Johnny Depp - Softcover

Meikle, Denis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857684760 ISBN 13: 9780857684769

Publisher: Titan Books, 2011

Synopsis

Johnny Depp is modern Hollywood’s most versatile and most enigmatic star. His choice of roles is often quirky, frequently unexpected. 

In this exciting screen biography, now fully updated for its fifth edition, internationally acclaimed film critic Denis Meikle explores Johnny Depp’s career from his breakthrough roles in Edward Scissorhands, Benny & Joon and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape right up to Depp’ s most recent films, including Alice in Wonderland and The Tourist.

Meikle explores the effects that Depp’s critical and commercial stature have had on the direction of his career, and has updated the book to include a foretaste of the forthcoming movies, Rango, The Rum Diary and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The star of some of the most original American films in recent history, Johnny Depp is also one of Hollywood’s most versatile and enigmatic stars. From Edward Scissorhands, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, Ed Wood, and Donnie Brasco to his Oscar–nominated turn as the swashbuckling Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean—his film roles have always been unconventional, earning him international respect and adoration. In Johnny Depp: A Kind of Illusion, film journalist Denis Meikle looks at the effects that Depp’s rising critical and commercial stature may have on the direction of his career, including his forthcoming films—Rum Diary, Diving Bell, Butterfly, and Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Denis Meikle is the author of A History of Horrors, Jack the Ripper: The Murders and the Movies, and Vincent Price: The Art of Fear.

About the Author:

Denis Meikle is the author of the acclaimed A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer, Jack The Ripper: The Murders and the Movies, Vincent Price: The Art of Fear, Roman Polanski and The Ring Companion.

About this edition

• Publisher: Titan Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0857684760
• ISBN 13: 9780857684769
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528