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Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 By Michael Palin Weidenfeld & Nicolson exx ***
Halfway to Hollywood? I'd say he got a bit further than that. At one point in the mid-Eighties, two of the top four biggest films at the US box office were written or co-written by Michael Palin. Does he feel he'd only truly have arrived if he'd had a hand in all four? From this book, I wouldn't be surprised.See the full content of this document
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The Life of Michael ; Books [Eire Region]
Michael Palin, as we all know, is the 'nice one' from Monty Python, and there's nothing here to gainsay that view.
Maggie Smith tells him that sarcasm doesn't suit him ('Take a tip from the acid queen'), and he frets over a remark of Martin Amis's that properly nice people can't be first-rate writers.But he's no sap. Palin is prone to occasional rages, highly competitive (he overreacts terribly...See the full content of this document
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