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The author has chosen to tell this all chronologically and to do so moves from one actor's story to the next in sequence. A few pages on one actor, a few on the next one and so on - throughout the book. Good as the tale telling is I look back on the work and I'm struggling to remember what story related to what actor. It's all a bit of a blur. It's also relentless and, at times repetitive, if Oliver Reed displays his private parts once in public he did it daily - and although funny at first it wears thin. Aug 28, Leanne rated it liked it. Page after page of actors getting so drunk that they attack people, trash places and then fall asleep wherever they happen to land. Assuring the reader over and over again how much they enjoyed themselves and how much fun it was, although all of them cannot remember huge blocks of time. I was interested when Richard Harris got cross on a chat show after someone describing him and his friends as drunks, arguing that there was more to their accomplishments than that. But I wonder if there was? Oliver Reed was a wasted career, ironically his last ever performance probably one of his best. The book itself tells us that yes, these men had one or two extraordinary performances but the rest of the films they made essentially were garbage. I would say that these were drinkers who occasionally acted but imagine what they could have been. The lives of some incredibly talented and incredibly stupid people chronicled here-all the carousing and comparatively uncivilized things rich drunken sots can get up to are chronicled here. You'll never read much about serious hardcore stoners pulling some of the crap these dense old alkies set about. Maybe someday in the future people will see the comparable cultures of the Rake and the Rope and see - alcohol definitel The lives of some incredibly talented and incredibly stupid people chronicled here-all the carousing and comparatively uncivilized things rich drunken sots can get up to are chronicled here. Maybe someday in the future people will see the comparable cultures of the Rake and the Rope and see - alcohol definitely leads to a path of self- and social-destruction. As old Akbar of Afghanistan said "the man on hashish will be laughing and joking with you at the end of the night- the drunkard on wine will maybe even end up trying to kill you. Couldn't be more evidence needed than a look at these tragic actors' lives. May 16, John rated it it was amazing. It is filled with hilarious anecdotes - many from the Actors themselves - which show how they lived in the fast lane but still gave some of the great performances of their generation! An intriguing concept Trouble is that after a while reading up about this endless stream of drunken fights and broken furniture, it becomes quite monotonous and as repetitive as a drunkard's stories. All four men had talent to burn and very interesting lives and if there's one thing this book can be accused off is to make them sound quite boring after a An intriguing concept All four men had talent to burn and very interesting lives and if there's one thing this book can be accused off is to make them sound quite boring after a while. They don't make them like the used to!! Being of a certain age almost 50 I missed the best stories that they created. But I grew up with some great films, played out on a rainy afternoon. These were all larger than life stars, the sort we'll never see again, and I loved the stories in this book that brought back a few good memories!! Hearing about the lives of these four crazy actors held me entranced through the whole book. I loved all of their work and especially when they worked with each other. I don't think I ever realized what hellraisers they were because their work was usually something everyone wished they had done. Thank you Robert Sellers for bringing them to life on the other side of the camera. Dec 11, Dennis Delaney rated it liked it. Apr 17, Darla Ebert rated it liked it. Well-written though the subject matter turned out to be depressing due to each of the actors mentioned having died prematurely. I had hoped for a redemption-style story for each. Brilliant and hysterical stories of 4 bawdy British actors drunken antics. Fast moving and brought back memories of newspaper headlines of my youth. Many famous characters appear throughout. Apr 16, richardmarshall rated it liked it. Interesting albeit anecdotal reflections on a bunch of pisscats who all end up in the grave. May 05, Gene Kannenberg Jr added it Shelves: biography , from-the-library , theatre , reviewed , film. A complicated book about complicated people. Not their complete biographies, of course the book is far too brief to encompass four lives completely. After brief childhood histories, Sellers dives into the meat of his book: Stories of drinking, carousing, and gen A complicated book about complicated people. After brief childhood histories, Sellers dives into the meat of his book: Stories of drinking, carousing, and general craziness, fueled nearly entirely by alcohol and occasionally controlled substances. The tales do cover each man's entire career, so we can say that you get at least their mini-biographies along the way, though seen through alcohol- tinted lenses. The stories are by turns hilarious, outrageous, and, ultimately, more than a bit sad. One by one, the tales can incite peals of laughter or exclamations of "How could anyone possibly do that? Just flipping through the photograph section leads to amazement: [Richard] Burton was crippled by ill health later in life. In fact, during one operation surgeons were astonished to discover that Burton's entire spinal column was coated with crystallised alcohol. One morning, he was