Brutally honest and utterly compelling, elaine stritch. Remembering elaine stritch formidable, fun and candid. Shoot me, in theaters nowit will make you laugh, cry, and definitely step up your style game. Please check out the trailer for chiemi karasawas brilliant new documentary, elaine stritch. Yet even the uninitiated may find it hard to look away from elaine stritch. Shoot me 20 bravura abounds in this portrait of one of broadways brassiest stars. Now in her late 80s, broadway legend elaine stritch remains as ferociously funny as ever.
Capturing a broadway legend on film bostonia bu alumni. Elaine stritch arrives on the red carpet at elaine stritch. At 87, broadway legend elaine stritch remains indisputably in the spotlight. Elaine stritch was a largerthanlife figure on and off of broadway, combining a renowned stage act with amusing appearances on nbcs 30 rock,i and a persona best described as candid to a fault. She had sass, she had style, and she made a lot of people happy along the way. Com alums documentary shows why elaine stritch was one of a kind. Shoot me is a ferocious, funny and poignant portrait of the oneofakind broadway legend as she reaches her 87th year. The shoot me dvd is a very interesting, funny, moving and very candid film following ms stritch as she rehearsed and performed in her last last us concerts and at the cafe carlyle. Shoot me doesnt make 2015 oscars short list the documentary wont be nominated for an academy award. The 89yearold, tony awardwinning broadway star is the subject of a new documentary, elaine stritch.
The film looks back over her career and her personal life with tributes from friends and people she has worked with. Elaine stritch, the legendary broadway star, gets the reality tv treatment in elaine stritch. Upijohn angelillo elaine stritch opening night of the broadway production of tom stoppards arcadia at the ethel barrymore theatre arrivals. Stritch, who appeared on the morning show to chat about the documentary elaine stritch. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Shoot me, which follows the then87yearold actress as she prepares a musical revue, copes with. With interviews from tina fey, nathan lane, hal prince and others, elaine stritch. With the authenticity of a woman of striking wisdom, stritch agreed to be the focus of this piercing documentary by chieme karasawa, elaine stritch. Shoot me is a 20 documentary film directed by chiemi karasawa about the life and career of elaine stritch. Shoot me was filmed over a fairly lengthy period nearly a year and a half, from february 2011 to july 2012.
Elaine stritch told her own story, on stage and in a version filmed for hbo, with the acclaimed, at liberty. Pertunjukan itu diluar dugaan mendapatkan sambutan positif dari banyak kalangan masyarakat. Alec baldwin and broadway producer cheryl wiesenfeld served as executive producers on the film. Elaine stritch on life, sex and death the last word the new york times. In this bold, hilarious and poignant portrait, the uncompromising tony and emmy awardwinner is revealed both on and off stage. Elaine stritch illustrates this well in her documentary shoot me, filmed when she was 86 years old. Shoot me followed stritch, by then a weathered old woman battling diabetes, as she looked back on a storied career filled with. Suatu hari elaine melakukan pertunjukan kabaret pertamanya di gedung teater. Download audiobooks narrated by elaine stritch to your device.
Shoot me is a documentary about the celebrated broadway singer and actress filmed. Whether dominating the stage, tormenting alec baldwin on the set of 30 rock, or sharing her struggles with aging, diabetes and alcoholism, elaine stritch. Not rated 1h 21min documentary 22 october 2015 denmark. Elaine stritch on life, sex and death the last word. Elaine merupakan seorang seniman pertunjukan yang mendominasi panggung kabaret.
A portrait of a veteran entertainer she turned 89 last month by an artist in the infancy of her career, shoot me isnt a standard issue celebrity biopic any more than stritch is a standard issue celebrity. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing elaine stritch. Diabetes television 30 rock colleen donaghy 200712 one life to live wilma bern 1993 the cosby show mrs. One comes away with the sense that elaine stritch wants more than anything for the show to go on, while knowing better than anyone that her final bow cant be far off. Shoot me dvd special interestdocumentary 030306936994. Reviewed in the united states on february 22, 2015. English us espanol portugues brasil francais france deutsch. She is elaine stritch who has even appeared on hbo as a judge on an episode of oz in 1998 and a previous stage show called elaine stritch at.
