Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (2001)

A portrait of the 30 year relationship between Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. With comments by their friends and family.

Stars:

Ian McKellen, Renée Asherson, Alan Bates

Cast

Credited cast:
Ian McKellen	...	Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Renée Asherson	...	Herself
Alan Bates	...	(archive footage)
Michael Blakemore	...	Himself
Rand Brooks	...	Himself
Judy Campbell	...	Herself
Jack Cardiff	...	Himself
Colin Clark	...	Himself - Interviewee
Yolande Donlan	...	Herself - Interviewee
Elaine Dundy	...	Herself
Trader Faulkner	...	Himself
Victor Fleming	...	Himself (archive footage)
Michael Gambon	...	Himself
Rosemary Geddes	...	Herself
Peter Hall	...	Himself - Interviewee

Storyline

A portrait of the 30 year relationship between Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. With comments by their friends and family.

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Plot Keywords:

actress | actor | character name in title

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 2001 (UK)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Black and White Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Quotes

Vivien Leigh: What an awkward question to answer, it depends who thinks I am, I don't think I am beautiful.

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Connections

Features Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

User Reviews

A Wonderful Documentary on Vivien Leigh

This powerful documentary goes through the relationship with Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier.

It starts off with Vivien and Larry's child hood and how they both met and basically their life. It shows how selfish and self-obsorbed Laurence Olivier was and how Vivien battled manic depression.

It's defentlty the best documentary I've ever seen. It also has comments from Kim Hunter, Charlton Hetson, Evelyn Keyes and John Mills.