bemused to find stitches in his face, totally unaware that he'd wrecked a restaurant the night before. In Paris shooting What's New Pussycat? However, after pages of this behavior--actually, well before then--the novelty and shock value wear off, and one begins to weary of wasted potential. Undoubtedly, each actor gave some momentous, never-to-be-equaled performances on stage and screen; but just as often, if not moreso their performances were marred by impairments, sometimes disgracefully so. And pity the women who married them except, perhaps, Elizabeth Taylor, who seems to have been at least Burton's equal in temperament and impairment, if not his better and their children, who so often lived learning more about their fathers from the news than from their daily influence. The book contains hundreds of tales of outrageous behavior, both public and private. I only thought to track down one of them: Peter O'Toole's infamous appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, in which he comes on stage riding a camel. It's on Youtube for your viewing pleasure. Sellers' version follows the same general shape of the actual event, but it also contains as Huckleberry Finn would call them some "stretchers," with certain elements elaborated on and others invented for more dramatic effect. I'm not sure if the changes are due to faulty memory on Sellers' part or a desire to make the event even more outrageous than it already was; but if this single fact- check can turn up errors, it leads me to wonder how much of the other material in the book has also been "enhanced. It is just disappointing to realize that a "non-fiction" book exhibits a loose grasp of its own contents. Ultimately, one takes away from Hellraisers a renewed appreciation for what these four actors managed to accomplish on and off the screen, as well as regret for what might also have been if only their behavior hadn't been quite so hellacious. Or did the greatness of their art necessarily depend on habitual insanity? And if so, was the chaos that behavior caused to their relationships worth it in order for the rest of us to experience their art? These questions, unfortunately, are not ones that Hellraiesrs is equipped to answer. PS: The author's prose suffers from perhaps the worst case of "British comma aversion" I have ever encountered. Note to authors and their editors: Commas are necessary for direct address and the appositive, but their misuse can lead to run-on sentences verging on parody. Aug 13, Sandi rated it liked it. This is a fascinating group biography that is really engrossing. It is marred by some major critical omissions: while virtually every page is full of direct quotes, there are no footnotes or end notes, nor is there any list of interviews from which these quotes were taken. ALSO, there's no bibliography. What is amazing about Burton, O'Toole, Harris, and Reed, is how much they were allowed to get away with legally. Even the police seemed intimidated by them--or by their fame, and actions tha This is a fascinating group biography that is really engrossing. Even the police seemed intimidated by them--or by their fame, and actions that would have had the rest of us in jail for repeatedly longer stays, were tolerated over and over. Some of the incidents are funny; others just destructive and cruel. I would have liked to hear more from the loyal until they simply could take no more wives, all of whom where repeatedly cheated on, often publicly, and from the children, but unfortunately there's very little of that, with at least 2 wives saying that life was never dull with their truly outrageous husbands. Another thing that mars the book is the author's use of British colloquialisms, many of them crude, others unintelligible to American and I suspect, Canadian readers. This book will keep you entertained, and you'll learn just how many episodes of outrageous behavior were never reported in the US press, although covered in Britain, where many egged on the most egregious behavior. Sellers does, however, report that this destructive, and self-destructive behavior, eventually began to affect the number and quality of parts that all four actors were offered. They became unprofessional and uninsurable, often failing to show up for work or without knowing their lines. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Hellraisers The Devil's Engine, 1. Oct 20, Emily May rated it liked it Shelves: young-adult , horror , , arc. I enjoyed some parts of this book, but it pales in comparison to the author's wonderful, creepy Lockdown. Which you should read if you haven't. Smith has a talent for creating well-developed, troubled male protagonists. In this case, we have Marlow Green - a year-old asthmatic boy who lives with his alcoholic mother and has been expelled from every school he's been to. He's immediately a flawed yet sympathetic character. After one more expulsion, he runs away from school and tries to buy alcohol at a local store. Things don't go to plan, though, when he witnesses something inexplicable Not surprisingly, everyone he tells thinks the alcohol was doing its work. His life gets stranger and stranger from there, propelling him into a crazy world full of action and drama. However, I just don't think this story about hellraisers has the pull that the author's other series does. In fact, I found it difficult to concentrate on the plot and very easy to put down. As with his other series, this book is being called "fast-paced" and I can't disagree. The pages are bursting with constant action scenes and chases. But, strangely, it doesn't add up to a very compelling story. There are some books that do lots of dramatic things to keep the plot rolling, but it starts to feel like meandering without a goal. This was one