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Up Till Now: The Autobiography [Audiobook] (Audio CD)

by William Shatner (Author)

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Publisher: Macmillan US Audio; 1st edition edition (May 13 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1427204152
ISBN-13: 978-1427204158
Product Dimensions: 14.8 x 13.2 x 2.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 159 g

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With an acting career spanning more than five decades, Shatner has enjoyed a variety of roles and opportunities—most nearly eclipsed by his roles as Capt. James T. Kirk and T.J. Hooker. But as Shatner tells it, he's had a grand time with it all. Despite chronologically jumping about, he manages to reveal the more striking moments and interesting roles in his life and career. While he does touch upon more dramatic issues (including marriage troubles, tensions among the Star Trek cast and the alcoholism and accidental death of his third wife), they seem particularly truncated in the abridgment. Listeners will enjoy Shatner's quirky speaking pattern, which he graciously mocks almost as much as his unapologetic attempts to be a sellout. At other times, Shatner almost whispers into the microphone, creating an intimate connection between himself and the listener. A St. Martin's hardcover (Reviews, Mar. 3). (May)
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This is the story of William Shatner's half-century career and private life. The audio will take readers from the streets of Montreal to regional theatre, where Shatner was once called upon to replace Christopher Plummer as Henry V- in a role he had never rehearsed, with actors he had never met. It will describe his early TV work and movies, among them Roger Corman's The Intruder, a movie about racism filmed in the south in 1961; Kingdom of the Spiders, in which he costarred with 30,000 tarantulas; and Incubus, the only film ever made in the language of Esperanto.It will include his private life, including the complete story of the drowning death of his third wife. It will include stories from three other series, T.J. Hooker, Rescue 911-which saved more than 240 lives-and Boston Legal, as well as his work on Third Rock from the Sun, for which he won his first Emmy for playing 'the Big Giant Head.'And of course, it will include the story of Star Trek; how it came about and how it affected him-and fans-concluding with the story of a taxi driver who told Shatner he'd been a prisoner in Vietnam and that pretending they were the Star Trek crew kept him and his fellow inmates sane. And yes, it will include his singing and commercials and quiz show hosting and award show hosting and the greatest practical joke ever played, Invasion, Iowa, not to mention the story about Shatner being invited into a cage with Koko the Gorilla-who wanted to take him back to her bedcage.After almost 60 years, William Shatner has become one of our most beloved entertainers. And as evidenced by Comedy Central's roast, 'The Shat Hits the Fan,' Shatner gets the joke. For the first time, William Shatner shares with listeners the remarkable, full story of his life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Big Fan Was Completely Satisfied, Oct 21 2009

By	N. Manning (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Up Till Now: The Autobiography (Hardcover)

Reason for Reading: I love William Shatner and there was no doubt I'd be reading his autobiography!

Comments: William Shatner's autobiography covers his entire life from growing up in Montreal, Canada to virtually the present with his thoughts on not being invited to participate in the recent new Star Trek movie. His childhood is briefly summarized though his acting ventures as a child, in high school and university and then book focuses on his career as an actor starting with his days on the Canadian stage at the Stratford Festival and moving right along to his current role as Denny Crane. In between he has had a career with many ups and downs. Though never any really big downs as he is the type of actor who accepts work when he needs it. Thus he has done a lot of B-grade movies (and proud of it) and played character parts on hundreds of TV shows and every now and then he hits it big. So big in fact he has become an icon in the industry and love him or hate him, who doesn't know the name William Shatner?

I love Shatner's sense of humour! He is dry, witty and most importantly doesn't take himself seriously and plays that up to the media, who often take him seriously; reporting him that way and creating a false persona, "Bill Shatner". It's very funny to watch in real life when people actually take the guy seriously when he's acting his famous Bill Shatner character. Maybe it's a Canadian humour thing. He talks about these "pranks" and how he first told the media an outrageous made up story back in the early Star Trek days, of how it just popped into his head during an interview, he thought he was telling a joke but everyone actually believed him and so it all began. His humour shines through in the book, with pompous statements, one-liners and segues into commercials for priceline or promos for the book. It's quite hilarious.

There's also another side to Shatner though as he tells of his personal life. Such as his first two failed marriages and his faults as a husband that contributed to there demise; the tragic death of his third wife and the tumultuous marriage they had preceding that death; his thoughts and fears about growing old and realizing his own mortality is approaching; his thoughts on the negative opinions of his fellow Star Trek cast members (all except Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley).

The book is very satisfying covering everything you'd really expect to find in Shatner's biography. The one thing not present is long meanderings on Star Trek as that material is covered in his first memoir, Star Trek Memories, which I read when it came out and also enjoyed. He still has a few stories to tell, though, and talks about the conventions, movies and such. I felt as if he gave Star Trek just the right amount of space in this book seeing as he's already covered it in depth. I especially enjoyed his thoughts, and reminiscences on making Rescue 911, Invasion Iowa and Boston Legal. A very enjoyable read from an actor who is not-so-surprisingly a down to earth man at heart and a brilliant actor (and a bad singer, yes, he knows this!).

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Read - UnPutDownable!, Aug 30 2009

By	David "TooManyBooks!" (Oakville, Ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Up Till Now: The Autobiography (Paperback)

I was given this book as a gift and decided to read it on vacation. It took me no more than a half dozen sessions over 3 days. I just couldn't leave it alone. It was so engaging and - fun!

It reads like a conversation with the man himself as it jerks from topic to topic with lots of interruptions and side stories on the way. Hat's off to the co-writer. I couldn't help thinking that David Fisher must have had a lot to do with the bold writing style - a regular biography narrative peppered all the way through with self-serving promos! Well what do you expect? This is Shatner!

There are a huge number of highly entertaining anecdotes, from his early years in theatre at Stratford, to his experiences on weekly TV dramas in the 50s, to his early movies, and the fact that he usually says "yes" to any and all work! Also, and most surprisingly, the incredible number of dangerous and irresponsible stunts he's survived over the years. Intrigued, then you'll have to read the book!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Gotta love Shatner, Mar 12 2009

By	T. Hardman (Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Up Till Now: The Autobiography (Hardcover)

This book was a little hard for me to get into but after persevering, got more interesting and funny. I think Shatner is great and it was worth the read. Would have liked more pictures of people talked about in the book to have a fuller picture.

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