Robin
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Published:
New York, NY : Picador, Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Picador edition.
Physical Desc:
xvi, 529 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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Description
"From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork & Mindy and his Academy Award-winning performance in Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams was a singularly innovative and beloved entertainer. He often came across as a man possessed, holding forth on culture and politics while mixing in personal revelations – all with mercurial, tongue-twisting intensity as he inhabited and shed one character after another with lightning speed. But as Dave Itzkoff shows in this revelatory biography, Williams’s comic brilliance masked a deep well of conflicting emotions and self-doubt, which he drew upon in his comedy and in celebrated films like Dead Poets Society; Good Morning, Vietnam; The Fisher King; Aladdin; and Mrs. Doubtfire, where he showcased his limitless gift for improvisation to bring to life a wide range of characters. And in Good Will Hunting he gave an intense and controlled performance that revealed the true range of his talent. Itzkoff also shows how Williams struggled mightily with addiction and depression – topics he discussed openly while performing and during interviews – and with a debilitating condition at the end of his life that affected him in ways his fans never knew. Drawing on more than a hundred original interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, as well as extensive archival research, Robin is a fresh and original look at a man whose work touched so many lives." --
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781250214812, 1250214815

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General Note
"A New York Times book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-508), filmography (pages 441-447) and index.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Itzkoff, D. (2019). Robin. First Picador edition. New York, NY, Picador, Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Itzkoff, Dave. 2019. Robin. New York, NY, Picador, Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Itzkoff, Dave, Robin. New York, NY, Picador, Henry Holt and Company, 2019.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Itzkoff, Dave. Robin. First Picador edition. New York, NY, Picador, Henry Holt and Company, 2019.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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