of those books, for me. I didn't feel any connection to the people running around and fighting, which made it boring despite the fast pacing. Also, Pan's character fell a little flat for me. She's a kickass heroine, for sure, but she never feels real or believable. She is literally just that In fact, the only character who was really memorable for me was Marlow. In my opinion, read Lockdown instead. View all 6 comments. Sometimes you got burned. My point is…I just enjoy reading. So when I was approached to read and review Hellraisers , I was all for it. No friends and a mother who looks at him with eyes sad beyond their years because of how he is putting her through hell, he is desperate to make this final school work…. Where does he have to go to now? What will his mother say? See if it drowns? Strange creatures that can morph into about anything and rip your body to shreds in the blink of an eye, he has no clue what to do. A battle raging in front of him and, wait, is that a beautiful girl about to be impaled by one of said monsters?? Who better to be her knight in shining armor than Marlow??? Just about all I could see in that simple little excuse for a mind. Yes, Folks, believe it or not, Chelsea got her peril and a smidgen of romance. He is obsessed with the badass Pan and she…well…she despises him. Too jaded by the aftermath of losing people she has loved, she sees no point in making friends and getting attached, especially to the new loser who they have to lug around everywhere. She prodded him hard in the forehead and backed away. Bravo, Smith, I applaud you. What a pleasant, albeit disgusting, surprise. I am not easily impressed these days by horror type books, so, to me, this was a complete breath of fresh air. I never once got the feeling I was going to be disappointed or bored with the story, and that is a common occurrence as of late. I loved the play on getting anything you ever wanted at a price… hours, to be exact. You get anything in the world you want…. Marlow smiled nervously at her and she almost felt sorry for him. Right now he was a wheezing, trembling sack of flesh and bone and worry. And I may have guessed certain events that were going to happen long before they did, but, in a way, that made me happy. So, again, I am over the moon excited that I got asked to read this story and that it was as excellent as it was. I quite enjoyed those amazing final chapters. So many amazing possibilities and wonderful directions to go…I only hope my heart can handle it. For more of my reviews, please visit View all 7 comments. Jul 06, Rashika is tired rated it liked it Shelves: arc , good-world-building , read , horror-dark-mystery , urban-fantasy , ya , paranormal , meh-characters , pnr-demons , pub-macmillan. There is definitely potential in the series and by the end of the book, I was hooked, I just wanted more from the book as a whole. What I Liked World building. The idea of a machine that can grant any wish at a cost is so intriguing and the author totally did this idea justice. Lack of romance. What could have been better i. I had a really hard time relating to the main character, Marlow. Marlow was hard to relate to because he had no drive. Also he totally mistreated Charlie--his best friend--and it pissed me off. My problem with Pan was that she transitions too quickly from an ice- queen to someone who has too many feelings and it made her development almost unbelievable to me. The plot was also paced weirdly in that the first half of the book took forever and the second half seemed to fly by, almost too quickly. The ending did really up the stakes though so I am going to continue with the series and see what awaits for these characters in the future novels. Note that I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review Shelves: young-adult. Alexander Gordon Smith certainly has a talent not only for creating believably-dysfuctional teenage protagonists, but also for breakneck storytelling. Absolutely no time is wasting in establishing the premise of this series and dropping Marlow Green our "hero" into the thick of things. Unfortunately, in this instance the total is not greater than the sum of it's parts. This book lacks the creepy, atmospheric cohesion that the Furnace series provided. There's a lot of action and people running Alexander Gordon Smith certainly has a talent not only for creating believably-dysfuctional teenage protagonists, but also for breakneck storytelling. There's a lot of action and people running around in this book, but it's a bit jumbled and seems a bit contrived to me; I was just expecting a better overall payoff. Additionally, while I've always enjoyed the "Be Careful What You WIsh For" theme, I was hoping to see more of that played out in this book- but maybe that's to come in the following books? I also liked the other underlying theme of "The Price of Power"; another thematic element I hope is played out more in the following novels. So overall, while quite readable and entertaining, Hellraisers unltimately failed to live up to my expectations from the author; maybe it's because the author set such a high bar with the "Furnace" series, that this book couldn't possibly live up to it? I'll give this a solid 3 stars. Full disclosure: with many thanks, I received a copy of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Jul 27, Tee loves Kyle Jacobson rated it really liked it Shelves: new-release , arc , around-the-world-arc-tours , july Okay I first have to say that this book was both weird and kick ass at the same time. Love love love these kind of stories but this one was very weird that it had me at the edge of my seat. I started to read it and thought to myself that this is not for me but kept reading and I got into the books os much