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THOMPSON**, DOUGLAS; : SHARON STONE: BASIC AMBITION

LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN & CO.,1994.

ISBN 0316911151.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour portrait photographic upper wrap and b/w portrait photographic rear wrap.Minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges and miniscule bumping and creasing to head+foot of spine /backstrip - no nicks or tears present. Fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and pristine,apart from a small lower page edge crease to pp51/52.Black paper-covered boards with stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viipp+216pp includes prologue,an epilogue,16pp b/w photographs, a filmography and an index. Sharon Stone is the epitome of the Hollywood 'overnight success' story - one hit film and people forget the years of hard graft and bimbo bit-parts that went before.For Stone the film that made her a household name was Paul Verhoeven's Basic Instinct,in which she starred opposite Michael Douglas as a sexually ambivalent ice-queen with an ice-pick.Explicit,daring and unrestrained,the part of Catherine Tramell was turned down by a number of established Hollywood stars,among them Michelle Pfieffer and Julia Roberts,but Stone recognised the potential of controversy and made the role her own - complete with the most famous leg-crossing scene in movie history.But it takes more than being forgetful about your underwear to make the Top 100 in Premiere's list of the 'Most Important People in Hollywood.' Stone is now acknowledged as a major player in the industry,commanding a cool 6 million dollars to make Basic Instinct 2 and enjoying a similar payday for The Quick and the Dead - a western in which she co-stars opposite Oscar-winner Gene Hackman - and also The Specialist,an action thriller with Sylvester Stallone as her leading man.After years of playing 'beautiful blondes' in a series of largely unforgettable films,Stone,at thirty-something,is determined to cash in on her fame. Sharon Stone is the fascinating story of a thoroughly nineties woman,a modern star who according to Julie Burchill has taken over from Madonna as 'the post-feminist icon,she is where babe meets barbarian; she is quite,quite magnificent'.Written by acclaimed Hollywood-watcher Douglas Thompson,Sharon Stone covers all the major influences and developments in her life, including her early modelling career,her forthright views on the cult of the 'casting couch',her relationships with Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson,and of course her many film roles.As much an insight into the intricacies of Hollywood as a portrait of one of its current favourites,Sharon Stone marks the first critical appraisal of this unique star - the woman who knows that sex sells,and is happy to be its top manufacturer. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.