One of Hollywood's most enduring and popular stars draws on his memories to teIl the amusing and touching story of how it was when the studios ruled supreme, and a shy and inarticulate boy from a broken famiIy could rise to super stardom to become one of the most handsome, attractive and respected of movie leading men. His early career proved his taIent; his later years showed that with the taIent came a wise and humane individuaI.
Unfashionably modest in these days of hard-hitting seIf-aggrandizement, Peck takes us with him on this long and fascinating journey from earIy theater roIes, through his first film parts up to today. This entertainment special uses clips from Peck's most important movies including The Keys Of The Kingdom, To Kill A Mockingbird, SpeIlbound, DueI ln The Sun, The Guns Of Navarone, MacArthur, The Boys From BraziI - and interviews with Jane Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, Liza MinneIIi, Anthony Quinn, Jack Lemmon, Lauren BacalI, directors Robert MuIIigan and J. Lee Thompson, and Peck's son Stephen. |