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    The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
    The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
    The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
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    The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made

    Written by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell

    Narrated by Greg Sestero

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    Nineteen-year-old Greg Sestero met Tommy Wiseau at an acting school in San Francisco. Wiseau's scenes were rivetingly wrong, yet Sestero, hypnotized by such uninhibited acting, thought, "I have to do a scene with this guy." That impulse changed both of their lives. Wiseau seemed never to have read the rule book on interpersonal relationships (or the instructions on a bottle of black hair dye), yet he generously offered to put the aspiring actor up in his LA apartment. Sestero's nascent acting career first sizzled, then fizzled, resulting in Wiseau's last-second offer to Sestero of co-starring with him in The Room, a movie Wiseau wrote and planned to finance, produce, and direct-in the parking lot of a Hollywood equipment-rental shop.

    Wiseau spent $6 million of his own money on his film, but despite the efforts of the disbelieving (and frequently fired) crew and embarrassed (and frequently fired) actors, the movie made no sense. Nevertheless, Wiseau rented a Hollywood billboard featuring his alarming headshot and staged a red carpet premiere. The Room made $1,800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. One reviewer said that watching The Room was like "getting stabbed in the head".

    The Disaster Artist is Greg Sestero's laugh-out-loud funny account of how Tommy Wiseau defied every law of artistry, business, and friendship to make "the Citizen Kane of bad movies" (Entertainment Weekly), which is now an international phenomenon, with Wiseau himself beloved as an oddball celebrity. Written with award-winning journalist Tom Bissell, The Disaster Artist is an inspiring tour de force that reads like a page-turning novel, an open-hearted portrait of an enigmatic man who will improbably capture your heart.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMay 19, 2014
    ISBN9781494571528
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    Greg Sestero

    Greg Sestero is a French-American actor, producer, and writer. He costarred in the cult phenomenon The Room.

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    • 5/5
      The movie was great. The book was even better. Oh hi mark!
    • 5/5
      Greg’s Tommy impression > James Franco’s Tommy impression. It’s one of those book that has what I’m looking for in memoirs — The inside scoop. I highly recommend you watch The Room before reading this book, and then watch The Disaster Artist after reading it. The irony of how much entertainment came out of such an awful movie is what makes life great. I’m grateful that Greg decided to write this with so much honesty and heart. It answers most of the questions I had after watching The Room movie.
    • 5/5
      Because it is a master piece but really really Weird
    • 5/5
      With all due respect to James Franco, but Greg Sestero does the best Tommy Wiseau impression. Which makes sense when you consider he is the man’s best friend. As a huge fan of The Room, learning the behind the scenes secrets of that movie was a real treat. Some things I already knew, others I suspected, and others still completely surprised me. A must read for any fans of The Room. Even if you’ve never seen The Room, this give a book a shot. I feel it’ll keep your attention and entertain you.
    • 5/5
      This story was crazy, funny, sad, and sometimes hard to believe, but it held my attention the entire 11 hours! I listened to it all in one day, taking breaks only to eat or use bathroom. Greg narrates the story in a captivating manner, alternating voices in a way that is entertaining & funny. He does Tommy's accent perfectly...there is never any question as to who is talking, as Greg's voice for himself can not be confused with Tommy's hilarious European accent of dubious origin. I can feel for Greg and as he becomes exasperated with Tommy so do I, yet I can also see how Tommy draws him in with his child-like sense of wonder and spontaneity. I felt bad for Tommy, got frustrated with his stubbornness and paranoia, laughed at his eccentricity, liked his
      optimism and naiivete and wondered about his background story and his secrets. Where does his money come from? Does he have family left? Does he have kids? I was disappointed not to have definitive answers at the end. I am interested to learn more about Tommy Wiseau and can't wait to see both movies... "The Room" and "The Disaster Artist" with James Franco as Tommy.
    • 5/5
      My plan now is to watch the movie of the book, and then Then Room. I cannot wait. I would love a follow-up story about the aftermath of the movie and a "where they are now" sort of book
    • 5/5
      The book was an absolute page turner and the audiobook takes it a step further. It was hard turning it off. Greg's impersonation of Tommy made this a joy to listen to. If you're a fan of The Room you have to read/listen to The Disaster Artist. It adds another fat layer of detail to an already iconic film.