so I ignored everyone and everything around me. In this story we meet M Okay I first have to say that this book was both weird and kick ass at the same time. In this story we meet Marlow Green who is a 16 year old asthmatic who lives in a world where he saves a secret soldier from a demonic attack. When he does this he does not realize he sets off The Devil's Engine who decides the fate of everything and everyone. But as we all know there is always a price to pay for what you want and the price the devil's engine wants is great. The machine will grant you any wish but that saying watch out what you ask for defiantly applies in this case. I can't wait for this book to be released because I am going to re-read it because that is how much I liked it and I need to put some more things together for myself. The characters were annoying to me. The story seemed forced. Totally not at all close to the Lockdown series. Man, that was a good series! Nov 23, Danielle rated it really liked it. I read the Furnace books, so as soon as this appeared on Netgalley, I knew I had to jump on it. Sixteen-year-old Marlow Green's life is a mess of his own doing. Once again, he's been expelled from school, and he's run out of options. On his way home, he walks through Staten Island and comes across an event he can't explain. Marlow has a choice, join the Hellraisers, or continue his meandering path to p The Devil's Engine: Hellraisers is the first book in a new series by Alexander Gordon Smith. Marlow has a choice, join the Hellraisers, or continue his meandering path to prison. Joining the Hellraisers has a bad side though. It means selling his soul to an ancient machine in exchange for super powers. Supposedly, there is a way to break the contract, but like anything else, there are no guarantees. Nov 07, Crystal rated it liked it Shelves: This book is a great example of why I still finish every book I start. I've always had this problem and I've tried to stop, but then I pick up a book like this one and realize if I had stopped at 50 pages or so I would have seriously missed out. Is this book great In the beginning, we the reader stay pretty much in the dark about what's going on in this world that Smith has created. At This book is a great example of why I still finish every book I start. At first I was okay with this because the story starts off really action packed and had a lot of adrenaline coursing through the words. At one point I felt like I was in some crazy Transformers from hell movie! After awhile though I just wanted to know what was going on. Contracts, Engines, souls, demons it all just didn't make sense and after pages something should make sense. This was why I almost put the book down. I didn't get enough in the beginning to pull me in even though there was so much action. Pan is who kept me reading. I wish the book would have been told in just her POV. The flipping back and forth got to be a tad confusing and I didn't like reading Marlow's thoughts as much. His constant thoughts on his asthma got to be annoying and he wasn't a strong enough character for me. He started out strong, but as the story went on we learn really quickly that he is just a coward and runs from everything. He does try and make this up by the end, but even with that I still wasn't connected to him like I was Pan. She was interesting from the get go and like I said the reason why I kept reading. The story really took off after we learn about the Engine and the world that's been created. This happens in the last third of the book and for some this will be too late. I wish the author would have moved things around because the ending was so explosive and actually had me on the edge of my seat, but people won't get to this point if they aren't captivated from the get go. I hope more people are like me and will refuse to put down a book because this world is unique and one that I think a lot of people will find interesting. One thing though if you don't like gore turn away mow. Things really got icky at the end and I even had to take a moment or two while I was reading. It was gore galore and the visuals I got were just down right gross. So be prepared if you decide to read this. You can of course skip over the grossness, but A what's the fun in that and B you will miss some things so just read with one eye open. All in all like I said I did enjoy this. I liked the cast of characters minus Marlow which is shame because he's a main character , I enjoyed the unique story line and am interested to see where it is going, and I liked the lack of romance. Yes there is one brewing, but the world is the main focus which is just what I like in my reads these days. Apr 20, Kyle rated it did not like it. I am very upset that I did not like this book, and that seems to be the case for many others. Yes I did have high expectations because I know the author is a great author, but there were things that happened in this book that I was not okay with. HellRaisers - Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Hellraisers , please sign up. Graphic Novels and Photobooks are good investments as opposed to other books. I mostly buy e books, but make the exceptions when it comes to graphic books and photo books. I'll put it on a list of to buy, for when I have money. Buy my books from books category Russell Scott Day? See 1 question about Hellraisers…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. This is an odd book. It's basically a collection of anecdotes from the drinking lives of four amazing actors. The anecdotes pretty much follow one basic form: Person X got really drunk, did something stupid, doesn't remember it, doesn't regret it. There is a slight variation where Person X remembers it and regrets it, but this variation doesn't occur