Description
Book SynopsisHave you ever reached the end of a film and thought, "Wow! That actor really nailed it. How did they do that?" Synastry, that's how, and this is the perfect way to learn it. Think Julia Roberts and Erin Brockovich; Leonardo DiCaprio and Howard Hughes; Daniel Day Lewis and Abraham Lincoln; Taron Egerton and Elton John. In this true labour of love, for which Alex Trenoweth sat through many, many hours of films, the astrological links between a wide range of famous characters and the actors who portrayed them are revealed in all their glory. 'Mirror Mirror' contains over 100 case studies, is suitable for all levels of astrologer, and will literally keep you entertained for hours as well as changing the way you watch films forever.
Trade Review"This deserves to be the bedside book of the year." Julia Parker "Get a copy of Mirror Mirror, and leave it out within reach of your couch, or wherever it is that you watch movies. You're going to enjoy it for a long time - both on your initial reading and as you revisit it time and again. There's so much of value in this interesting and enjoyable book." Armand Diaz
Table of ContentsForeword by Julia Parker ix Introduction xi PLUTO 1 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 2 Al Capone 4 Madame Curie 7 Schindler's List 11 Neptune 16 Goodfellas 16 Sid and Nancy 20 The Pursuit of Happyness 24 Uranus 27 Amadeus 28 The Miracle Worker 32 The Story of Louis Pasteur 36 Saturn 38 127 Hours 38 Ali 40 Coalminer's Daughter 43 Dead Man Walking 45 Eddie the Eagle 49 Invictus 51 Shine 55 The Iron Lady 59 JUPITER 61 Frida 62 Lust for Life 64 Moulin Rouge 66 The Spirit of St Louis 69 vi Mirror Mirror MARS 72 Evita 72 James Dean 75 Jesse James 77 Looking for Mr Goodbar 79 Raging Bull 81 VENUS 84 Diamond Jim 84 Iris 87 Jackie 92 Lady Sings the Blues 95 My Week with Marilyn 97 Stand and Deliver 100 The Dolly Sisters 102 Wilde 104 MERCURY 107 Bohemian Rhapsody 108 Frances 111 Grace of Monaco 114 Mata Hari 117 Young Man With a Horn 120 MOON 123 Chaplin 124 Gorillas in the Mist 127 My Left Foot 129 The Pianist 132 The Queen 135 Walt Before Mickey 139 SUN 142 Boys Town 142 Cry Freedom 145 Hotel Rwanda 149 La Bamba 151 The Elephant Man 153 Favourites vii NODES 158 A Cry in the Dark 159 Coco Before Chanel 161 Funny Girl 164 Gandhi 166 Lincoln 168 Patton 170 Miss Potter 173 Ray 176 Selena 179 The Aviator 181 The Buddy Holly Story 186 CHIRON 189 Dance With a Stranger 189 Factory Girl 191 Judy 195 Silkwood 198 The Karen Carpenter Story 200 MULTIPLES 203 Ted Bundy 204 The Deliberate Stranger 205 Ted Bundy 207 The Stranger Beside Me 209 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 212 Thomas Edison 214 Young Edison 214 Edison, the Man 216 Elizabeth I 218 Fire over England 218 Shakespeare in Love 222 Stephen Hawking 222 Hawking 222 The Theory of Everything 225 Harry Houdini 228 Houdini 228 Houdini (TV Film) 232 viii Mirror Mirror Richard III 234 Richard III (1955) 234 Looking for Richard 236 Dorothy Stratten 238 Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story 238 Star 80 241 Queen Victoria 244 Mrs Brown 244 Victoria and Abdul 248 FAVOURITES 253 Behind the Candelabra 254 Born on the Fourth of July 258 Erin Brockovich 264 Capote 268 Great Balls of Fire 272 Hitchcock 277 I, Tonya 283 Julie & Julia 287 La Vie en Rose 293 Lawrence of Arabia 296 Mask 300 Milk 304 Monster 308 Rocketman 313 The Doors 320 The Imitation Game 324 The King's Speech 329 Walk the Line 334
