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Charlton Heston (1923–2008)

Autore di Charlton Heston Presents the Bible [video set]

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Sull'Autore

Actor Charlton Heston was born John Charles Carter in Evanston, Illinois on October 4, 1924. He attended Northwestern University and served in the United States Army Air Force for two years starting in 1944. He acted in the theater, on television, and in the movies. His films include The Greatest mostra altro Show on Earth, The Ten Commandments, Planet of the Apes, and El Cid. He won the 1959 Academy Award for best actor for the movie Ben-Hur. He spoke out openly against racism and was an active supporter of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. He served as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1965-1971. He served as president of the National Rifle Association from 1998-2003. In 2002, he announced he had Alzheimer's disease and in 2003, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush. He died on April 5, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Jerry Avenaim

Serie

Opere di Charlton Heston

Soren Kierkegaard: The Giants of Philosophy (1990) — Narratore — 25 copie
The Courage to be Free (2000) 17 copie
John Dewey: The Giants of Philosophy (1990) — Narratore — 15 copie
Antony and Cleopatra [1972 film] (1972) — Director/Screenwriter/Cast — 15 copie
Two-Minute Warning (1998) 13 copie
4 Film Favorites: Epic Adventures (2011) — Regista — 4 copie
Mother Lode (2012) 3 copie
The Last Hard Men (2012) 2 copie
Julius Caesar [VHS] (1988) 1 copia
Chiefs [DVD] 1 copia
The Bible 1 copia
Counterpoint (2021) 1 copia
Le CID 1 copia
Three Violent People (2005) 1 copia
Le Survivant (2017) 1 copia
L'Extase et l'agonie (2017) 1 copia
GRAY LADY DOWN DVD (2004) 1 copia
PONY EXPRESS 1 copia
Naked Jungle [VHS] (1988) 1 copia

Opere correlate

Il vecchio e il mare (1950) — Reader, alcune edizioni30,579 copie
Ben Hur (1880) — Narratore, alcune edizioni5,305 copie
Buon vento dell'ovest: romanzo (1973) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni4,153 copie
Ben-Hur [1959 film] (1959) 572 copie
Hercules (1997) — Narratore — 554 copie
The Ten Commandments [1956 film] (1956) — Actor — 360 copie
BOWLING A COLUMBINE (2002) 248 copie
Planet of the Apes [1968 film] (1968) — Actor — 246 copie
L'Infernale Quinlan (1958) — Actor — 228 copie
Hamlet [1996 film] (1996) — Actor — 193 copie
The Greatest Story Ever Told [1965 film] (1965) — Actor — 186 copie
Aristotle (1858) — Narratore, alcune edizioni182 copie
Soylent Green [1973 film] (1973) — Actor — 145 copie
Midway [1976 film] (1976) — Actor — 132 copie
Friends: Season 4 (2004) — Self — 126 copie
Any Given Sunday [1999 film] (1999) — Actor — 118 copie
Patrick O'Brian: Critical Essays and a Bibliography (1994) — Collaboratore — 95 copie
Il grande paese (1958) — Actor — 94 copie
The Agony and the Ecstasy [1965 film] (1965) — Actor — 94 copie
The Omega Man [1971 film] (1971) — Actor — 94 copie
El Cid [1961 film] (1961) 87 copie
The Greatest Show on Earth [1952 film] (1952) — Actor — 53 copie
The Three Musketeers [1973 film] (1973) — Actor — 53 copie
St. Thomas Aquinas: The Giants of Philosophy (1990) — Narratore — 47 copie
Beneath the Planet of the Apes [1970 film] (1970) — Actor — 47 copie
Ben Hur [2003 film] (2003) 45 copie
Earthquake [1974 film] (1974) — Actor — 42 copie
Major Dundee [1965 film] (1965) 39 copie
Khartoum [1966 film] (2002) — Actor — 38 copie
The Four Musketeers [1974 film] (1974) — Actor — 35 copie
55 Days at Peking [1963 film] (1963) — Actor — 34 copie
Alaska [1996 Film] (1996) — Actor — 33 copie
Carnival of the Animals (1991) — Narratore — 33 copie
Plato: The Giants of Philosophy (1990) — Narratore — 33 copie
St. Augustine: The Giants of Philosophy (1990) — Narratore — 32 copie
Baruch Spinoza: The Giants of Philosophy (1990) — Narratore — 30 copie
Planet of the Apes: Legacy Collection (2015) — Actor — 30 copie
Friedrich Nietzsche: The Giants of Philosophy (1990) — Narratore — 29 copie
TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Sci-Fi (2009) — Actor — 27 copie
Arthur Schopenhauer: The Giants of Philosophy (1990) — Narratore, alcune edizioni25 copie
Aristotle: The Giants of Philosophy (1990) — Narratore — 25 copie
Jean-Paul Sartre: The Giants of Philosophy (1990) — Narratore — 25 copie
The Call of the Wild [1972 film] (1972) — Actor — 24 copie
David Hume: The Giants of Philosophy (1990) — Narratore — 24 copie
Will Penny [1967 film] (1968) 22 copie
Treasure Island [1990 TV movie] (1990) — Actor — 21 copie
Julius Caesar [1970 film] (1970) 20 copie
Immanuel Kant: The Giants of Philosophy (1990) — Narratore — 19 copie
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild [1998 IMAX film] (1998) — Narratore — 19 copie
The Order [2001 film] (2001) — Actor — 18 copie
Hercules: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1997) — Narratore — 17 copie
Airport '75 [1974 film] (2001) — Actor — 17 copie
Wartime Comedies: 8 Movie Collection (2015) — Actor — 15 copie
The War Lord [1965 film] (1965) 13 copie
The Buccaneer [1958 film] (2012) — Actor — 12 copie
Solar Crisis [1990 film] (1990) — Actor; Actor — 10 copie
Dark City [1950 film] (1951) 8 copie
MGM: When the Lion Roars [1992 documentary] (1993) — Actor — 6 copie
The Far Horizons [1955 film] (1955) — Actor — 6 copie
The Naked Jungle [1954 film] (1954) — Actor — 5 copie
Skyjacked [1972 film] (2007) — Actor — 5 copie
Diamond Head [1963 film] (2005) — Actor — 5 copie
Arrowhead [1953 film] (2004) 4 copie
Chiefs [1983 TV series] (1997) — Actor — 4 copie
Ruby Gentry [1952 film] (2004) 4 copie
The Secret of the Incas [1954 film] (1954) — Actor — 4 copie
The Awakening [1980 film] (1980) — Actor — 3 copie
Hollywood Legends Spotlight Collection (2012) — Actor — 3 copie
Pony Express [1953 film] (2012) 2 copie
Television's Vietnam [1985 documentary] (1985) — Narratore — 1 copia
The President's Lady [1953 film] — Actor — 1 copia
Bad for Each Other [1953 film] (1953) — Actor — 1 copia

