Breaking the surface is the story of one mans incredibly dysfunctional life. For the writer, vegan, and public speaker born 1966, see erik marcus. He is the founder and host of the making gay history podcast, which brings lgbt history to life through the voices of the people who lived it, and he is coproducer of those who were there. Breaking the surface signed by greg with eric marcus louganis and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It was released in 1996, became a new york times bestseller and was later made into a tv movie for the usa network with mario lopez starring as. Breaking the surface is about the tough times greg louganis had on his way to becoming one of the worlds top olympic divers. First of all, there is plenty of great acting on everyones part. So much so, that i actually took a couple of breaks while. In this unflinchingly honest autobiography, fourtime olympic gold medalist greg louganis, the. Breaking the surface greg louganis, eric marcus books. An incredibly candid and engaging autobiography from a former olympian and one of the worlds best divers. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Greg louganis book, eric marcus book 1 more credit. Voices from the holocaust, a podcast drawn from the fortunoff video archive for.
It is the unflinchingly honest firstperson account of a man breaking free of a lifetime of silence and isolation. Louganis chronicles his winning of backtoback double gold medals at the 1984 summer olympics and 1988 summer olympics. It was released in 1996, became a new york times bestseller and was later made into a tv movie for the usa network with mario lopez. Breaking the surface greg louganis, eric marcus books tell you. Louganis recounted his story in 1996 in a bestselling autobiography, breaking the surface, cowritten with eric marcus. Louganis chronicled his life as one of the greatest olympic divers in history and coming out as an hivpositive gay man in his book breaking the surface which he cowrote with eric marcus. The interviews were in advance of the release of his autobiography breaking the surface cowritten with eric marcus, which detailed the struggles hed faced on his journey to gold medal glory. The greg louganis story, full movie full movie 1997.
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Breaking the surface by greg louganis and eric marcus. I feel like im being accepted as a whole person now, and love that so. In breaking the surface, louganis chronicled his winning of. The greg louganis story is a 1997 television film about diver greg louganis based on the bestselling book breaking the surface cowritten by greg louganis and eric marcus that stayed on top of the new york times best seller list for 5 weeks. His story was also documented in the 1996 showtime movie breaking the surface.
Eric marcus net worth 2018, biowiki celebrity net worth. The greg louganis story 1997 english cinema, trailer, video clips, breaking the surface. Greg louganis feature biopic in development at arya. Breaking the surface by greg louganis with eric marcus. Making gay history in the classroom making gay history is a podcast that brings queer history to life through the voices of the people who lived it. We present the full release of this book in epub, doc, pdf, djvu, txt formats. In the book, louganis detailed a relationship of domestic abuse and rape as well as teenage depression, and how he began smoking and drinking at a young age. The book spent five weeks at number one on the new york times best seller list louganis chronicles his winning of backtoback double gold medals at the 1984 summer olympics and 1988 summer olympics, and his selfdoubt and lack of confidence that held him back personally and.
This was steven hilliard sterns final directed film before dying in 2018. Unfortunately, until recently gregs personal life was a serious mess. If you are searching for the ebook breaking the surface by greg louganis, eric marcus in pdf format, in that case you come on to the correct site. A full recap of the days events in covid19 news across canada. Some topics discussed were gregs childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the hiv virus. The greg louganis story tv movie 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Breaking the surface is about the tough times greg louganis had on his way to. Breaking the surface is a bestselling book by greg louganis, cowritten with eric marcus published in 1996. Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the wikipedia article. He recounted his story in a bestselling book breaking the surface cowritten with eric marcus. Breaking the surface louganis, greg, marcus, eric on. Eric marcus born november 12, 1958, new york city is an american journalist, podcast producer, and nonfiction writer. Eric marcus born november 12, 1958, new york city is an american nonfiction writer. Greg louganis and arya worldwide entertainment developing. Breaking the surface and 8 related entities entities finder. Eric marcus is known for his work on stonewall uprising 2010, breaking the surface. Mario lopez, michael murphy, rosemary dunsmore, jeffrey meek, megan leitch, jonathan scarfe, fulvio cecere.
Breaking the surface the greg louganis story and 3 related. Inside out postpones lgbtq film festival, sets new dates. At the ons 2014 in stavanger, lundin norway used the exhibition to showcase the concept breaking the surface, an installation that is not only to be seen, but experienced. The greg louganis story with mario lopez playing the lead and louganis narrating. Buying, selling, collecting on ebay has never been more exciting. Freed from the secrets hed carried through his life, greg pursued his other great loves animals and acting. I feel like im being accepted as a whole person now, and love that so much of. Breaking the surface book by eric marcus and greg louganis. It was released in 1996, became a new york times bestseller and was later made into a tv movie for the usa. In this final excerpt from his book breaking the surface, louganis tells of that relationship and of the diagnosis they both received.
After coming to terms with his diagnosis, louganis collaborated with eric marcus to write his autobiography breaking the surface, which spent five weeks at number one on the new york times bestseller list. The greg louganis story, 1997, directed by steven hilliard stern, with aki aleong, johanna wright, dean monroe mckenzie, at turner classic movies. How else to explain the abusive relationship with tom. Breaking the surface by greg with eric marcus louganis. After the 1984 olympics, i moved in with tom not his real name, whom id been seeing for about two years. You can reading by greg louganis, eric marcus online breaking the surface or load.