Travolta the Life

London: Bloomsbury. 1998. Hardcover. 0747531749 . Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. A cracking biography of Hollywood legend John Travolta, who shot to international stardom dancing in a white suit in Saturday Night Fever, visited straight-to-video hell for many years and then rose again to be the even bigger star he is today in Pulp Fiction. colour photographs. Nigel describes how actor John Travolta survived "Star Status" followed by a huge fall in popularity to return a decade later to fame and adulation a second time. Singer, dancer, actor, idol, aviator, mystic. John Travolta has lived so many lives, consecutive and concurrent, that it's no wonder he scoffs when people talk of a single, career-changing comeback. But, no Hollywood star has risen so brightly, after so big a fall, as the man who returned from a decade in straight-to-video hell to reclaim adulation as a loveable hit man in 'Pulp Fiction.' All the same, Travolta never really did go away. His white-suited, finger-pointing disco stud in 'Saturday Night Fever' became a part of the Pop Culture landscape, as surely as 'Grease,' 'Urban Cowboy,' and 'Staying Alive' cemented his status as an idol of the "Me" generation, a sensitive soul in a streamlined body, lashed on by the call of self-fulfillment. Nigel Andrews wittily scans the mother-dominated childhood in New Jersey; the years of life-endangering fan assault; the refuge in Scientology; the night his pilot exploits brought three major airports to a standstill; and, with unique insights and revelations from the film-makers who have worked with him, the 'comeback' years of high achievement as an actor in contemporary classics like 'Pulp Fiction,' 'Phenomenon,' and 'Primary Colors'. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.; 61190 .