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Las esperadas memorias del gran actor de Hollywood.«Estaba ahí, tumbado junto a un callejón en White Plains Road, en el Bronx, y me dolía mucho el tobillo. Me dije que así no podría seguir con la película. Solo llevábamos grabando un par de semanas y no podía interpretar el papel y, además, ahora tampoco podía caminar. Francis Ford Coppola me había mostrado antes algunas tomas de mi interpretación, solo para decirme ''Al, la estás cagando aquí''. Yo miré las tomas, y pensé, ¿qué hago yo en esta película? Tenía el aspecto de un don nadie. No tenía ni idea de lo que pretendía hacer. Pensé que estaba fuera de lugar. En realidad, no me querían mucho por aquí y empezaba a darles la razón. Era un chico de 29 años con solo dos créditos cinematográficos y una cabeza no muy bien puesta sobre los hombros. Ahora tendrían que echarme de El padrino. Y allí tendido en la calle aquella noche, no podía sentir más alivio. Miré al cielo, me santigüé y dije: estoy fuera de esto. Gracias, Dios mío. Gracias.»
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From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in fullTo the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies—The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, Serpico, and Dog Day Afternoon—that were not just successes but landmarks in the history of film. Those performances became legendary and changed his life forever. Not since Marlon Brando and James Dean in the late 1950s had an actor landed in the culture with such force.But Pacino was in his midthirties by then, and had already lived several lives. A fixture of avant-garde theater in New York, he had led a bohemian existence, working odd jobs to support his craft. He was raised by a fiercely loving but mentally unwell mother and her parents after his father left them when he was young, but in a real sense he was raised by the streets of the South Bronx, and by the troop of buccaneering young friends he ran with, whose spirits never left him. After a teacher recognized his acting promise and pushed him toward New York’s fabled High School of Performing Arts, the die was cast. In good times and bad, in poverty and in wealth and in poverty again, through pain and joy, acting was his lifeline, its community his tribe.Sonny Boy is the memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide. All the great roles, the essential collaborations, and the important relationships are given their full due, as is the vexed marriage between creativity and commerce at the highest levels. The book’s golden thread, however, is the spirit of love and purpose. Love can fail you, and you can be defeated in your ambitions—the same lights that shine bright can also dim. But Al Pacino was lucky enough to fall deeply in love with a craft before he had the foggiest idea of any of its earthly rewards, and he never fell out of love. That has made all the difference.
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To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova.He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies?The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, Serpico, and Dog Day Afternoon?that were not just successes, but landmarks in the history of film.In reality, Pacino was in his mid-thirties by then, and had already lived several lives.Growing up in New York City’s South Bronx and raised by a loving but mentally unwell mother, Pacino worked odd jobs to support himself. But, in good times and bad, in poverty and in wealth and in poverty again, through pain and joy, acting was his lifeline, its community his tribe.Exploring his iconic roles, essential collaborations, and important relationships, as well as the ever-present struggle between creativity and commerce, Sonny Boy is the revelatory account of an incredible life.This is the memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide.
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