Halfway to Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume 2) by Michael Palin
The second volume of Michael Palin's diaries covers the 1980s, a decade in which the ties that bound the Pythons loosened as they forged their separate careers. After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, they made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful "Monty Python's Meaning of Life."
Writing and acting in films and television then took over much of Michael's life, culminating in the smash hit A Fish Called Wanda, in which he played the hapless, stuttering Ken (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor), and the first of his seven celebrated television journeys for the BBC. He wrote much of the dialogue and acted in Terry Gilliam's "Time Bandits" and acted in his next film, "Brazil".
He co-produced, wrote and played the lead in "The Missionary" opposite Maggie Smith, who also appeared with him in "A Private Function", which is also a book written by Alan Bennett. For television he wrote "East of Ipswich", inspired by his links with Suffolk.
Such was his fame in the US, he was enticed into once again hosting the enormously popular show "Saturday Night Live", in one edition of which his mother makes a highly successful surprise guest appearance. He filmed several journeys for television and became chairman of the pressure group, Transport 2000. His family remains a constant as his and Helen's children enter their teens.
Paperback | 656 pages
152 x 232 x 38mm | 903g
17 Sep 2009
Orion Publishing Co
WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
London, United Kingdom
English
40 B/W Photo\Illu(s),8 Colour Photo\Illu(s)
0297860186
9780297860181
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very minimal scuff marks, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged, with very minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.