I'm Your Huckleberry
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I'm Your Huckleberry

A Memoir

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

I'm Your Huckleberry

A Memoir

About this book

In this New York Times bestseller, legendary actor and star of the acclaimed documentary Val shares the stories behind his most beloved roles, reminisces about his star-studded career and love life, and reveals the truth behind his recent health struggles in a remarkably candid autobiography. 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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. 1. The Pinball Machine
  4. 2. Happy Trails to You, Roy Rogers and Charles Manson
  5. 3. Grandpa Kilmer’s Grave in Truth or Consequences
  6. 4. Father’s Flying Dream, Facing the Chief
  7. 5. Spooked by Love
  8. 6. The Deepest Wound
  9. 7. THE Juilliard School
  10. 8. Tadashi Suzuki and the Elusive Nature of Fate
  11. 9. Cher Likes My Harley
  12. 10. Top Secret!
  13. 11. Real Genius
  14. 12. Father & Son
  15. 13. New Mexico Is Called the “Land of Enchantment” or, as I’m Proud to Have Coined, the “Land of Entrapment”
  16. 14. I Did ‘Top Gun’, Son
  17. 15. You’re So Twain (Carly)
  18. 16. Let’s Go Upstairs
  19. 17. Willow
  20. 18. The Doors
  21. 19. Shattered
  22. 20. Brando
  23. 21. Confusions & Contradictions
  24. 22. Thunderheart
  25. 23. Colic Convulsion Then Holy Miracle
  26. 24. Doc Holidays
  27. 25. True Romance
  28. 26. Eugene D. Kilmer
  29. 27. The Kudu
  30. 28. Batman, but Forever?
  31. 29. Take the ‘Heat’
  32. 30. Birth & Death
  33. 31. The Island Is Dr. Moreau
  34. 32. Crocodiles & Ecstasy
  35. 33. The Sinner Is the Saint
  36. 34. More, More, More
  37. 35. Never the Twain Shall Meet
  38. 36. Soft Opening
  39. 37. Declarations of Independence
  40. 38. Gay as a Pink Hairnet
  41. 39. Siren on a Snowboard
  42. 40. Hiding from God
  43. 41. Kiss Kiss Kiss Goes the Indie, Bang Bang Bang Goes the Downey
  44. 42. Land
  45. 43. Glory & Gore
  46. 44. Denial vs. Denial
  47. 45. The Iceman Cometh Again
  48. 46. HelMel
  49. Acknowledgments
  50. About the Author
  51. Photo Credits
  52. Copyright