Jim Carrey : the joker is wild / Martin Knelman.
Material type: TextPublication details: Buffalo, New York : Firefly, 2000.Description: xiii, 230 p., [12] p. of plates ; 23 cmISBN:- 1552095355
- Joker is wild
Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Adult Book | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | Adult Non-Fiction | Adult Non-Fiction | 791.43028 KNE | Available | 674891001132157 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is the absorbing, touching story of a lonely boy from a troubled family who found the secret of making people laugh - and dreamed of becoming a comedy star.
When Jim Carrey's father (himself a frustrated performer) lost his job, the whole homeless family was enlisted to work as night cleaners at a factory in exchange for lodging in a strange suburb. Scrubbing washrooms by night turned Jim Carrey into a desperate and angry school dropout, and made Jim determined to succeed in a new life.
Jim developed a series of celebrity impressions that led to his comedy club breakthrough when he was 19. But his drive for the big time took him to Los Angeles, where he scuffled in comedy clubs and then landed a role in the hip TV series "In Living Color." That paved the way for a phenomenal movie breakthrough with the surprise hit "Ace Ventura", "Pet Detective." More hits followed: "Mask," "Dumb and Dumber" and "Liar, Liar."
Now, after his dramatic performance in "The Truman Show," Jim Carrey's career is taking an intriguing new direction. His role as the late comedian Andy Kaufman in the forthcoming "Man In The Moon" is already being described as Oscar material this March. Hilarious and poignant, Jim Carrey: The Joker Is Wild tells for the first time the full, astounding inside story of Jim Carrey's bumpy rise to stardom.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references: p. 211-221.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. ix)
- 1 Hooked (p. 1)
- 2 The Comedy Gene (p. 7)
- 3 Hard Times (p. 19)
- 4 Joining the Club (p. 29)
- 5 Funny Business (p. 41)
- 6 Breakthrough (p. 51)
- 7 On the Road (p. 61)
- 8 At the Comedy Store (p. 71)
- 9 Quack, Quack (p. 81)
- 10 The Party's Over (p. 91)
- 11 Bloodlettings (p. 103)
- 12 Between Projects (p. 113)
- 13 The Comeback Kid (p. 123)
- 14 That Crazy White Guy (p. 135)
- 15 Ace in the Hole (p. 147)
- 16 Fred Astaire on Acid (p. 157)
- 17 Rich and Famous (p. 169)
- 18 Trouble Temporary (p. 179)
- 19 Life at the Top (p. 189)
- 20 Shooting for the Moon (p. 199)
- Filmography (p. 209)
- Sources (p. 211)
- Acknowledgments (p. 222)
- Index (p. 224)