| You are Visitor No: |
|
|
BOOKS ABOUT AL
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
CONTENT |
| Actor's on Shakespeare | Al Pacino |
The "Actors
on Shakespeare" series draws on the contemporary relevance of, and enjoyment to be
found in, Shakespeare. Each book Paperback - 112 pages (17 March, 2003) |
| Al Pacino: A Life On the Wire | Andrew Yule |
This long out of
print book is available again at Amazon.com.
|
| Al Pacino | Ludovic Girard |
A french
biography. I don't have a copy so I don't know much about it. Amazon (France)
says that it is out of print and unavailable at this time. |
| Al Pacino | Roberto Lasagna |
Italian Book about Al (thanks Vladka for this info) |
| Al Pacino ...and Me, A Tale of Two Actors | Edward De Leo |
This is a new biography of Al told through the perspective of one of his friends who knew him before he was famous. Paperback: 336 pages, (June 2002). You can order it at Amazon.com for $22.99. |
| Films of Al Pacino, The | William Schoell |
Lots of pictures and
trivia about all of his films. Unfortunately |
| In Conversation - Al Pacino (CD) | N/A |
compact disc of al talking at a press conference for about an hour. |
| Off-Camera: Leveling About Themselves "AL PACINO: It’s the Lights in My Face, Blinding Me" | Leonard Probst |
Book of interviews
with celebrities, nice picture of Al in a hat |
| Pacino - De Niro Regards Croisés | Michel Cieutat and |
(IN FRENCH) Two authors make a comparison between Robert De Niro and Al, their films, their method, their acting style etc. It has many black and white pictures from their films, bibliography, filmography. Edition: Dreamland (224 pages) (if the link doesn't work you can buy it at http://www.fnac.com/ search for Pacino.) FAN REVIEW: The same origins, an often close play of actor, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro offers many common points. On the basis of this observation, Michel Cieutat and Christian Viviani are leaning on the course of the two American actors. The fruit of their collaboration is a work entitled "Cross Regards". Michel Cieutat and Christian Viviani endeavor, initially, to draw up the portrait of Robert de Niro, then the one of Al Pacino. The occasion to see taking shape thus certain similarities. Both were born in New York at the beginning of the Forties. They have Italian blood in the veins. M. Cieutat and C Viviani then try to decipher the catalogue of films of the two actors. Virginie Jarosik |
|
"Richard
III" (Actors on Shakespeare S.) Al Pacino, Colin Nicholson
(Editor) |
Al Pacino, Colin Nicholson |
Synopsis (from Amazon.co.uk) The enduring popularity and success of Shakespeare is an international and cross-cultural phenomenon. The aim of the "Actors on Shakespeare" series is to provide an accessible, contemporary commentary to each of the plays via the top-class actors who have performed them. As creator, director and star of "Looking for Richard", Al Pacino's dream of communicating his love of Shakespeare was made real. Here, he transfers his passion to the page and "Richard III", both character and play, re-emerge in a series of illuminating conversations, quotes and asides. It is scheduled to be available from Amazon.com (UK store), June 30, 2005. However this date may change. |
|
"Scarface": A
Biography of Al Pacino
|
? |
Paperback: 224 pages (June 9, 2000) |
BOOKS ABOUT THE MAKING OF HIS MOVIES
(back to top)
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
CONTENT |
| Dick Tracy: The Making of the Movie | Mike Bonifer |
mostly about Beatty and Madonna, but a few pics and mentions |
| The Godfather Companion | Peter Biskind |
another behind the scenes look at the Godfather Trilogy |
| The Godfather Legacy | Harlan Lebo |
another behind the scenes look at the Godfather Trilogy with lots of pictures |
| Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather Trilogy | Nick Browne |
behind the scenes look at the Godfather Trilogy |
| The Godfather Movies, A Pictorial History | Gerald Gardner and Harriet Modell Gardner |
lots of pictures and behind the scenes stuff about the Godfather trilogy |
BOOKS OR PLAYS HIS MOVIES ARE BASED ON
AND TIE-IN BOOKS
(back to top)
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
CONTENT |
| After Hours | Edwin Torres |
One of the two books "Carlito's Way" was based on. Fiction. |
| Carlito's Way | Edwin Torres |
One of the two books "Carlito's Way" was based on. Fiction. |
| Dog Day Afternoon | Patrick Mann |
I think this is a tie-in book published after the movie came out |
| Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia | Joe Pistone |
the book "Donnie Brasco" was based on written by the real Donnie Brasco |
| Frankie and Johnny | Terrence McNally |
the play the film was based on |
| Glengarry Glen Ross | David Mamet |
the play the film was based on. |
| The Godfather | Mario Puzo |
the book "The Godfather" was based on. Fiction. |
| Scarface | Paul Monette |
a tie-in book written after the movie |
| Serpico | Peter Maas |
the book "Serpico" was based on |
BOOKS ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAT MENTION AL
(back to top)
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
CONTENT |
| Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life | Michael Schumacher | biography of Francis Coppola |
| Coppola | Peter Cowie |
biography of Francis Coppola |
| De Palma | Brian De Palma , Samuel Blumenfeld , Laurent Vachaud |
french biography of Brian De Palma director of Scarface and Carlito's Way. (thanks Nush for this info) |
| Easy Riders and Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Peter Biskind |
about '70s movies, has some Pacino info |
| Gansters From Little Caesar to the Godfather | John Gabree |
This is an old book from 1973 that analyzes gangster films. Includes commentary on The Godfather. |
| Gansters on the Screen | Frank Manchel |
An old book from 1978 that analyzes ganster films. Includes commentary on The Godfather. |
| Lee Strasberg Ein Traum der Leidenschaft | Lee Strasberg | (German) To go to
the page on the book, follow the link, then click on "film-cinema". Scroll down.
Autobiography by Lee Strasberg with mentions of Al. To be released in the fall of
2001. (Thanks Anne for this info.) |
| Marlon Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me | Marlon Brando |
(chapter 55) NY, Random House,1994 (thanks Vladka for this info) |
| Marilyn and Me | Susan Strasberg |
Susan Strasberg
(daughter of Lee, one of Al's mentors) writes about her relationship with Marilyn Monroe
who studied at the Actors Studio with her father. She mentions Al too. (thanks Pat for this info) |
| Memoirs of a Pet Therapist | Warren Eckstein, Denise Madden (Contributor) |
includes a short account of training Al's dogs with him |
| Pump 'Em Full of Lead, A Look at Gangsters on Film | Marilyn Yaquinto |
includes commentary on Carlito's Way, The Godfather Trilogy, Donnie Brasco and Scarface |
| Shakespeare On Screen | Daniel Rosenthal | mentions "Looking For Richard" |
| Shakespeare's Sonnets | Charline Spektor (Producer) |
CD/audio tape of different
actors reading Shakespeare. |
| Starstruck : Photographs from a Fan | Gary Lee Boas, Michael Musto |
A book of pictures the auther has taken with celebrities. Has a candid picture of Al in it with the author. |
| That Al Pacino Look | Rich Rubin | A play, nothing to do with Al except the title.Out of print. You can try Amazon.com, ebay, or THE DRAMA BOOKSHOP, INC, 723 Seventh Avenue, NY, NY 10019, USA, phone: 212-944-0595 |
| Wake Me When It's Funny | Gary and Lori Marshall |
autobiography of Gary Marshall that has some great stuff about the making of "Frankie and Johnny". |
| You'll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again | Julia Phillips |
Tell-all book about the author's drug-filled days as a producer in Hollywood. Only has a few, mostly negative, comments about Al during his drinking days observed by the author during her cocaine days so who knows what's true. |