Sean Connery

by Michael Feeney Callan (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2002

  $3.24

  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.