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The Disaster Artist

By: Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell
Narrated by: Greg Sestero
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Now a major motion picture, The Disaster Artist, starring James Franco, Alison Brie, Zoey Deutch, Lizzy Caplan, Zac Efron, Bryan Cranston, Dave Franco, Kristen Bell, Seth Rogen, Sharon Stone, and Judd Apatow.

In 2003, an independent film called The Room - starring and written, produced, and directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit named Tommy Wiseau - made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles.

Described by one reviewer as 'like getting stabbed in the head', the $6 million film earned a grand total of $1,800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. Over a decade later, The Room is an international cult phenomenon whose legions of fans attend screenings featuring costumes, audience rituals, merchandising, and thousands of plastic spoons.

In The Disaster Artist, Greg Sestero, Tommy's costar, recounts the film's bizarre journey to infamy, explaining how the movie's many nonsensical scenes and bits of dialogue came to be and unravelling the mystery of Tommy Wiseau himself. But more than just a riotously funny story about cinematic hubris, The Disaster Artist is an honest and warm testament to friendship.

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Chances are you’re familiar with 2003’s The Room, a film that’s been dubbed the worst movie ever made — and a bona fide cult phenomenon. Originally pitched as a serious drama about a love triangle, this warped brainchild written, produced by and starring the enigma Tommy Wiseau, instead became known for its plot inconsistencies and terrible acting.

The Disaster Artist, written and narrated by none other than Greg Sestero, who portrayed Mark in the film, takes a fast-paced and hilarious behind-the-scenes look into the film's bizarre journey to infamy. While it’s hard not to laugh out loud at this recounting of this unique roller coaster journey, this listen is above all an honest and warm testament to friendship. Whether you’re a fan of The Room or the star-studded 2017 adaptation of The Disaster Artist, this is one audiobook you won’t want to pause.
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Greg Sestero does such an amazing reading of his tell-all book. Punctuated by a spot-on Tommy Wiseau Impression, he puts you through the journey, really his journey, in meeting this strange, long haired creature who would one day create such an infamous piece of cinema, and bring him along with it. The book goes back and forth from the early life of Greg chasing his actor dream to being on the set of the film which would one day bring him stardom, which balances it out nicely. He does not answer every question that a normal viewer might get from watching the film, or hell, even the questions from an obsessed fan, as the book would need to be a bible to do that, but it answers and keeps hidden enough things to keep the audience satisfied with the feeling of not knowing. If you wanted to read the book, hearing Greg do the Tommy impression should be enough for you to listen to this instead. Had a great time listening and would highly recommend!

The Wiseau Impression is worth it alone!

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Through this book Greg Sestero gives us a more closer look to Tommy Wiseau, allows us to see how conflict and disastrous, yet somehow inspiring the man is, and in the process makes us feel sorry about him. Greg is definitely a talented writer, but to my surprise he also did a fantastic job narrating his own book, with his on point imitation of Tommy’s accent. I think he did a better job in that regard than James Franco did. Also reading this book makes me have a hard time seeing the movie version since it lacks a whole lot of details and it seemed so rushed. Moreover, Dave France just missed the whole point of Greg’s attitude towards Tommy.
In general this is the best book I’ve read and listened to for recent years. Well done Greg Sestero.

Greg Sestero’s narration nailed it

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If you can get past the amateur feeling of Sestero’s writing then this story is funny, engaging and deeply satisfying.
One of my favourite books in recent times.

Clunky writing but fantastic story

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