Robert Downey Jnr

Author : Ben Falk
Publisher : Portico
ISBN 13 : 1910232122
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Downey Jr. written by Ben Falk and published by Portico. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Comeback Kid will be the first biography of Robert Downey Jr. A Detailed and authoritative account of the life, career, stardom and controversy of Robert Downey JR – one of Hollywood’s most popular, and gifted, actors of recent times. A behind-the-scenes look on the making of his most famous and infamous movies, talking to the people closest to him, from actors and directors to those he has encountered during his trips to the dark side. “I’ve always felt like an outsider in this industry. Because I’m so insane I guess.” – Robert Downey Jr. Robert Downey Jr’s life isn’t a movie – but it could be. Now one of the biggest box office stars in the world thanks to Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes, he’s come a long way since his early days as a rising actor amidst the Brat Pack of the Eighties, as well as stints on Saturday Night Live and Ally McBeal. His incredible journey has also encompassed prison and drug addiction – experiences which left him just one bad choice away from death. Funny, definitive and entertaining, this is the first book that dares to glimpse inside the psyche of a brilliant and complex icon of our times.

Author : Amie Jane Leavitt
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612281834
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Downey Jr. written by Amie Jane Leavitt and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are all kinds of superheroes. Some we love in movies, and some we find in real life. Robert Downey Jr. has been both kinds. He has won the hearts of moviegoers as the invincible Iron Man, but only after defeating the true villain in his life, a career-threatening drug addiction. Journey with Downey through his stellar career and personal life, from acting in his father’s films at age five through his Oscar-nominated role playing the great Charlie Chaplin and beyond. You’ll be amazed by this heroic actor, whose inner character is stronger than iron.

Author : Martin Howden
Publisher : Blake Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781843581857
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Downey Jr written by Martin Howden and published by Blake Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his first role as a cherubic five-year old through Iron Man 2 and the films yet to come, a look at the life and career one of Hollywood's most surprising leading men Robert Downey Jr. has become one of Hollywood's most shining, distinctive stars thanks to scene-stealing roles in films like Iron Man, Zodiac, and Sherlock Holmes. This book takes an in-depth, insightful look at his work in front of the camera as well as his life behind the spotlight. It reveals details of his film debut at age five playing a puppy in his father's underground cult film, his attempt at becoming a comedian during an ill-fated stint as a Saturday Night Live cast member, how he burst onto the scene with his moving performance in Less than Zero, and how he charmed Hollywood with his Oscar-nominated turn as troubled funny man Charlie Chaplin. With a life that has had more twist and turns than the plots of some of his acclaimed movies, Robert Downey Jr.'s journey from hellraiser to Hollywood royalty is shocking, moving, funny, and inspirational.

Author : Stephanie Watson
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 161478437X
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Downey Jr.: Blockbuster Movie Star written by Stephanie Watson and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title examines the fascinating life of Robert Downey Jr. Readers will learn about Downey's childhood, family, education, rise to fame, his trouble with drugs, and his time in rehab . Colorful graphics, oversize photos, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text that explores how Downey's interest in acting led to leading roles in movies that include The Pickup Artist, Sherlock Holmes, which earned him a Golden Globe, and Iron Man. Features include a table of contents, glossary, selected bibliography, Web links, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and fun facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Viet Thanh Nguyen
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 080219169X
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sympathizer written by Viet Thanh Nguyen and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now an HBO Limited Series from Executive Producers Park Chan-wook and Robert Downey Jr., Streaming Exclusively on Max Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner of the 2016 Edgar Award for Best First Novel Winner of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction One of TIME’s 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time “[A] remarkable debut novel.” —Philip Caputo, New York Times Book Review (cover review) Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize, a startling debut novel from a powerful new voice featuring one of the most remarkable narrators of recent fiction: a conflicted subversive and idealist working as a double agent in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as seven other awards, The Sympathizer is the breakthrough novel of the year. With the pace and suspense of a thriller and prose that has been compared to Graham Greene and Saul Bellow, The Sympathizer is a sweeping epic of love and betrayal. The narrator, a communist double agent, is a “man of two minds,” a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who arranges to come to America after the Fall of Saigon, and while building a new life with other Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles is secretly reporting back to his communist superiors in Vietnam. The Sympathizer is a blistering exploration of identity and America, a gripping espionage novel, and a powerful story of love and friendship.