often. It's slightly different for each man - with Richard Harris and Oliver Reed there is a fight of some kind, with Richard Burton there is also This is an odd book. It's slightly different for each man - with Richard Harris and Oliver Reed there is a fight of some kind, with Richard Burton there is also Elizabeth Taylor who drank as much or more than he did , and with Peter O'Toole there is always a bon mot. In the end the endless repetition of dumb activities reads like a great advertisement for a step program - the pursuit of fun is all so desperate and boring and soulkilling. I'm a bit undecided as to whether or not this reaction is by design or not - the author is so absent and deadpan it's difficult to know what he might think. I was reminded of reading Touched with Fire , Kay Redfield Jamison's study of artists and bipolar disease. She neatly punctures the idea that madness and art are romantically and inextricably intertwined and instead dares to wonder how much these individuals might have accomplished had they not suffered from depression. Anyone who has ever been through a severe depression knows that there's nothing romantic or even remotely creative about it. When getting out of bed is your biggest achievement for the day it's hard to produce anything other than tears. I was left to wonder what they all might have been without the booze. It's telling that Peter O'Toole, the only one forced to quit drinking due to health concerns, is the only one of the four still alive. If you think you drink a lot, well, you probably do. But if you think you drink a lot compared to these cinematic icons, then it's a miracle that you haven't been in a coma since Utterly insane tales of drunken debauchery from some of your favorite actors is what this book sets out to provide, and for the most part, succeeds in. People seem to knock this book for culling from too many already published biographies, but the author did interview a bunch of people as well, including one of my favorite directors of all time, Richard Lester. And the gory details just don't stop: Anthony Hopkins used to be a bottle-of-tequila-a-day black out drunk, Elizabeth Taylor delighted in whispering "fuck you and you and you" to fans as she waved from her car, Richard Burton drank so much his spinal column was coated in crystallized booze, and much more. So if you ever hear a friend--who's maybe having a crap day at work or going through a rough breakup--utter the words, "I'm about to get as drunk as Peter O'Toole," you might want to think about staging an intervention instead of buying them a shot. View all 3 comments. This book wore me out. Just reading about the frenetic pace at which these men lived their lives was exhausting. Yes, I feel like I know a lot more about these men when I finished the book than I did when I started - was any of it anything I really needed to know? I'm not sure. More than the endless repetitive stories of boozing and brawling, I would have enjoyed reading about their careers - but that's not what this book was designed to be. The book served it's purpose well - to tell us about the This book wore me out. The book served it's purpose well - to tell us about the Hellraisers - but after a while I felt like I was just reading about the same drunken brawl, over and over and over, looping into eternity. Mar 08, Beverly rated it did not like it Shelves: waste-of-time. A totally uninteresting boring recount of 4 men who spent most of their lives in a drunken stupor. While they claim to love life, they were so drunk that they did not remember much of theirs, and caused a great deal of distress to many people around them both known and unknown. It quickly becomes a very tiresome read. Sep 12, R. A Welshman, a Brit, and two Irishmen walk into a bar. Robert Sellers's book on the drunken exploits of Burton, Harris, O'Toole and Reed often reads like a series of jokes and punchlines--probably because of Sellers's past as a standup comic. If you want credible biographies of these great men, look elswhwere. If you're looking for entertaining apocryphal anecdotes, this is the book for you. Four talented actors who were alcoholic bullies that crapped on everyone around them. The author romanticizes their drunken antics. It's an entertaining read but it leaves you feeling as if you just enjoyed driving past a horrendous traffic accident. View 1 comment. Jan 03, James Carter rated it really liked it. These four accounted for 17 Oscar nominations with, sadly, none going to Oliver Reed when he should have gotten two or three. Chips , Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I have to say, that's great but not impressive at all. At least, I know them a lot better now than I ever did. The author disparages some of their films when I had seen and considered them some of the best works of their careers. All in all, alcohol is a great waster of people's talents. Apr 15, Jimmy Doom rated it it was amazing. I read this book the first week I got sober. Don't believe me? Fuck you. All actors and drunks should read this book immediately. Mar 08, Dustin Reade rated it really liked it. Peter O'Toole is a badass though. Only one of these men is left alive, which is a pity. One may be able to tell a lot about how these men lived by how they died. Richard Harris was living in the Savoy Hotel when he died of Hodgkins disease. As he was being wheeled out on a stretcher to an ambulance, he propped himself up on emaciated elbows and shouted "It's the food! Don't touch the food! Reed "bel Only one of these men is left alive, which is a pity. Reed "bellowed "let's have a drink" and downed 12 double measures of rum before he retreated to his more accustomed double whiskies. He also challenged the sailors to a number of arm wrestling