This is the life of one of cinema's authentic visionaries, whose travels have taken him from the Surrey suburbs to the pinnacle of Hollywood success. Within these pages are accounts of Boorman's joys and agonies in the making of such extraordinary pictures as the terrifying backwoods adventure Deliverance, the glorious Arthurian legend Excalibur, and his semi-autobiographical, multi-Oscar-nominated Hope and Glory. Along the way, Boorman offers vivid portraits of Lee Marvin, Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Sean Connery, and Richard Burton.