Jan-Michael Vincent

<p>With his chiseled features effortless screen presence otherworldly vitality striking blue eyes Jan-Michael Vincent seemed destined for superstardom.  However the real Jan-Michael Vincent was a reluctant sex symbol plagued by doubt and low self-confidence a perpetual misfit doomed to alcoholism.</p><p>Jan-Michael Vincent: Edge of Greatness covers Vincent’s entire life beginning in his hometown of Hanford California and details the difference between Jan Vincent a shy small town boy and Jan-Michael Vincent Hollywood’s golden boy who was thought to be the next James Dean in the early to mid-1970s a period in which Vincent delivered memorable performances in films such as Buster and Billie The Mechanic Tribes and The World’s Greatest Athlete.</p><p>Featuring interviews with Vincent’s childhood classmates and friends as well as his former Hollywood colleagues including Donald P. Bellisario Alex Cord and Robert Englund Jan-Michael Vincent: Edge of Greatness reveals an eternal man-child whose career and life symbolize the tragedy of unfulfilled potential.</p><p>David Grove is an author film journalist historian and produced screenwriter.  He is the author of the books Fantastic 4: The Making of the Movie Jamie Lee Curtis: Scream Queen Making Friday the 13th and On Location in Blairstown: The Making of Friday the 13th.  He lives in British Columbia Canada.</p>