contests and won several matches. The night before he died of a cerebral hemorrhage, we wrote the following line from The Tempest on a napkin next to his bed: "Our revels are now ended. These guys did all of these things and more. This is by turns a funny and incredibly sad book. Ultimately what saves it is that these fuckers are so likable. The least likable is Oliver Reed, who was a violent chauvinist pig when drunk but a most generous man when sober. The most likable is, of course, Harris. By the s, people were in awe of O'Toole and Harris, less so of Reed because he was unemployed and damn near broke. Of course, what draws people to stories like this are two items. One, most of us could never hope to consume bottles of vodka a day for six months Harris, Burton or drink pints of beer in a 24 hour period Reed. Two, these men are an antidote for our plasticine, bull shit celebrities of today. Harris openly mocked Hugh Grant, and once told Bruce Willis politely to "fuck off, I am talking to my ex-wife". TsaGa Coach. Hobbit On loan. Gambit Youngsters. Team Unique. Lk- Coach. Movistar Riders. Johnta Coach. FejtZ Stand-in. DeadFox Trial. Zero Stand-in. Team Empire. Team Ancient. FlipSid3 Tactics. Natus Vincere. DreamHack Stockholm [56]. StarLadder i-League Invitational 2. European Minor Championship - Columbus Qualifier 1. DreamHack Winter Voronezh Cup DTS Gaming. Photos Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Edit Cast Credited cast: John Michie Narrator Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Peter 'Dougal' Butler Self - Snooker Commentator Jill Furmanovsky Self - Photographer Holly Haise Self - Former Girlfriend Richard Harris Self Paolo Hewitt Self - Biographer of Oasis Alex Higgins Self archive footage Steve James Self archive footage Tommy Lee Self archive footage Keith Moon Self archive footage Charles Shaar Murray Self - Journalist Ozzy Osbourne Self Sharon Osbourne Edit Storyline An affectionate look at celebrity hellraisers whose shocking antics and outrageous exploits have gained them both ridicule and respect. Genres: Documentary. Edit Did You Know? Add the first question. Edit Details Country: UK. Language: English. Hellraiser (franchise) - Wikipedia

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Tales of wretched excess: these actors spent most of their days drunk as skunks getting into all kinds of mischief--much of which they couldn't remember. But they all made indelible marks during the 50's, 60's, and 70's when they were in their heyday. A lot of what went on with these guys Richard Burton, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris and lone survivor, Peter O'Toole off stage caused bruises on my chin from my jaw dropping so often and I felt a bit woozy from all the vicarious boozing --but after Tales of wretched excess: these actors spent most of their days drunk as skunks getting into all kinds of mischief--much of which they couldn't remember. A lot of what went on with these guys Richard Burton, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris and lone survivor, Peter O'Toole off stage caused bruises on my chin from my jaw dropping so often and I felt a bit woozy from all the vicarious boozing --but after a while, the legacy of their excesses and their attempts to stay on various wagons was wrenching; doctors operating on Richard Burton, towards the end of his life, discovered that his spinal column was coated with crystalized alcohol; marriages were shattered; careers evaporated. In the end, all of them are and will be remembered fondly for the brief shining moments of their acting lives--and that they had a hell of a time. Oct 19, Mike rated it really liked it Shelves: biography. If there was a Mount Rushmore for drunks, these guys would be on it, probably along with Liz Taylor. Anecdotes out the wazoo on the drinking lives of these guys, and a lot of it gets repetitive at times, especially with Oliver Reed's antics. I just thought I knew what a heavy drinker was, until I read this book. Somewhat sad and sobering but it also had numerous belly laughs throughout. Reading this was like seeing a bad train or car accident. You know you shouldn't but you just can't keep If there was a Mount Rushmore for drunks, these guys would be on it, probably along with Liz Taylor. You know you shouldn't but you just can't keep from looking and at the same time being glad you're not a victim. In this case just being glad you're not a boozer. These guys left quite a trail of empty bottles and broken relationships. While I enjoyed the tidbits of Hollywood stars gossip on some of my favorite actors not just the main four on the cover but many others as well , for the most part this book was just "he got drunk, he did damage, he didn't learn his lesson, he drank again. I did like how it covered their movie careers in chronological order, but I would have loved more details about the making of those movies. G While I enjoyed the tidbits of Hollywood stars gossip on some of my favorite actors not just the main four on the cover but many others as well , for the most part this book was just "he got drunk, he did damage, he didn't learn his lesson, he drank again. Guess that's to be found in other books. If you're a fan of old movies or in the acting business and appreciate this era of greats, I would still recommend it, though. Apr 04, Nette rated it liked it. This is nothing but pages of anecdotes, but it was darned entertaining. My life has been enriched now that I know that Peter O'Toole once smuggled a pair of valuable earrings out of Egypt in his foreskin. Not a very dignified read, and the anecdotes of drunken mischief get numbing after a while. But if you have any affection for one or more of these gentlemen, you might get something out of