If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor - Softcover

Campbell, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845134745 ISBN 13: 9781845134747

Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Most Hollywood biographies are little more than 500-page musings on the ‘ when-I-met... ’ theme, filled with famous names, love affairs and cliché s of a ‘ meteoric rise’ or ‘ tragic fall’ . Bruce Campbell’ s If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor is the boisterous antidote to such convention.

Campbell is the ultimate ‘ B’ Movie actor. Star of the cult Evil Dead trilogy, with a CV that ranges from buddy Sam Raimi’ s Spider-Man, through The X-Files and Xena: Warrior Princess, to the less-than-glamorous Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, you’ ve probably never heard of him. But his is one heck of a story!

The popularity of Bruce, the cult hero of cable TV and Hollywood’ s second rung, is burning brighter than ever, his legion of fans undiminished after over thirty years. Insightful, encouraging and brilliantly funny, If Chins Could Kill! is a brilliant place to start for those unfamiliar with his work. For everyone else, it acts as a wonderful reminder for just why they fell in love with him in the first place.

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Review:

"'An insightful and rant-filled guide to being almost famous' " --gq

Synopsis:

Okay, so at least you're interested enough to pick up this book and look inside. I think you and I are going to get along just fine. Life is full of choices. Right now, yours is whether or not to buy the autobiography of a midgrade, kind of hammy actor. Am I supposed to know this guy? you think to yourself. No, and that's exactly the point. Bookshops are chock full of household name actors and their high stakes shenanigans. I don't want to be a spoilsport, but we've all been down that road before. Case in point: look to your left - see that Judy Garland book? You don't need that, you know plenty about her already - great voice, crappy life. Now look to your right at the Charlton Heston book. You don't need to cough up hard-earned dough for that either. You know his story too - great voice, crappy toupee. The truth is that though you might not have a clue who I am, there are countless working stiffs like me out there, grinding away every day at the wheel of fortune.If "Chins Could Kill" is my story, and I invite you to ride with me through the choppy waters of blue collar Hollywood. So buy the damned book already and read like the wind! Best, Bruce.

Features include: published for the first time in the UK; includes an exclusive new letter from Bruce to his ever-growing legion of UK fans; re-packaged in garish, shlocky, truly 'B' movie style to guarantee instant 'pick me up!' (and 'click me up!') appeal; Bruce is the cult star of buddy Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead" trilogy, which got its first big break in the UK; he's starred and cameo-ed in countless cult film and TV hits, including "Spider-Man" (1, 2 and 3), "The X-Files", "Charmed" and...err..."Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters"; and, he currently appears in slick US spy drama "Burn Notice", which airs in the UK on FX in October.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1845134745
• ISBN 13: 9781845134747
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 366