Robert Shaw - An Actor's Life on the Set of JAWS and Beyond

Robert Shaw, the iconic star of Steven Spielberg’s Robert Shaw unforgettably commanded attention as the weathered seaman Captain Quint in the blockbuster sensation, Capturing the many facets of the vibrant, generous, and sometimes polarizing man is his nephew, Christopher, who explores the forces that shaped a dynamic personality--including Robert’s indomitable mother, his deeply troubled father, and his activist sister, Joanna, with whom Robert shared an unbreakable bond. Out of the traumatic events of their childhood in the Orkney Islands and Cornwall, Mrs. Shaw pushed her children to pursue their dreams. For Robert, that dream was acting and writing. Despite a storied career on the British and American stage--as both performer and playwright--and a string of hit films including What happened on-screen was unforgettable. What happened off-screen was chaos. Now Christopher Shaw Myers reveals the true story of the making of the classic. Drawing on family recollections, personal letters, scrapbooks, recordings, extensive interviews, and a lifetime of his own memories, Christopher paints a unique, intimate, and honest portrait of a man he was proud to call his uncle.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Shaw Myers
• Publisher: Citadel Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9780806544328
• ISBN: 978-0-8065-4432-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 236 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Action & Adventure