it. Mar 12, Gordon Brown rated it liked it. This is the 'story' of four of the greatest actors of their generation; Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Richard Harris and Oliver Reed - told through the lens of alcohol. If you know anything about the history of these four they were, to put in a mild form, drinkers of phenomenal stamina. Robert Sellers, the author, had trawled the biographies, autobiographies of the four and interviewed close friends and colleagues to lay out their careers and the insanity that drink had on it all. As reads go it's addictive no pun intended. It roll out story after story - and when I say story after story I'm talking hundreds of anecdotes and tales - about the four. Some so insane that you have to wonder at the veracity of them. I liked this book but two major issues arose. The author has chosen to tell this all chronologically and to do so moves from one actor's story to the next in sequence. A few pages on one actor, a few on the next one and so on - throughout the book. Good as the tale telling is I look back on the work and I'm struggling to remember what story related to what actor. It's all a bit of a blur. It's also relentless and, at times repetitive, if Oliver Reed displays his private parts once in public he did it daily - and although funny at first it wears thin. Aug 28, Leanne rated it liked it. Page after page of actors getting so drunk that they attack people, trash places and then fall asleep wherever they happen to land. Assuring the reader over and over again how much they enjoyed themselves and how much fun it was, although all of them cannot remember huge blocks of time. I was interested when Richard Harris got cross on a chat show after someone describing him and his friends as drunks, arguing that there was more to their accomplishments than that. But I wonder if there was? Oliver Reed was a wasted career, ironically his last ever performance probably one of his best. The book itself tells us that yes, these men had one or two extraordinary performances but the rest of the films they made essentially were garbage. I would say that these were drinkers who occasionally acted but imagine what they could have been. The lives of some incredibly talented and incredibly stupid people chronicled here-all the carousing and comparatively uncivilized things rich drunken sots can get up to are chronicled here. You'll never read much about serious hardcore stoners pulling some of the crap these dense old alkies set about. Maybe someday in the future people will see the comparable cultures of the Rake and the Rope and see - alcohol definitel The lives of some incredibly talented and incredibly stupid people chronicled here-all the carousing and comparatively uncivilized things rich drunken sots can get up to are chronicled here. Maybe someday in the future people will see the comparable cultures of the Rake and the Rope and see - alcohol definitely leads to a path of self- and social-destruction. As old Akbar of Afghanistan said "the man on hashish will be laughing and joking with you at the end of the night- the drunkard on wine will maybe even end up trying to kill you. Couldn't be more evidence needed than a look at these tragic actors' lives. May 16, John rated it it was amazing. It is filled with hilarious anecdotes - many from the Actors themselves - which show how they lived in the fast lane but still gave some of the great performances of their generation! An intriguing concept Trouble is that after a while reading up about this endless stream of drunken fights and broken furniture, it becomes quite monotonous and as repetitive as a drunkard's stories. All four men had talent to burn and very interesting lives and if there's one thing this book can be accused off is to make them sound quite boring after a An intriguing concept All four men had talent to burn and very interesting lives and if there's one thing this book can be accused off is to make them sound quite boring after a while. They don't make them like the used to!! Being of a certain age almost 50 I missed the best stories that they created. But I grew up with some great films, played out on a rainy afternoon. These were all larger than life stars, the sort we'll never see again, and I loved the stories in this book that brought back a few good memories!! Hearing about the lives of these four crazy actors held me entranced through the whole book. I loved all of their work and especially when they worked with each other. I don't think I ever realized what hellraisers they were because their work was usually something everyone wished they had done. Thank you Robert Sellers for bringing them to life on the other side of the camera. Dec 11, Dennis Delaney rated it liked it. Apr 17, Darla Ebert rated it liked it. Well-written though the subject matter turned out to be depressing due to each of the actors mentioned having died prematurely. I had hoped for a redemption-style story for each. Brilliant and hysterical stories of 4 bawdy British actors drunken antics. Fast moving and brought back memories of newspaper headlines of my youth. Many famous characters appear throughout. Apr 16, richardmarshall rated it liked it. Interesting albeit anecdotal reflections on a bunch of pisscats who all end up in the grave. May 05, Gene Kannenberg Jr added it Shelves: biography , from-the-library , theatre , reviewed , film. A complicated book about complicated people. Not their complete biographies, of course the book is far too brief to encompass four lives completely. After brief childhood histories, Sellers dives into the meat of his book: Stories of drinking, carousing, and gen A complicated book about complicated people. After brief childhood histories, Sellers dives into the meat of his