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Tab Hunter Confidential

  • 20152015
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  • 1h 30m
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Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
The story of matinee idol Tab Hunter from teenage stable boy to closeted Hollywood star of the 1950s.
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The story of matinee idol Tab Hunter from teenage stable boy to closeted Hollywood star of the 1950s.The story of matinee idol Tab Hunter from teenage stable boy to closeted Hollywood star of the 1950s.The story of matinee idol Tab Hunter from teenage stable boy to closeted Hollywood star of the 1950s.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
3.4K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
39,710
9,914
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    • Director
      • Jeffrey Schwarz
    • Writers
      • Tab Hunter(based on the book written by)
      • Eddie Muller(based on the book written by)
    • Stars
      • Tab Hunter
      • Clint Eastwood
      • Paul Newman(archive footage)
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    • Director
      • Jeffrey Schwarz
    • Writers
      • Tab Hunter(based on the book written by)
      • Eddie Muller(based on the book written by)
    • Stars
      • Tab Hunter
      • Clint Eastwood
      • Paul Newman(archive footage)
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    • 25User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 3 nominations

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    Tab Hunter
    Tab Hunter
    • Self
    Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
    • Self
    Paul Newman
    Paul Newman
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Connie Stevens
    Connie Stevens
    • Self
    Portia de Rossi
    Portia de Rossi
    • Self
    Natalie Wood
    Natalie Wood
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Noah Wyle
    Noah Wyle
    • Self
    James Dean
    James Dean
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Robert Wagner
    Robert Wagner
    • Self
    Lainie Kazan
    Lainie Kazan
    • Self
    Debbie Reynolds
    Debbie Reynolds
    • Self
    Anthony Perkins
    Anthony Perkins
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Rock Hudson
    Rock Hudson
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    John Waters
    John Waters
    • Self
    George Takei
    George Takei
    • Self
    Liz Torres
    Liz Torres
    • Self
    Terry Moore
    Terry Moore
    • Self
    Gina Gallego
    Gina Gallego
    • Ninfa
    • (archive footage)
    • Director
      • Jeffrey Schwarz
    • Writers
      • Tab Hunter(based on the book written by)
      • Eddie Muller(based on the book written by)
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    • Trivia
      A reporter mentions that Tab Hunter's popularity was with the so-called "baby boomers"; however, the term refers to children born post war, including myself born in 1947 which would have made me nine years old at the height of his popularity. Actually, his fans were the post-depression/war babies who would have been teenagers in the middle 1950's.
    • Connections
      Features A Star Is Born (1937)
    • Soundtracks
      Don't Let It Get Around
      Written by Tab Hunter & Gwen Davis

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    7/10
    Old age brings comfort in a long view on talent
    Tab Hunter Confidential is based on the actor's 'tell-it-all' book. Don't expect a Hollywood version of 'Dorian Grey'; of a young drop-dead Adonis who, at 85, has lost his looks. Far from it, he may be an 'old man', but he has exercised his druthers throughout his life to let us into his closeted life.

    Today, we cannot imagine the Hollywood of the Eisenhower era, when young premiers like Hunter captured the hearts of millions of young girls (and boys).

    Director Jeffrey Schwarz has smartly recovered those days of the '50s through studio photographs, magazines and Hunter's films.

    Hunter had piercing blue eyes that held you as though against your will; his smile, his seemingly white perfect teeth sparkled, and his bare muscled chest aroused strange feelings of pleasure that in those days, if publicly expressed, would not garner approval.

    And what's more, Hunter plied his trade through hard work and an inner enthusiasm that made him a star. As his fellow actor Robert Wagner remarked he was a spark that caught fire, for his role in the film version of Leon Uris' bestseller 'Battle Cry'. In a way, his Danny Forrester commits adultery with an officer's wife, a no-no subject of those days, which to a moderate degree stepped on the Screen Code.

    He was under contract to Warner Brothers, and Jack Warner used all the studio's resources to bolster his career.

    Tab Hunter had talent as clips from Playhouse 90, a live television show, that proved he was a 90-day wonder, nor go against teenybopper idol type. Furthermore, he had a talent for song: his version of 'Young Love' (which Pat Boone also sang) stayed on the charts at number 1 got six weeks, knocking even Elvis off his pedestal.

    He had a short-lived television, that bombed for its mindlessness.

    But Hunter had a secret: he was a homosexual, when, homosexuality was, according to medical authority, a mental disease. Tightly locked in his closet, Warner Brothers publicity department did everything to project an image of him as a boy any mother would want for her daughter. Anything and everything was done to protect the studio's cash cow!

    For a good idea of 'gay' Hollywood way back then, it is worthwhile to see Bill Condon's 'Gods and Monsters'.

    The secret got out in the tabloids when he left his agent, and his career dried up when he bought himself out of his contract. As his career dried up, he was forced to take any role he could in very bad films. He found financial stability in equestrianism and dinner theater, but at a price on his health. The strain of doing that form of acting that rewards him handsomely but left him little time for a life was costly, and in early middle age he had a heart attack, and subsequently left the theatre.

    We get a glimpse of Hunter's love life, that is, as much as he wishes to tell us; he had a good/so-so-good tumble with Anthony Perkins. And at 53, he found his long-time companion Allan Glaser, who produced 'Tab Hunter Confidential'.

    Abandoned by his father, he was the good son who took care of his mother who had severe mental problems until she died well into advanced age. Brought up a Catholic, he eventually made peace with his church.

    The spark of his career flamed up again when paired by John Waters with Divine in 'Polyester' and more so in 'Lust in the Dust'. But by then, Hunter sought his life in the comfort of his privacy, making rare appearances.

    Lightly touched on is his champion-like ability as an ice skater, other than his affair with a star ice skater. And nary a word is spoken of the utter disaster that was in performance with Tallulah Bankhead in Tennessee Williams 'Under Milk Wood'.

    Eighty-five this July, Hunter has had a full live, a lover of more than 30 years, 30 years his junior, and takes daily pleasure in caring for his horse and riding. Stiff with that stiffness old age brings, he is at peace with himself and looks back on his life with a keen eye and an blue eye on the morrow.
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    • Release date
      • October 16, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Секрет Тэба Хантера
    • Production companies
      • Allan Glaser Productions
      • Automat Pictures
      • Tab Hunter Confidential
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $85,812
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,945
      • Oct 18, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $85,812
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      1 hour 30 minutes
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      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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