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[Colossus]

...was because the author helping him was prying too much into his private life? When i'm sure the rest of us couldn't give a hoot about but instead want to know DEARLY what it was like to battle Robert Shaw, what it was like to drive the Aston Martin or kiss Ursulla Andress? What a shame!

[Safari Suit]

I suppose, but there's little point in writing an autobiography if you aren't prepared to "open up". Don't get me wrong, I'm not interested in "dirt", but (from what I know) I suspect Connery's autobiography would have been too dry and gaurded to be particularly inspiring.

[RazorBlade]

I respect Mr. Connery's right to privacy. I remember that he is also guarding the privacy of others. So it's a good thing. I would have loved to know more of the story from his point of view regarding the making of the bond films plus working with Hitchcock and some other things. He could have discussed some of his roles and his decisions for accepting them. He could have elaborated on his views of Scottish nationalism. So not getting the autobio cuts both ways.

[Brian Flagg]

I agree with the argument that too many autobios are so often fluff ghost jobs of little interest. We may have to wait some years before we get anything resembling an interesting Connery biography.

Off-Topic: Some great bios that come to mind are Lee Server's book on Robert Mitchum*, Baby, I Don't Care and Randy Roberts and James Olson's excellent John Wayne: American for cultural context and fascinating personal anecdotes.

And by all means, avoid any and all biographies published immediately after an artist's death; exploitive and just crap all around.





*Look him up, kids; coolest man who ever lived.

[Attempting Re-entry]

Is the book Being a Scot worth a read...?

[Lachesis]

So it wasn't stopped as a result from legal action by Kevin McClory because it mentions an actor that once appeared in a film he produced??

[Hotwinds]

Yes it is a shame. I wish he would let it all hang out and do the book. I suppose he is still a very private person and is uneasy about this kind of thing.

For some reason I have not gotten Rogers book yet.
What is the basic review of his book?
I dont remember seeing to much about it on this site.

...was because the author helping him was prying too much into his private life? When i'm sure the rest of us couldn't give a hoot about but instead want to know DEARLY what it was like to battle Robert Shaw, what it was like to drive the Aston Martin or kiss Ursulla Andress? What a shame!

[ChickenStu]

It is a shame. I would love to have read this one.

[zencat]

...was because the author helping him was prying too much into his private life?

Is that really the reason? Or is it because Sean Connery has a hair-tigger personality who tends to blow-up and bow-out of deals for any perceived offensive. Could have always gotten a different author if he wasn't getting along with the first one.

Heck, I'm sure it really had to do with money.

[dodge]

I can live without the book. But, his privacy be darned, the one thing I do have a burning desire to know is whether he and La Bardot got it on in the filming of Shalako!

[godwulf]

Off-Topic: Some great bios that come to mind are Lee Server's book on Robert Mitchum*, Baby, I Don't Care and Randy Roberts and James Olson's excellent John Wayne: American for cultural context and fascinating personal anecdotes.

Highly recommended: What's it All About? by Michael Caine (Caine's encounter with John Wayne in the men's room of the Beverly Hills Hotel, and his tales of the making of Zulu, alone are worth the price of the book), and The Actor's Life by Charlton Heston.