Etichette

1001 libri (124) Americano (269) Avventura (247) Charlton Heston (104) classici (928) Classico (901) Cuba (357) da leggere (1,091) Dramma (165) DVD (602) Ernest Hemingway (110) film (127) Filosofia (123) Guerre napoleoniche (146) Hemingway (250) Jack Aubrey (241) Letteratura (755) Letteratura americana (661) letteratura classica (129) letto (402) Mare (198) Narrativa (3,740) nautico (135) navale (113) non letto (103) Novecento (309) Novella (171) Pesca (366) posseduto (106) Premio Nobel (117) Premio Pulitzer (209) Pulitzer (114) Religione (129) Roman (145) Romanzo (566) romanzo storico (776) Stati Uniti d'America (124) Storia (153) storico (209) XIX secolo (106)

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Volume has 30 full-color illustrations to accompany text.
 
Segnalato
SVBCLIBRARY | 3 altre recensioni | Mar 21, 2023 |
 
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WBCLIB | 1 altra recensione | Feb 27, 2023 |
Dear Mr. Heston,

Can you be my friend? I think I'd love to have dinner and just chat with you sometime. Thanks for the book,

Love,
Me
 
Segnalato
OutOfTheBestBooks | Sep 24, 2021 |
In his autobiography, In the Arena, Charlton Heston gives an interesting, behind-the-scenes look at a life and career that spanned the post WWII years, the era of live television, and the vast changes in the movie industry through the last half of the 20th century. For anyone interested in films and film-making, Heston includes many fascinating ancedotes about his work on the great epic films–The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, and El-Cid–as well as working with the great actors and directors of the time, among them Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier, Cecil B. DeMille, and William Wyler.

Personally, Heston was always one of my favorite actors. While familiar with most of his films, I never knew about his many roles in live television when it was a brand new medium. Also that his first love was the stage, and especially Shakespeare. Throughout his career he acted in and directed many great plays including A Man for All Seasons, The Caine Mutiny (including a stage production in China in the 1980s!) as well as Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Heston's personal favorite, Antony and Cleopatra.

The book left me with a deeper appreciation of Heston as the consummate actor and family man. Highly recommended for Heston fans and movie buffs.

… (altro)
 
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quietman66 | 2 altre recensioni | Mar 22, 2021 |

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