Sean Connery: The Untouchable Hero

by Michael Feeney Callan (Author)

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  1993

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  Sean Connery is a study in contradiction. Balding, 62, argumentative and reputedely tight-fisted, he is also regarded as one of the sexiest men alive. This biography traces Sean's rise to stardom from the slums of Edinburgh. The book looks at his studying Shakespeare and Shaw in the professional theatre, to the appeal and cash of the movies. After eight years off bit playing, he found his first success with the film Dr No . The Bond films led onto films such as The Name of the Rose , The Untouchables , Highlander and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade . The book draws on the reminiscences of friends and colleagues to create a portrait of one of the world's leading film personalities.

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  2002

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  Sean Connery is reputedly argumentative and tight-fisted; he is also fiercely patriotic (he sports a Scotland Forever tattoo), a consummate professional and, now in his 70s, still dashing, charismatic and regarded by some as the world's sexist man. Born into a poor Edinburgh family, Sean Connery dreamed of being rich enough to own a piano. After time as a choirboy, coffin polisher, nude model and bodybuilder, he decided he wanted to act, and his perseverance finally paid off when he beat better-known competition to play the first James Bond in Dr No . His suave and sophisticated 007 became a worldwide cult figure and turned him into a (reluctant) superstar. Yearning to move on from the Bond persona, Connery went on to star in some truly memorable movies, including The Man Who Would Be King , The Name of the Rose , Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , The Hunt for Red October and The Rock , confirming his status as a genuine star. For his role as Jimmy Malone in The Untouchables he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Dr No , this revealing and intimate biography includes in-depth interviews from his family, friends and co-stars.