We are given a look into the woman elaine stritch and not just the actress, singer, star elaine stritch. Elaine stritch died yesterday, leaving the words of her favorite song, im still here, ringing in our ears. Documentary reveals a different side of elaine stritch. She glowed with the radiance of a performer who loved what she did, and she lived life to the fullest, without apology. A stritch in time this documentary about a broadway legend is a testimony to a salty, sharp, direct performer who. Shoot me joins a growing group of what one might call lionessinwinter documentaries. For an elder, few things are as symbolic of the loss of freedom as the phrase giving up the car keys. A fantastic little documentary on this bigger than life broadway and cinema star. We have another video we can offer in this post and it is a look at an upcoming documentary about one of the acclaimed and adored salty dames in the entertainment field.
Anyone with even a passing familiarity with the irrepressible personality of broadway legend elaine stritch will be unsurprised to find her caustic wit and roomcommanding charisma frontandcenter in chiemi karasawas elaine stritch. Shoot me is a cautionary tale about meeting ones hero lest they tell you about the time they had their first orgasm, while acting in whos afraid of virginia woolf. Chiemi karasawas documentary alludes to stritch, now 89, being a pain in the ass. Iris apfel and 3 other heroines we want to hang out with. Documentary reveals a different side of elaine stritch elaine stritch. I am a big fan of elaine stritchs and preordered this documentary.
February 21, 2014 now in her late 80s, broadway legend elaine stritch remains as ferociously funny as ever. Elaine stritch february 2, 1925 july 17, 2014 was an american actress and singer, known for her work on broadway. Elaine stritch, tina fey, alec baldwin, chiemi karasawa. Mcgee 198990 the ellen burstyn show sydney brewer 198687 the edge of night mrs. Elaine stritch on the new documentary elaine stritch.
To me, she always seemed like just a loud, snarling, cranky old drunk who demanded you let her get her way and that you admire her creepily well preserved legs. Reviewed in the united states on november 15, 2015. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature films and television series. Details include the date it was added to netflix in the usa, any known expiry dates and new episodesseasons, the ratings and cast etc. While karasawa gives her space to revisit career highpoints, the films primary focus is on what its like, having spent ones. The actress reads from a woody allen letter saying he wants. For more than six decades, the tony and emmy awardwinning performer has been in the spotlight on the stage and screen. A brash, incorrigible scenestealer who led a six decade career that had many highs and lows, veteran elaine stritch certainly lived up to the. Karasawa would typically meet with stritch accompanied solely by a single cameraman, with no boom operator interfering with the stars activities or comfort. Elaine stritch tina fey alec baldwin cherry jones nathan lane. There is no one quite like elaine stritch, who is captured in a film biography as she prepares a cabaret show of sondheim songs. Shoot me 20 music department twos company 19751979 all filmography. So many of my theater queen friends would loudly insist shes a hoot. In a rare and revealing interview, elaine stritch, the legendary star of company, sail away, and a delicate balance, looks back on her fifty year.
For stritch devotees and you cant breathe in a new york theater or cabaret haunt without knocking into a clump of them shoot me makes a lovely companion piece to elaine stritch at. Shoot me, which, as the title playfully suggests, conveys not only the octogenarian performers sardonic. Dayinthelife portraits of odd and colorful lifelong entertainersjoan rivers and fran. Take a peek at the most downloaded documentaries of 2015. She talks about herself as the old woman she is or rather was and she talks about herself as the young and beautiful up and coming actressstar. Then in 2002 i saw ms stritch live in her one woman show at liberty in london and ive been a fan ever since. Shoot me reaches beyond the icons brassy exterior and reveals an inspiring portrait of a complex woman and artist. Capturing a broadway legend on film com alums documentary shows why elaine stritch is one of a kind for filmmaker chiemi karasawa, the documentary elaine stritch. Karasawa and crew began following stritch in 2011, she was 86 at the time.
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