Celebrate the legacy of Bruce Willis's career in a book the L os Angeles Times calls "a
thoughtful guide." On a nondescript Wednesday morning in the waning days of March 2023 one of
the biggest movie stars on the planet called it quits. No press conference had been organized
the Hollywood trades received no advance notice and there was a conspicuous lack of the
fanfare that usually accompanies such bombshell announcements. Instead the news that Bruce
Willis was retiring from acting came in a simple statement on his ex-wife Demi Moore's
Instagram page--along with the tragic news that Willis was suffering from aphasia a cognitive
disorder that subsequently worsened to become frontotemporal dementia. It was a sad conclusion
to the storied career of a man who had at one point been the highest-paid actor in Hollywood.
That career is the subject of Sean O'Connell's definitive survey of Bruce Willis the actor the
cultural icon and the man. Here O'Connell compiles exclusive original interviews with
directors who have worked with Willis as well as film critics and journalists who have
analyzed his career into a celebratory compendium. It also features the author's analysis of
Willis's films his career arc and the industry that made him a star. And it includes capsule
reviews of every Bruce Willis film making this a complete handbook to a true American
original.
