batman

Due out later this year .....

Stanley Baker: A Life in Film (Hardcover)
by Robert Shail (Author)

Publisher: University of Wales Press (28 Nov 2007)

Synopsis
This book offers the first in-depth, fully-researched analysis of the career of Stanley Baker, one of the most significant cinema figures to have come out of Wales and sheds considerable light on the image of Welsh national identity and masculinity which he projected. Stanley Baker is one of only a handful of Welsh-born actors to have become a major film star. Like his friend Richard Burton, his rise to fame took him from an impoverished childhood in the valleys of south Wales to international stardom in films such as Zulu and Accident. As well as being an important figure in front of the camera, he became a producer and film executive as well, whilst never losing his strong links with his Welsh background.

(info from Amazon.co.uk)

Bats.

Lord Brett

Fantastic -- I'll be getting that ASAP!

mariocki

Excellent, hopefully somebody will get around to releasing Robbery at long last.

Joenoir

Looks like a good buy, just in time for Christmas!

Start every day with a smile and get it over with.

Lerica

Mariocki - I take it you do know there are several copies on Ebay of Robbery going? Good film!

freewebs.com/stanleybaker/

batman

I bought one ... VHS transfer but pretty good.

Bats.

mariocki

Thanks Lerica, I'd seen them but was unsure about the picture quality so I was holding out for an official release. With Bats saying they're OK though, I might not resist much longer!

jezandliz1

If anyone else is interested in this book, the author Robert Shail responded to an email I sent him recently advising that the release date for the book has been put back from November this year to late Spring as a result of "personnel changes" at the publisher. He is hoping this means late April early May...