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I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir
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Overview
Val Kilmer has played many iconic roles over his nearly four-decade film career. A table-dancing Cold War agent in Top Secret! A troublemaking science prodigy in Real Genius. A brash fighter pilot in Top Gun. A swashbuckling knight in Willow. A lovelorn bank robber in Heat. A charming master of disguise in The Saint. A wise-cracking detective in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Of course, Batman, Jim Morrison and the sharp-shooting Doc Holliday.
But who is the real Val Kilmer? With I’m Your Huckleberry—published prior to the highly anticipated sequel Top Gun: Maverick, in which Kilmer returns to the big screen as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky—the enigmatic actor at last steps out of character and reveals his true self.
In this uniquely assembled memoir—featuring vivid prose, snippets of poetry and rarely-seen photos—Kilmer reflects on his acclaimed career, including becoming the youngest actor ever admitted to the Juilliard School’s famed drama department, determinedly campaigning to win the lead part in The Doors, and realizing a years-long dream of performing a one-man show as his hero Mark Twain. He shares candid stories of working with screen legends Marlon Brando, Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr. and Robert De Niro, and recounts high-profile romances with Cher, Cindy Crawford, Daryl Hannah, and former wife Joanne Whalley. He chronicles his spiritual journey and lifelong belief in Christian Science, and describes travels to far-flung locales such as a scarcely inhabited island in the Indian Ocean where he suffered from delirium and was cared for by the resident tribe. And he reveals details of his recent throat cancer diagnosis and recovery—about which he has disclosed little until now.
While containing plenty of tantalizing celebrity anecdotes, I’m Your Huckleberry—taken from the famous line Kilmer delivers as Holliday in Tombstone—is ultimately a singularly written and deeply moving reflection on mortality and the mysteries of life.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781797109701 |
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Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Audio |
Publication date: | 04/21/2020 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Sales rank: | 1,104,954 |
Product dimensions: | 5.10(w) x 6.00(h) x 1.20(d) |
About the Author
Mare Winningham has appeared in more than fifty film and television projects, garnering an Academy Award nomination for Georgia and Emmy Awards for the telefilms George Wallace and Amber Waves. She is also an accomplished singer-songwriter.
Read an Excerpt
1. The Pinball Machine
I’m saying what we’re praying and how it’s neighboring delight
To spend an eternity in this hour holding hands throughout the night
Never needing to check for relevance
(Our proof is what we pay for)
We dance across the cosmos
Reflecting purity and purpose from Pulpit and Press
I salute you brothers and sisters
Whose progress
Proves
The Infinite
—Hollywood, California, 2019
Table of Contents
The Pinball Machine 1
Happy Trails to You, Roy Rogers and Charles Manson 9
Grandpa Kilmer's Grave in Truth or Consequences 23
Father's Flying Dream, Facing the Chief 35
Spooked by Love 41
The Deepest Wound 47
THE Juilliard School 55
Tadashi Suzuki and the Elusive Nature of Fate 63
Cher Likes My Harley 71
Top Secret! 79
Real Genius 95
Fathers Son 105
New Mexico Is Called the "Land of Enchantment" or, as I'm Proud to Have Coined, the "Land of Entrapment" 109
I Did Top Gun, Son 115
You're So Twain (Carly) 123
Let's Go Upstairs 129
Willow 135
The Doors 143
Shattered 153
Brando 157
Confusions & Contradictions 163
Thunderheart 167
Colic Convulsion Then Holy Miracle 171
Doc Holidays 175
True Romance 183
Eugene D. Kilmer 187
The Kudu 193
Batman, but Forever? 197
Take the Heat 203
Birth & Death 209
The Island Is Dr. Moreau 213
Crocodiles & Ecstasy 221
The Sinner Is the Saint 227
More, More, More 231
Never the Twain Shall Meet 237
Soft Opening 241
Declarations of Independence 245
Gay as a Pink Hairnet 247
Siren on a Snowboard 255
Hiding from God 259
Kiss Kiss Kiss Goes the Indie, Bang Bang Bang Goes the Downey 265
Land 275
Glory & Gore 287
Denial vs. Denial 291
The Iceman Cometh Again 295
HelMel 297
Photo Credits 307
Acknowledgments 309