Elizabeth Taylor — Actor (72)

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Elizabeth Taylor - Rebel Superstar (2024)
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other title: Elizabeth Taylor: la superestrella rebelde
A deep dive into Elizabeth Taylor's craft and technique as an actor – one who mesmerized cinemagoers, but also changed the relationship between audiences and stars – while going on to spotlight her work becoming a billion-dollar businesswoman, activist and advocate.

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The Big Sur (1965)
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This MGM short film narrated by Richard Burton promotes its upcoming major release "The Sandpiper" (1965), starring Burton and his then wife Elizabeth Taylor. Panoramic shots of the ocean, the seashore, and the desert segue into the artistic community with various of its well-known artists at work and play. It all leads to clips from the film being made.

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Malice in Wonderland (1985)
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other title: Verrücktes Hollywood
Struggling actress Hedda Hopper can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintence of hers is the extremely powerful gossip monger Louella Parsons - maker and breaker of careers (and lives) through her daily syndicated newspaper column. The big movie moguls, fed up with Parson's power over their stars, decide to de-claw her by setting up gossip Hopper as a competitor in the rumour industry. What they couldn't forsee was that Hopper would become as big as Parsons -- and every bit as much of a pain. Based on the true life stories of two of the most powerful (and arguably dangerous) women of Hollywood's hay-day.

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Beau Brummell (1954)
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other title: 호걸 브롬멜 / Beau Brummell – Rebell und Verführer …
Captain George Bryan Brummell is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dress. Although he initially alienates the Prince of Wales with insulting comments about the prince's uniform designs, he eventually becomes his close confidant. Brummel also falls in love with the beautiful Lady Patricia Belham. However, his outspoken manner eventually leads to his being exiled to France.

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Ash Wednesday (1973)
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other title: 圣灰星期三 / 春回情断 …
Barbara gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark, but he doesn't seem interested in meeting her. She checks in to a ski resort to wait for Mark, and begins getting attention from young men. Her daughter tries to warn her that even though she has had the surgery it might be too late for her marriage, but she clings to the hope that Mark will come back once he sees her new look. Meanwhile, she must decide whether or not have an affair with a young man she's met.

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Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024)
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纳内特·波斯特恩 actor: 伊丽莎白·泰勒 / 罗迪·麦克道尔 …
other title: 伊丽莎白·泰勒:遗失的录音带
纪录片提供了对好莱坞典型明星伊丽莎白·泰勒生活的前所未有的探索。通过对泰勒个人档案的非凡访问以及七十小时新发现的亲密音频,这些坦诚的对话揭示了这位电影界持久偶像的多层面,展现了一个与公众形象格格不入、渴望尊重和自主的女性。影片摒弃了传统的访谈形式,让伊丽莎白的声音来讲述她的故事,挑战观众重新审视泰勒的遗产,不仅将她呈现为电影偶像,更展示她作为一名先行者,利用自己的明星身份从事人道主义事业,在世界上产生了真正的影响。

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All About Yves Montand (2021)
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Yves Jeuland actor: 伊夫·蒙当 / 伊夫·热兰 …
other title: 我们的蒙当 / Montand est à nous
Yves Montand would have been 100-years-old in 2021. A journey through the 20th century by the son of an Italian immigrant who reached the peak of his art and popularity. The song, the cinema, the commitments, a film all in archives.

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Identikit (1974)
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other title: La masoquista / 全体一致
Lise, a mentally unbalanced middle-aged woman, travels from her home in Hamburg, Germany to Rome, Italy where she embarks on a fatal destiny that she had helped to arrange for herself – a premeditated search for someone, anyone, with whom she could form a dangerous liaison. Lise meets a variety of people during her journey and stay in Rome who include Bill, a lecherous British businessman that she meets on the plane to Rome who tries to seduce her; Carlo, a young man whom Lise tries to know more about; an elderly Englishwoman named Mrs. Fiedke whom Lise bonds with to go shopping; and Pierre, a Frenchman who picks up Lise hoping to seduce her as well. The film is told in a non-linear narrative as throughout the film are scenes of the local Rome police interviewing all the people that Lise interacted with as well as investigating the reasons for her strange behavior that led up to her own murder.