Titled Burton and Taylor, the 90-minute drama will air on BBC Four later this year. The story centres around the volatile ex-lovers' ill-fated appearance in a 1983 revival of Noel Coward's stage play Private Lives. Source: Digital Spy
I hope that this is great, for HBC's sake.
Can HBC live up to LiLo's portrayal, that is the question.
Nobody can touch Lindsay's portrayal of Elizabeth Taylor!
"Now my life is sweet like cinnamon..."
The shadow it casts shall reach across the pond and haunt Helly Bonham's portrayal deeply - I don't know how she will cope with the pressure!
Apparently from the director who's making Effie with Emma Thompson, Dakota Fanning, Julie Walters, and Claudia Cardinale.
West & Carter are both (counting TV) recent Bafta winners. I dunno how many are interested in the life of Taylor past her prime though.
Ang Lee - The only 2x Bafta/DGA/Oscar-Winning Director!
Meryl on Oscars: Y’see these little babies? These are my best f***ing friends
and they never let me down. Try to get ‘em away from me and I’ll eat you alive.
For a second, I thought you said from the director who made Effie with Jennifer Hudson, but then realized I was thinking of Winnie, that biopic that never came out in the US.Originally Posted by jjj
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I think this sounds great. HBC gets so few actually good normal roles these days.
The man who leaves and the man who comes back are not the same.
It's hard to say what is worse: Lifetime or BBC FOUR.
You can do it, Naomi! You're...
ONLY 10 EASY STEPS AWAY FROM OSCAR!
1.) Bankrupt small, independent distributor via massive Oscar campaign. Failing that, proceed to...
2.) Cash in King Kong residual checks to pay for FYC advertisements from Kinko's.
3.) To avoid getting sent straight to VOD, attach entire film as a "trailer" to another film people actually want to see. And then...
4.) Try to do it Lahti-style and win Academy Award for Best Short Film.
5.) Avoid telling a story that everyone already knows by adding exciting details and/or gratuitous editing.
6. Carefully and patiently weather the wrath of film critics/the royal family/the tabloids/Diana-maniacs for trying to add said details. (Good luck!)
7. Find all of the boxes with "August: Osage County" screeners and slip in self-made cam bootleg from premiere screening at Lowes...the hardware store.
(Not Loews, the movie theater -- too expensive!)
8. Trick octogenarian Oscar voters into thinking that you are, in fact, a real princess. (Hey, it worked on Eva Marie Saint!)
9. On Oscar night, have camera crews come to Nicole's house, Joan Crawford-style, so you can win and keep your day job.
10. OSCAR!
If there's one thing Liz Taylor wasn't, it's normal.
I just want to know when Helena is going to play Bette Davis. Like, it's so obvious.
Was Liz Tay drunk?
"Now my life is sweet like cinnamon..."
GLAAdiator!
This will never not be the most glorious awards show moment ever. (Also, Sunshine??)
Terrible casting
I love Bonham Carter but she is miscast here
However, I'd love to see this:
I just want to know when Helena is going to play Bette Davis. Like, it's so obvious.
I can´t picture Helena as Liz, but who knows. Even Zeta Jones looks like a better choice. Dominic West is handsome and brave enough to play Dick.
First pictures from the set:
This cannot end well.
Elena
I'm glad Dominic West has another big role.
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