Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (2010)

Hollywood icon Carrie Fisher tells her raw and intoxicating true story in this documentary based on her hit stage production. Touching on stardom, mental illness, addiction and more, the ... See full summary »

Directors:

Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato

Writers:

Carrie Fisher, Joshua Ravetch

Stars:

Carrie Fisher, Eddie Fisher, Harry Karl

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Carrie Fisher	...	Self
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eddie Fisher	...	Self (archive footage)
Harry Karl	...	Self (archive footage)
Debbie Reynolds	...	Self (archive footage)
Maxine Reynolds	...	Self (archive footage)
Diane Sawyer	...	Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Self (archive footage)

Storyline

Hollywood icon Carrie Fisher tells her raw and intoxicating true story in this documentary based on her hit stage production. Touching on stardom, mental illness, addiction and more, the actress recounts her peaks and valleys with candor and humor.

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Plot Keywords:

one woman show | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on her best-selling novel, Wishful Drinking played on Broadway at studio 54 before going on tour.

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Quotes

Carrie Fisher: Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

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Connections

References E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

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Soundtracks

Optimistic Voices
Written by E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen and Herbert Stothart
Published by EMI Feist Catalog INc (ASCAP)

User Reviews

"Eddie rushed to Liz's side....eventually he made it around to her front."

Carrie Fisher's one woman show is, in a word, hilarious.

Fisher tells it all, growing up in Hollywood, having Eddie Fisher for a father, the Liz-Debbie-Eddie triangle, Princess Leia, her drug addiction, and her "invitation to a mental hospital." She gives us a look via a big board of Hollywood Genealogy 101 ("but don't worry, Eddie wasn't alone for long...") filled with pictures and arrows of her parents, their spouses, their children, and her own two marriages and daughter, trying to find out if her daughter and another young man on the board could date, or were they, in fact, related?

Due to his retention of the Star Wars licensing, Fisher advises us that George Lucas owns her image and likeness so that "every time I look in the mirror, I have to pay him a few bucks." And she tells the audience, "If you have a chance to be a Pez dispenser, DO IT." All in all, a fun evening, obviously from the mind that brought us the entertaining "Postcards from the Edge." Fisher sees the irony in life and mines it up and down roller coaster ride for all the humor there is. She is, after all, the daughter of Debbie Reynolds, who was nominated for an Oscar for "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"..."but lost to Julie Andrews for her multilayered, emotional, deep performance of Mary Poppins."

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 December 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bendito alcoholismo (Wishful Drinking)

Filming Locations:

South Orange Performing Arts Center, South Orange, New Jersey, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

World of Wonder Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1