Christopher Plummer

In Spite of Myself Christopher Plummer

A vibrant, exuberant self-portrait of one of today?s greatest living actors.
 
Christopher Plummer?s magnificent book recounts the wild adventure that is his life, stretching from a privileged childhood in Canada to the glorious, star-studded New York of the fifties to a sensational career in film appearing in some of our most beloved classics. Here are his late nights out with Carson McCullers, Tennessee Williams, Paddy Chayefsky, and Arthur Miller; his affairs and marriages; his collaborations with famed producers; and his memorable roles alongside fellow young and talented actors, each also destined for stardom: Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter O?Toole, Natalie Wood, and countless others. Plummer weaves delicious anecdotes of a life spent on stages and film sets across the world?from Peter Hall?s Royal Shakespeare Theatre to The Sound of Music (affectionately dubbed ?S&M?)?into a boisterous narrative filled with humor and irresistible charm.