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She was paid $2 million for her two-scene role.
Oh, and Elizabeth Montgomery was apparently considered to play Pearl Slaghoople first from what I hear.
Oh, and Elizabeth Montgomery was apparently considered to play Pearl Slaghoople first from what I hear.
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Elizabeth Montgomery was a superb actress. That would have been great!
I've finally watched this. I picked up on something intersting in the aftercredits. Apparently one of Elizabeth's grandsons was involved being an executive producer. I think it was one of Liza's sons. That means that the documentary had her family's blessing of sorts and therefore could use some photos and voice recordings that we had not seen before.Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes. I watched it on Max. Most of the audio as it suggests is with a prospective? biographer. Lot’s of great footage.
Variety review from yesterday by Owen Glieberman:
‘Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes’ Review: Nanette Burstein’s HBO Documentary Reveals How Elizabeth Taylor’s Life Became a Parable
It's built around recordings of interviews Taylor did starting in 1964, and she speaks with a casual candor that's never short of revealing.variety.com
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I watched the doc finally, and it didn´t add up much to what I already knew from the biographies and other docs. Probably, the most interesting thing is listening to her opinions from her own voice, seeing how self-deprecating she was as a person and as an actress most times, and how her personal life influenced on her career systematically.
It´s a bit disappointing that they don´t show any meaningful recent interview besides her recording, and how shameless the producers and editors are for using docs from YouTube. Come on, I can do that too!
All in all, she comes across as an honest human being who didn´t deny the wrong side of her character and her life. Surprised of how little they talk about Rock Hudson and her fundraising for aids research. This doc is so much better than the trashy one they released not long ago about Rock Hudson, with all the old queens spilling the beans on his intimacies. Shame shame shame.
It´s a bit disappointing that they don´t show any meaningful recent interview besides her recording, and how shameless the producers and editors are for using docs from YouTube. Come on, I can do that too!
All in all, she comes across as an honest human being who didn´t deny the wrong side of her character and her life. Surprised of how little they talk about Rock Hudson and her fundraising for aids research. This doc is so much better than the trashy one they released not long ago about Rock Hudson, with all the old queens spilling the beans on his intimacies. Shame shame shame.
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14 years gone today...
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I was literally fixing to come to this Elizabeth Taylor thread and post this.
I remember watching LIZ & DICK when it was new on Lifetime. When Taylor passed, I collected every magazine I could that spoke of her death or celebrated her life.
The LIZ & DICK movie was terrible. Even as a fifteen-year-old, I knew the movie was trash, and not even the campy, so-bad-it's-good trash. It's just trash.
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Ida Lupino -- a Libra Rising/Moon in Scorpio like Elizabeth Taylor (different Sun signs).
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Another Taylor documentary (it seems chopped off at the very end):
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This profile made 2 really great videos about Taylor's fascinating, final few years as a leading lady, the so called camp years or as he calls it, the Lizsploitation era during which she made some very unique, borderline arthouse movies which deserve more recognition. I wrote before about this period and how interesting it is but this guy really nails it. BTW, I really want to see The Driver's Seat, never heard of it but looks fab.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
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I've never seen this. Honestly, until I went and skimmed through this thread, I had never even heard of it.Now, TAP ROOTS was similar to GWTW...
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Happy 94th Birthday, Elizabeth Taylor!
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Almost a perfect beauty, it's true.
And that's why she became, essentially, the biggest star in Hollywood history -- her looks, blended with intelligence, a snarky warmth which humanized her, and a certain instinctive talent and sense of timing (one that knew to turn just a little crass as the '60s set sale. As too much "class" and good taste squelches media stardom).
I've only seen the trailer so far, but I tend to kind of hate recent documentaries -- especially ones about women; the commentary (and, in particular, from younger guests -- usually women -- who have no sense of historical context) gushing shallowly about the subject (e.g., "she knew her worth!", "she liberated women!!") in full vocal fry.
Because they have no idea what else to say.
It's really trivializing of the topic.
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It's true that any documentary that is made is affected by the time era it's produced and it can be tricky when dealing with a person who lived in another time.
But I think that what made the documentary worth watching was that it had new interviews with some members of Elizabeth's family. Like her son Christopher Wilding, her granddaughter Naomi Wilding, her former step-son Todd Fisher and former daughter-in-law Aileen Getty. They are not really talking about Elizabeth the movie star. They are talking about Elizabeth the mother, the grandmother, the activist etc.
But I think that what made the documentary worth watching was that it had new interviews with some members of Elizabeth's family. Like her son Christopher Wilding, her granddaughter Naomi Wilding, her former step-son Todd Fisher and former daughter-in-law Aileen Getty. They are not really talking about Elizabeth the movie star. They are talking about Elizabeth the mother, the grandmother, the activist etc.