Famous men and women as i knew them by frank langella not only is frank langella a marvelous and talented actor, it turns out he is a gifted writer as well. Frank langella in a scene from the 1971 film the deadly trap. With johnny depp, frank langella, lena olin, emmanuelle seigner. How frank langella captured richard nixon the new york times. Frank langellas dropped names is a different kind of memoir. Since premiering at the festival, sony pictures worldwide acquisitions. Frank langella biography facts, childhood, family life.
Frank langella in the stage production dracula nypl. Captured forever in a unique memoir, frank langellas myriad encounters with some of the past centurys most famous human beings are. Frank langella attacks hollywood stars in scathing memoir. Scandal aside, there is something poignant about the book. Dropped names, frank langellas memoir the new york times. As much a memoir as a primer on the vicissitudes of an actors life, the book is a collage based on reallife situations that offer touching insights into stars like rita hayworth, and into the practical magic that informs langella s signature sensibility. Rarely have i read a book about celebrities that is as insightful, candid, revealing, and as wellwritten as this one. His candid stories of the wide array of famous people he has known, both casually and intimately, are fabulous. A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones. He is contacted by boris balkan frank langella a wealthy collector whose favorite topic is the devil. The book contains pictures that if interpreted correctly are supposed to be able to conjure satan. The actor frank langella went everywhere, met everyone and fell into bed with almost everybody. He reprised the role of nixon in the 2008 oscar nominated best picture film frostnixon, directed by ron howard. There are no pictures, no boring childhood stories, its not written linear but rather there.
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