A.E. Hotchner first met Paul Newman in 1956, when the relatively unknown actor assumed the role James Dean was to play in Hotchner's first television play, based on an Ernest Hemingway story. The project elevated both men from relative obscurity to stardom, and commenced a close and trusted friendship that lasted until Newman's death in 2008.
In A Friendship, Hotchner presents a complicated, unpredictable and talented man and leads the reader through their shared adventures. The pair travelled extensively around the globe, and owned fishing boats that involved them in embarrassing incidents. They successfully defended themselves before a jury in a ludicrous two-year trial, and triumphed in a beery tennis match against Robert Redford and Jack Valenti. Most notably, they started a food company, Newman's Own, as a prank and watched it soar into a major enterprise that has given all its 200 million dollars of profits to charities.
Hotchner's knowledge of Newman is unparalleled, and as a gifted storyteller he brings to the reader crucial insights Newman revealed about himself.
A Friendship is the story of an unusual friendship and a tribute to the beloved actor who gave to the world as much as the world gave him.
- ISBN10 1847377858
- ISBN13 9781847377852
- Publish Date 15 April 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 15 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format eBook
- Pages 448
- Language English