book: Stories of drinking, carousing, and general craziness, fueled nearly entirely by alcohol and occasionally controlled substances. The tales do cover each man's entire career, so we can say that you get at least their mini-biographies along the way, though seen through alcohol- tinted lenses. The stories are by turns hilarious, outrageous, and, ultimately, more than a bit sad. One by one, the tales can incite peals of laughter or exclamations of "How could anyone possibly do that? Just flipping through the photograph section leads to amazement: [Richard] Burton was crippled by ill health later in life. In fact, during one operation surgeons were astonished to discover that Burton's entire spinal column was coated with crystallised alcohol. One morning, he was bemused to find stitches in his face, totally unaware that he'd wrecked a restaurant the night before. In Paris shooting What's New Pussycat? However, after pages of this behavior--actually, well before then--the novelty and shock value wear off, and one begins to weary of wasted potential. Undoubtedly, each actor gave some momentous, never-to-be-equaled performances on stage and screen; but just as often, if not moreso their performances were marred by impairments, sometimes disgracefully so. And pity the women who married them except, perhaps, Elizabeth Taylor, who seems to have been at least Burton's equal in temperament and impairment, if not his better and their children, who so often lived learning more about their fathers from the news than from their daily influence. The book contains hundreds of tales of outrageous behavior, both public and private. I only thought to track down one of them: Peter O'Toole's infamous appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, in which he comes on stage riding a camel. It's on Youtube for your viewing pleasure. Sellers' version follows the same general shape of the actual event, but it also contains as Huckleberry Finn would call them some "stretchers," with certain elements elaborated on and others invented for more dramatic effect. I'm not sure if the changes are due to faulty memory on Sellers' part or a desire to make the event even more outrageous than it already was; but if this single fact-check can turn up errors, it leads me to wonder how much of the other material in the book has also been "enhanced. It is just disappointing to realize that a "non-fiction" book exhibits a loose grasp of its own contents. Ultimately, one takes away from Hellraisers a renewed appreciation for what these four actors managed to accomplish on and off the screen, as well as regret for what might also have been if only their behavior hadn't been quite so hellacious. Or did the greatness of their art necessarily depend on habitual insanity? And if so, was the chaos that behavior caused to their relationships worth it in order for the rest of us to experience their art? These questions, unfortunately, are not ones that Hellraiesrs is equipped to answer. PS: The author's prose suffers from perhaps the worst case of "British comma aversion" I have ever encountered. Note to authors and their editors: Commas are necessary for direct address and the appositive, but their misuse can lead to run-on sentences verging on parody. Aug 13, Sandi rated it liked it. This is a fascinating group biography that is really engrossing. It is marred by some major critical omissions: while virtually every page is full of direct quotes, there are no footnotes or end notes, nor is there any list of interviews from which these quotes were taken. ALSO, there's no bibliography. What is amazing about Burton, O'Toole, Harris, and Reed, is how much they were allowed to get away with legally. Even the police seemed intimidated by them--or by their fame, and actions tha This is a fascinating group biography that is really engrossing. Even the police seemed intimidated by them--or by their fame, and actions that would have had the rest of us in jail for repeatedly longer stays, were tolerated over and over. Some of the incidents are funny; others just destructive and cruel. I would have liked to hear more from the loyal until they simply could take no more wives, all of whom where repeatedly cheated on, often publicly, and from the children, but unfortunately there's very little of that, with at least 2 wives saying that life was never dull with their truly outrageous husbands. Another thing that mars the book is the author's use of British colloquialisms, many of them crude, others unintelligible to American and I suspect, Canadian readers. This book will keep you entertained, and you'll learn just how many episodes of outrageous behavior were never reported in the US press, although covered in Britain, where many egged on the most egregious behavior. Sellers does, however, report that this destructive, and self- destructive behavior, eventually began to affect the number and quality of parts that all four actors were offered. They became unprofessional and uninsurable, often failing to show up for work or without knowing their lines. Other times, they became agressive with their costars, directors, producers, etc. Personally, I would have like to have known more about Richard Harris' experiences filming Harry Potter, with a cast of children and teens, and how he handled it. The book is fun and informative. It's nearly impossible to put down. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Readers also enjoyed. Media Tie In. Biography Memoir. About Robert Sellers. Robert Sellers. Books by Robert Sellers. Escape the Present with These 24 Historical Romances. You know the saying: There's no time like the present In that case, we can't Read more Trivia About Hellraisers: The

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