflicted ambition, innocence, addiction, and masculinity. New York City of the 1980s is brought to vivid life in these pages, from scoring loose joints in Washington Square Park to skipping school in favor of the dark revival houses of the Village where he fell in love with the movies that would change his life. Filled with personal revelations of innocence lost to heady days in Hollywood with John Hughes and an iconic cast of characters, Brat is a surprising and intimate story of an outsider caught up in a most unwitting success.

Author : Susannah Gora
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307716600
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried written by Susannah Gora and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can quote lines from Sixteen Candles (“Last night at the dancemy little brother paid a buck to see your underwear”), your iPod playlist includes more than one song by the Psychedelic Furs and Simple Minds, you watch The Breakfast Club every time it comes on cable, and you still wish that Andie had ended up with Duckie in Pretty in Pink. You’re a bonafide Brat Pack devotee—and you’re not alone. The films of the Brat Pack—from Sixteen Candles to Say Anything—are some of the most watched, bestselling DVDs of all time. The landscape that the Brat Packmemorialized—where outcasts and prom queens fall in love, preppies and burn-outs become buds, and frosted lip gloss, skinny ties, and exuberant optimism made us feel invincible—is rich with cultural themes and significance, and has influenced an entire generation who still believe that life always turns out the way it is supposed to. You Couldn’t Ignore Me If You Tried takes us back to that era, interviewing key players, such as Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, and John Cusack, and mines all the material from the movies to the music to the way the films were made to show how they helped shape our visions for romance, friendship, society, and success.

Author : Andrew Pulver
Publisher : Batsford
ISBN 13 : 9780713486858
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brat Pack written by Andrew Pulver and published by Batsford. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molly Ringwald, Kevin Bacon, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Keifer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Mickey Rourke and John Cusak: they make up the '80s phenomenon that was known as the Brat Pack. But why are some of these actors supersta and some relegated to the wings? The answers are all here in this compelling compendium.

Author : Rick Veitch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780980020618
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brat Pack written by Rick Veitch and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superheroes with dark secrets recruit teen sidekicks to boost their public profiles.

Author : Kevin Smokler
Publisher : a Vireo Book
ISBN 13 : 9781942600671
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brat Pack America written by Kevin Smokler and published by a Vireo Book. This book was released on 2016 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the fictional towns of Hill Valley, CA, and Shermer, IL, to the beautiful landscapes of Astoria and Brownsville, OR, from the iconic suburbs of the San Fernando Valley to the seemingly scary inner cities of Chicago, '80s teen movies had one thing in common: locations mattered. Perhaps moreso than in any other decade, the locations of the '80s teen movies were monumentally important. In Brat Pack America, Kevin Smokler gives virtual tours of your favorite movies while also picking apart why these locations are so important to these movies. Including interviews with actors, writers, and directors of the era, and chock full of interesting facts about your favorite 80s movies, Brat Pack America is a must for any fan. Smokler went to Goonies Day in Astoria, OR, took a Lost Boys tour of Santa Cruz, CA, and deeply explored every nook and cranny of the movies we all know and love, and it shows

Author : Andrew McCarthy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451667507
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Longest Way Home written by Andrew McCarthy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a travel writer and actor, delivers a memoir about how travel helped him become the man he wanted to be, helping him overcome life-long fears and confront his resistance to commitment. From time immemorial, travel has been a pursuit of passion, from adventurers of old seeking gold or new lands, to today's spiritual and pleasure seekers who follow in the footsteps of Elizabeth Gilbert. Some see travel as a form of light-hearted escapism while others believe it has the power to open your mind, forcing you to confront your demons, and discover your true self. The author belongs to this second category of traveler. His memoir follows his excursions to Patagonia, the Amazon, Costa Rica, Baltimore, Vienna, Kilimanjaro, Dublin, and beyond. He uses his wanderlust to examine his motives and desires, and explore his ambivalence about commitment. He ponders his personal life, his acting career, and his impulse to leave home, all building toward one of the most significant moments of his life: his wedding day. His message about the transformative power of travel is universal, and his exploration of the nature and passion of relationships, both fleeting and enduring, strikes a chord with every man and woman who has ever wondered at the vicissitudes of the human heart.

Author : Rick Veitch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780962486432
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Maximortal written by Rick Veitch and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Maximortal tells the origin of the ultimate heroic idea made flesh, and its hidden impact on 20th century history. Beginning with a thunderous explosion over the Siberian subcontinent, through the atomic devastation of Hiroshima and beyond, The Maximortal is a true epic told through the astonishing stories of the human beings caught in its ever-widening wake.

Author : Andrew McCarthy
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616207736
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just Fly Away written by Andrew McCarthy and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SPECIAL PREVIEW! A debut novel about one girl’s discovery of family secrets, first love, the limits of forgiveness, and finding one’s way in the world, written with wisdom and sympathy by the bestselling memoirist, actor, and director. When fifteen-year-old Lucy Willows discovers that her father has a child from a brief affair, an eight-year-old boy named Thomas who lives in her own suburban New Jersey town, she begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her family and her life. Lucy can’t believe her father betrayed the whole family, or that her mother forgave him, or that her sister isn’t rocked by the news the way Lucy is. Worse, Lucy’s father’s secret is now her own, one that isolates her from her friends, family, and even her boyfriend, Simon, the one person she expected would truly understand. When Lucy escapes to Maine, the home of her mysteriously estranged grandfather, she finally begins to get to the bottom of her family’s secrets and lies. Fans of the rebels and antiheroes in the novels of Rainbow Rowell, A. S. King, and Meg Wolitzer will welcome this sharp, observant new voice in young adult fiction.

Author : Tama Janowitz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671745247
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slaves of New York written by Tama Janowitz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1986 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short stories of life in New York during the 1980's.

Author : Lara Bergen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780448415611
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rat Pack written by Lara Bergen and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the ten members of the Rat Pack get ready to ride, you can count on one thing: expect the unexpected! So sport the colorful temporary tattoo that comes with this book and join the Rat Pack on their hilarious cross-country odyssey that's really a backwards counting adventure. Full color.