Liz & Dick (TV 2012)

On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood's most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world's greatest actors, Richard Burton - and she didn't leave. Their subsequent... See full summary »

Director:

Lloyd Kramer

Writer:

Christopher Monger

Stars:

Lindsay Lohan, Grant Bowler, Theresa Russell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lindsay Lohan	...	Elizabeth Taylor
Grant Bowler	...	Richard Burton
Theresa Russell	...	Sara Taylor
David Hunt	...	Ifor Jenkins
Bruce Nozick	...	Bernard
Tanya Franks	...	Sybil Burton
Andy Hirsch	...	Eddie Fisher
Charles Shaughnessy	...	Anthony Asquith
David Eigenberg	...	Ernest Lehman
Creed Bratton	...	Darryl Zanuck
Henry Hereford	...	Martin -Dorchester Manager
Taylor Ann Thompson	...	Kate Burton at 10
Trevor Thompson	...	Christopher Wilding at 7
Brian Howe	...	Joseph Mankiewicz
Eyal Podell	...	Henry Wynberg

Storyline

On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood's most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world's greatest actors, Richard Burton - and she didn't leave. Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise to the paparazzi and they became the most hunted and photographed couple on earth. Their rocky, passionate, relationship, born in front of the cameras, was subsequently captured in a series of films, including The V.I.P.s and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The last of the great, extravagant stars, flaunting diamonds, yachts and private planes, they continually seized the headlines. They even divorced and married again - only to divorce again - but remain in each other's hearts. This Elizabeth Taylor - Richard Burton story is a no-holds barred account of their undying, but impossible love.

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Plot Keywords:

elizabeth taylor | love | divorce | yacht | affair | 

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Taglines:

Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Lifetime [us] Wikipedia [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 November 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Larry A. Thompson Productions, Silver Screen Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although the film tells a story of over three decades, it was shot in 20 days. Grant Bowler, who plays Richard Burton stated "Everything was period, wigged, for both of us, so it was long days. Lindsay came at it with absolutely everything she had and so did I."

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Goofs

While listening to a live radio broadcast of the 1967 Oscars awards the year Taylor and Burton were nominated for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, a woman announces Elizabeth Taylor as Best Actress, followed by a man who announces Best Actor as Paul Scofield. In reality, the Best Actor winner was announced first--by previous year's Best Actress winner Julie Christie, while Taylor's victory was announced immediately afterward by previous year's Best Oscar nominee Lee Marvin.

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Quotes

Elizabeth Taylor: I'm bored. I'm so bored!

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.111 (2013)

User Reviews

It would be better with her voice filtered out

As has been noted, Bowler evokes Burton with his voice. He has studied him, has it down. Lohan does not sound like Taylor at all, does not bring anything that remotely captures the essence of the woman to this film pairing. She just careens through her lines as if a superficial physical resemblance was all that mattered. And her inability to evoke Elizabeth is a constant irritant. There is nothing in this performance that gives a clue as to why they were attracted to one another...or if they really were. I kept listening for a resemblance in the voice, in the bearing..it just was not there. I found myself thinking at one point that Michael Jackson could have done a better job, as he sure had studied the woman. Painful.