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The Sexiest Man Alive: A Biography of Warren Beatty |  | Author: Ellis Amburn
Publisher: HarperEntertainment
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1589846
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 432
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 006018566X
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43028092
EAN: 9780060185664
ASIN: 006018566X
Publication Date: July 1, 2002
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The Sexiest Man Alive is the first in-depth biography of Warren Beatty, a man who blazed a trail of sex and high artistic achievement across the twentieth century as Hollywood matinee idol, founder of the New Hollywood with his groundbreaking Bonnie and Clyde, and international Don Juan.Through interviews with friends and associates, Ellis Amburn reveals new details about Beatty's well-known conquests and tells of many others that have not heretofore been reported, from early affairs with Joan Collins and Natalie Wood to encounters with such unknowns as a Playboy bunny and a young black student to such recent romances with Madonna and Annette Bening, the woman he finally married.The notches on his belt read like a who's who of feminine beauty and power, making him the Casanova of the century. A partial list of his conquests include Jackie Kennedy Onassis, H.R.H. Princess Margaret, Barbara Harris, Lillian Hellman, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Linda Eastman McCartney, Inger Stevens, Dewi Sukarno, Vanessa Redgrave, Jean Seberg, Susannah York, Brooke Hayward, Maria Callas, Julie Christie, Cher, Brigitte Bardot, Candice Bergen, Jessica Savitch, Connie Chung, Diane Sawyer, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, Barbara Streisand, Jane Fonda, Lana Wood, Leslie Caron, Diane Keaton, Michelle Phillips, Mamie Van Doren, Britt Ekland, Barbara Hershey, Goldie Hawn, Barbara Minty, Margaux Hemingway, Elle MacPherson, Dayle Haddon, Carol Alt, Sippi Levine, Isabelle Adjani, Kate Jackson, Justine Bateman, Robin Menken, Darryl Hannah, and Mary Tyler Moore.Along the way, Amburn tells the exciting story of the young filmmakers who revolutionized Hollywood in the sixties and seventies, the people Warren knew and worked with, played with, sometimes made love with, and fought with -- Diane Keaton, Faye Dunaway, Julie Christie, Roman Polanski, Jack Nicholson, Hal Ashby, Robert Altman, Arthur Penn, Al Pacino, and Robert Evans.Amburn also explores Beatty's fascinating forays into Democratic politics -- his embattled relationship with Hubert Humphrey, how he wooed Barbra Streisand to raise millions for George McGovern, and the misadventure with Gary Hart, whose partying at Warren's bachelor pad -- and subsequent Donna Rice scandal -- some blame for his withdrawal from the 1988 presidential race. The Sexiest Man Alive is one of the most sizzling, revealing books about Hollywood, weaving together the rich material of Warren Beatty's life and art.
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 All Sex No Substance September 10, 2009
Richard Ross
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rather than focus on the films Beatty has made over his fifty plus year career author Ellis Amburn chooses to focus on the women Warren has bedded. We're talking literal paragraphs of nothing but the names of Beatty's conquests. I only wish that that in-depth analysis extended to the actual films. I picked the book up hoping to learn more about the Beatty masterpiece 'Bugsy' but all I got was a page and a half of info. Even then it was mostly about how Beatty fell for co-star Annette Bening, married her and started a family. (Amburn claims this ended Bening's career yet she has gone on to be nominated for both Golden Globes and Oscars). The only film that gets more than a few paragraphs is 'Bonnie and Clyde', which Amburn is quick to point out signaled a new era in Hollywood. Many important figures from this revolution like Jack Nicholson, Robert Towne, Roman Polanski and Robert Evans are mentioned but again it's mostly about how these guys slept with the same women and went cruising together. The book barely covers 'Reds' but instead mentions sex comedies like 'Shampoo' and 'Town and Country', uneven efforts like 'Heaven Can Wait' and 'Bulworth' and even Beatty's biggest bomb 'Ishtar'. The fact is that even though Warren's filmography isn't as long as peers like Nicholson or Dustin Hoffman, nearly every film he has had a hand in creatively has been consecutively nominated for Oscars in the categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor. These are major accomplishments but obviously Amburn is more impressed by the fact that Warren has slept with some of the most desirable women in Hollywood. The book was informative when it came to Beatty's upbringing. It does a good job of exploring the repressed environment he was raised in and how that led to a sibling rivalry between Warren and big sister Shirley MaClaine. Amburn details how Beatty broke up more than a few marriages only to leave the women in severe emotional distress over his inability to commit. Finally, he wraps the book up detailing Beatty's other lifelong obsession: politics. It's an okay read but hardly an informative biography of "The Great Seducer" as film historian Richard Schickel calls him.
 Couldn't put it down...... July 20, 2009
Brenda Starr (Texas)
I enjoyed this book so much I carried it around with me for any chances I got to read it. I liked Amburn's style of writing and plan to read his other works.
 Is this a book? April 2, 2008
P. Jewkes (Boston, MA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There's not a single thing in this book that digs even remotely into Warren Beatty's talent and gumption that have made him not one of the world's best actor but one of the greatest PRODUCERS the movies have ever seen. BONNIE & CLYDE, SHAMPOO, BUGSY, and REDS are landmarks. Instead, the book is about his sex life. Which, at this late date, is ancient history! Author Ellis Amburn spends plenty of time quoting vaguely identified "sources" and credits his research to time spent around famous people (from Shelley Winters to Christopher Isherwood). A badly written, name dropping collection of junk.
 I guess i'm the only reviewer who read his other bios... June 1, 2007
David33496 (boca raton, florida United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
...because this one is better than most of them. There is more info on Beatty here than in any other bio (and photos i haven't seen anywhere else). I should complain that there are hundreds of quotes from other books and articles etc.? Um, no. I don't care where the info came from. The fact is, it's here, in this biography, where it belongs. If you have a problem with Beatty as a person, don't read a bio of him.
 Little Acting Ability, Minimal Personality, Morals Of A Jackrabbit.. August 27, 2005
G. H. Giroux (Phoenix, AZ United States)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
So characterizes Warren Beatty, if one interprets this excessively detailed exploration of his life. Beatty's sexual exploits ad infinitum, and those of his fellow Hollywood comrades, male and female, should be enough for anyone to rip out their cable, never watch TV or go to a movie again, and retreat into the cultured world of literature. The shallowness of the last 50 years of movie celebrity is appalling, and continues today. I expected a tad more in-depth analysis and less randy ramblings, so although the book was well-detailed with the most minute information, that doesn't mean it was well done or as meaningful as it could have been. It did, however, verify my long-held opinion that Beatty's 'talent' was horribly overrated, and I never could figure out the mystique. I bought the book hoping to find a clue, but was disappointed. Perhaps it's simply the subject that is ultimately disappointing, and no amount of literary talent or research could hide that...
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