The Mystery of Natalie Wood (TV 2004)

Uses accounts from family, friends, and acquaintances to tell the story of Natalie Wood and how she started young, acting in the spotlight, making the transition from a childhood actress to... See full summary »

Director:

Peter Bogdanovich

Writers:

Suzanne Finstad (book), Warren G. Harris (book),

Stars:

Justine Waddell, Michael Weatherly, Matthew Settle

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Justine Waddell	...	Natalie Wood
Michael Weatherly	...	Robert Wagner
Matthew Settle	...	Warren Beatty
Colin Friels	...	Nick Gurdin
Elizabeth Rice	...	Teenage Natalie Wood
Grace Fulton	...	Young natalie wood
Robert Taylor	...	Nicholas Ray
Alice Krige	...	Maria Gurdin
Malcolm Kennard	...	Christopher Walken
Christopher Pate	...	Elia Kazan
John Noble	...	Irving Pichel, Director
Barry Langrishe	...	Jack Warner
Steven Vidler	...	Richard Gregson
Sophie Monk	...	Marilyn Monroe
Nathalie Roy	...	Lana Wood

Storyline

Uses accounts from family, friends, and acquaintances to tell the story of Natalie Wood and how she started young, acting in the spotlight, making the transition from a childhood actress to serious actress, dating the top names in Hollywood, her life and marriage to her husband, Robert Wagner,and her biggest fear that ended up being the cause of her death.

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Plot Keywords:

actress | childhood | hollywood | marriage | car accident | 

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Taglines:

From child star to Hollywood legend.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

ABC

Country:

Australia USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 March 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Looking for Natalie Wood

Filming Locations:

Fox Studios, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cypress Point Productions, Von Zerneck Sertner Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

172 min 180 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Michael Weatherly' plays Robert Wagner in this movie; Robert Wagner later played Michael Weatherly's father in an episode of NCIS: Flesh and Blood.

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Goofs

"Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard can be heard playing at Natalie's 15th birthday party. However, this is set in 1953 and the song did not come out until 1956, three years later.

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Soundtracks

"Walk Right In"
Performed by Scottie Haskell, Dick Williams, Randy Crenshaw

User Reviews

should've been much better

I can't believe that this is a (TV) movie made by Peter Bogdanovich whom I admire for his delicious "Cat's Meow", "The Last Picture Show", "Paper Moon" and not to forget the medicore but joyable "The Thing Called Love". Natalie Wood's life and stories - I believe has to be much better than it. Especially, in Bogdanovich's hand, and the good choice actress : Justine Waddell, who's surprisingly playing Natalie so well, and also very very much look alike. To be honest, Waddell is the only thing that's good in this TV movie. (And I really hope she can find another good role for her talent and beauty).

while the rest of the cast are not so good, (maybe Alice Kridge's not that bad for her role of the crazy ambitious mother from hell, though) and they made this worse. I can't even really find the "Joan Collins" and much different Christopher Walken (not after the famous scene came out) , the one who plays James Dean also looked so different and can't capture Dean's spirit.

the plot also should've been better than it. Anyway, it's still pretty enjoyable to watch, but I still hope if only it's better than this.