Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son
By Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevz and Hope Edelman
N.
York.- In this remarkable dual memoir, film legend Martin Sheen and
accomplished actor/filmmaker Emilio Estevez recount their lives as father and
son. In alternating chapters—and in voices that are as eloquent as they are
different—they tell stories spanning more than fifty years of family history,
and reflect on their journeys into two different kinds of faith.
At
twenty-one, still a struggling actor living hand to mouth, Martin and his wife,
Janet, welcomed their firstborn, Emilio, an experience of profound joy for the
young couple, who soon had three more children: Ramon, Charlie, and Renée.
As
Martin’s career moved from stage to screen, the family moved from New York City
to Malibu, while traveling together to film locations around the world, from
Mexico for Catch-22 to Colorado for Badlands to the Philippines
for the legendary Apocalypse Now shoot.
As the
firstborn, Emilio had a special relationship with Martin: They often mirrored
each other’s passions and sometimes clashed in their differences. After Martin
and Emilio traveled together to India for the movie Gandhi, each felt
the beginnings of a spiritual awakening that soon led Martin back to his
Catholic roots, and eventually led both men to Spain, from where Martin’s
father had emigrated to the United States.
Along
the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage path, Emilio directed Martin in their
acclaimed film, The Way, bringing three generations of Estevez men
together in the region of Spain where Martin’s father was born, and near where
Emilio’s own son had moved to marry and live.
Publication
Date: May 8, 2012
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