Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son

419 Pages·2012·9.5 MB·English

by  Martin Sheen

I
n 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.
With vivid, behind-the-scenes anecdotes of this multitalented father’s and son’s work
with other notable actors and directors, Along the Way is a striking, stirring, funny story—
a family saga that readers will recognize as universal in its rebellions and regrets,
aspirations and triumphs. Strikingly candid, searchingly honest, this heartfelt portrait
reveals two strong-minded, admirable men of many important roles, perhaps the greatest
of which are as fathers and sons.
MARTIN SHEEN
was born (and still is) Ramon Antonio Gerardo Estevez. Sheen is
perhaps best known for his unforgettable performances in Badlands, Apocalypse Now, and
Wall Street, and as President Josiah Bartlet on television’s The West Wing. A longtime
activist for social justice and human rights, he resides in Malibu, California, with Janet, his
wife of fifty years.
EMILIO ESTEVEZ
is known for his roles in The Outsiders, The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo’s
Fire, and The Mighty Ducks and as writer and director of The War at Home, Bobby, and The
Way, films with substantive social subjects. He is coproprietor of Casa Dumetz vineyards
in Malibu, with partner Sonja Magdevski, where they live.
HOPE EDELMAN
is the author of five prior nonfiction books, including the
international bestseller Motherless Daughters. She lives with her husband and two daughters
in Topanga Canyon, California.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sheen, Martin.
Along the way : the journey of a father and son / Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez; with Hope
Edelman.—1st Free Press hardcover ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
1. Sheen, Martin. 2. Estevez, Emilio, 1962– 3. Motion picture actors—United States—Biography. 4.
Fathers and sons—United States—Biography.
I. Estevez, Emilio, 1962– II. Edelman, Hope. III. Title.
PN2287.S3715A3 2012
791.4302’8092—dc23 2012001765
[B]
ISBN 978-1-4516-4368-8
ISBN 978-1-4516-4377-0 (ebook)
To Janet,
wife and mother,
and Ramon, Charlie, and Renée
CONTENTS
Prologue
St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France, September 2009: Emilio
Chapter 1: MARTIN, 1940–1959
Chapter 2: MARTIN, 1962–1968
Chapter 3: EMILIO, 1967–1969
Chapter 4: MARTIN, 1969
Chapter 5: EMILIO, 1970–1972
Outside Pamplona, Spain, September 2009: Martin
Chapter 6: EMILIO, 1972–1974
Chapter 7: MARTIN, 1973–1976
Chapter 8: MARTIN, 1976
Chapter 9: EMILIO, 1976
Chapter 10: MARTIN, 1976
Haro, Spain, October 2009: Emilio
Chapter 11: EMILIO, 1976–1977
Chapter 12: MARTIN, 1977–1979
Chapter 13: EMILIO, 1979–1980
Chapter 14: MARTIN, 1981
Chapter 15: EMILIO, 1981
Burgos, Spain, October 2009: Emilio
Chapter 16: MARTIN, 1981
Chapter 17: EMILIO, 1981–1983
Chapter 18: EMILIO, 1983–1987
Chapter 19: MARTIN, 1984–1989