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 | |
Charles Shaughnessy | ... | Anthony Asquith | |
David Eigenberg | ... | Ernest Lehman | |
Creed Bratton | ... | Darryl Zanuck | |
Andy Hirsch | ... | Eddie Fisher | |
Brian Howe | ... | Joseph Mankiewicz | |
Eyal Podell | ... | Henry Wynberg | |
Henry Hereford | ... | London Hotel Manager | |
Taylor Ann Thompson | ... | Kate Burton - at 10 | |
Trevor Thompson | ... | Christopher Wilding - at 7 |
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. Written by Larry A. Thompson Productions, Inc.
As someone who (as a HUGE fan of Burton's life, career, and legacy) has researched the actor for 25 years, I have to say this movie is an utter DISGRACE to him as well as Taylor! Everything that both Burton and Taylor had going for them and what made them captivating to the public back in the 60's, 70's,....and even today is completely overlooked (if not lost) in this awful movie. If you're starved for a DECENT film about Burton and Taylor check out the BBC's "Burton and Taylor". Hell, even NBC's 'Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story" was better than this rubbish! Not to mention Angus Macfadyen's portrayal as Burton was MUCH better! There's also a very good (yet somewhat controversial) Welsh film called "Burton; The Secret", about Richard Burton's relationship with his older brother Ifor and the theory (one of many) that Burton may have had something to do with the accident which left his brother paralyzed for the rest of his life. Based on my research of Richard Burton I have a hard time believing what the movie claims, but it's a well made film nonetheless.