Official Trailer for Celeb Documentary ‘Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes’
by Alex Billington
July 22, 2024
Source: YouTube
“I don’t like fame. I don’t like the belong to the public.” HBO has revealed the trailer for a documentary film about the Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor. This originally premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, and recently screened at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. With newly unearthed interviews, Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes, reveals the complex inner life and vulnerability of the Hollywood actress. She is a woman who defied the era’s expectations, ultimately found peace within herself, and cemented her legacy by turning the tables on her own fame and becoming a fierce activist and advocate for the LGBTQ community. In 1964, at the height of her fame, Elizabeth Taylor sat down with journalist Richard Meryman for a candid, extensive interview. Drawing from all 40 hours of the newly unearthed audio interviews and extraordinary access to personal photos, home movies, interviews, and news footage, illustrated with clips from the iconic roles that mirror her real-life challenges & triumphs, The Lost Tapes documentary provides the most intimate portrait of the actress to date. I’m glad that we get to hear her tell her own story this way.
Official trailer (+ poster) for Nanette Burstein’s doc Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes, from YouTube:
It allows Elizabeth Taylor’s own voice to narrate her story, inviting us to rediscover not just a mega star of Hollywood’s Golden Age but a complex woman who navigated lifelong fame, personal identity, and public scrutiny on a global stage from an early childhood. Through newly recovered audio interviews with Taylor and unprecedented access to the movie star’s personal archive, the film reveals the complex inner life and vulnerability of the Hollywood legend while also challenging audiences to recontextualize her achievements and her legacy. Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes is directed by the American doc filmmaker Nanette Burstein, director of the films On the Ropes, The Kid Stays in the Picture, American Teen, Going the Distance, and Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee previously, plus the series “Hillary” & “Killer Sally” most recently. It’s produced by J.J. Abrams, Sean Stuart, Glen Zipper, Bill Gerber, and Rachel Rusch Rich. Made by Zipper Bros, Gerber Pictures, Sutter Road Picture Company, and Bad Robot, in association with House of Taylor. This initially premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. HBO will debut Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes streaming on Max starting August 3rd, 2024 coming soon. Who wants to watch?
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