Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
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2024 | Not Rated |104 min | Documentary | DCP
Celebrating Liza Minnelli
Featuring Q&A with director Bruce David Klein
Bruce David Klein’s documentary is a star-studded that tribute brings into focus the dazzling, complex period of Minnelli’s life starting in the 1970s, just after the tragic death of her mother Judy Garland—as she confronts a range of personal and professional challenges on the way to becoming a bona fide legend. Over these years, Liza seeks out extraordinary mentors: Kay Thompson, Fred Ebb, Charles Aznavour, Halston, and Bob Fosse. With insightful participation from a coterie of colleagues such as Michael Feinstein, Mia Farrow, Ben Vereen, Joel Grey and the late Chita Rivera, along with the revelatory participation by the star herself, the film illuminates the contradiction of Liza Minnelli: her privilege and struggle, strength and vulnerability, unreal expectations and towering talent – the friction of which fueled her stunning rise, resilience and her enduring place as one of the greatest, most original performers in the history of entertainment. Klein is a prolific producer, director, and writer who produced the documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, about the failed original production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along.
Director: Bruce David Klein
Writers: Bruce David Klein