Author : Sarah Tieck
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1629680532
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Downey Jr.:Star of Iron Man written by Sarah Tieck and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences draw readers in to the fascinating life of famous actor Robert Downey Jr., star of the Iron Man movie series! Readers will learn about Downey's family background and early interest in acting, leading to his popularity as a talented, young actor of the 1980s. Covered in detail is Downey's popular role as Tony Stark in the Iron Man and Avengers movie series. Also included is his starring role in the Sherlock Holmes movie series. Features include table of contents, map, fact boxes, facts page with Downey's vital information, glossary with phonetic spellings, and index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Erin E. MacDonald
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786475490
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Downey Jr. from Brat to Icon written by Erin E. MacDonald and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Downey Jr. may be best known as Iron Man, but his career as an actor stretches back to the 1970s and features several Oscar-quality roles. He has worked with a wide range of innovative directors from Oliver Stone and Robert Altman to Richard Linklater and Shane Black, and has played punk kids, detectives, journalists and even a serial killer. This collection of new essays examines, in roughly chronological order, more than 25 of Downey's best performances in films as diverse as Less Than Zero, Chaplin, Natural Born Killers, A Scanner Darkly, The Soloist and Tropic Thunder. Including a biography, chronology and filmography, the book highlights the inseparability of the actor's biography from his works and from the unique combination of talents he brings to his roles.

Author : David Howard
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1101907444
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chasing Phil written by David Howard and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling true crime caper, bursting with colorful characters and awash in ‘70s glamour, that spotlights the FBI's first white-collar undercover sting 1977, the Thunderbird Motel. J.J. Wedick and Jack Brennan—two fresh-faced, maverick FBI agents—were about to embark on one of their agency's first wire-wearing undercover missions. Their target? Charismatic, globetrotting con man Phil Kitzer, whom some called the world's greatest swindler. From the Thunderbird, the three men took off to Cleveland, to Miami, to Hawaii, to Frankfurt, to the Bahamas—meeting other members of Kitzer's crime syndicate and powerful politicians and businessmen he fooled at each stop. But as the young agents, playing the role of proteges and co-conspirators, became further entangled in Phil's outrageous schemes over their months on the road, they also grew to respect him—even care for him. Meanwhile, Phil began to think of Jack and J.J. as best friends, sharing hotel rooms and inside jokes with them and even competing with J.J. in picking up women. Phil Kitzer was at the center of dozens of scams in which he swindled millions of dollars, but the FBI was mired in a post-Watergate malaise and slow to pivot toward a new type of financial crime that is now all too familiar. Plunging into the field with no undercover training, the agents battled a creaky bureaucracy on their adventures with Phil, hoping the FBI would recognize the importance of their mission. Even as they grew closer to Phil, they recognized that their endgame—the swindler's arrest—was drawing near… Anchored by larger-than-life characters, framed by exotic locales and an irresistible era, Chasing Phil is high drama and propulsive reading, delivered by an effortless storyteller.

Author : Samantha Downing
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593100980
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For Your Own Good written by Samantha Downing and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER “Witty and macabre.”—Caroline Kepnes "Slick and chilling."—Megan Miranda “A perfect summer book.”—NPR USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing is back with her latest sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school—complete with interfering parents, overeager students, and one teacher who just wants to teach them all a lesson… Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the elite Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest. He says his wife couldn’t be more proud—though no one has seen her in a while. Teddy really can’t be bothered with a few mysterious deaths on campus that are looking more and more like murder, or with the student digging a little too deep into Teddy’s personal life. His main focus is pushing these kids to their full academic potential. All he wants is for his colleagues—and the endlessly meddlesome parents—to stay out of his way. If not, well, they’ll get what they deserve. It’s really too bad that sometimes excellence comes at such a high cost.

Author : Nicole Horning
Publisher : Lucent Press
ISBN 13 : 9781534567696
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Downey Jr written by Nicole Horning and published by Lucent Press. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Robert Downey Jr. is one of the most famous and influential actors in Hollywood. Since 2008, he has been at the center of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the road to leading this incredibly famous franchise was difficult for Downey. This book examines how he is an inspiration to those who are struggling with personal dilemmas, especially substance abuse, and how he overcame those struggles to become the face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Through sidebars, annotated quotations, and full-color photographs, this book allows readers to gain a deeper appreciation for Robert Downey Jr. and his acting skills"--