Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 23 wins & 68 nominations total
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- Ken Frisch
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- TriviaRenée Zellweger spent a year training with vocal coach Eric Vetro before shooting began, then rehearsed with musical director Matt Dunkley for four months to master her vocals.
- GoofsGarland was not replaced by British singer and Skiffle artist Lonnie Donegan. She fulfilled her five-week booking at The Talk of the Town (at a fee of £2,500 per week, the equivalent of £47,000/$60,000 p/w in 2022.)
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Judy Garland: I just want what everybody wants. I seem to have a harder time getting it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in CTV National News: Episode dated 5 September 2019 (2019)
Featured review
Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) arrives in London in 1968 to headline a series of showcase performances. She is struggling with addictions, health problems, custody of her kids, and a lifetime of pressure to perform. Rosalyn Wilder (Jessie Buckley) is the overwhelmed producer trying to keep the unstable Judy on time. It doesn't help when Judy's boyfriend Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock) arrives. He becomes her fifth husband and one more disappointment. In flashbacks, a young Judy (Darci Shaw) is under tremendous pressure from Louis B. Mayer to perform.
Zellweger's performance is terrific. Her only small flaw is her singing and that's not her fault. She is asked to embody both greatness and struggle. It's a high degree of difficulty. It would work better if all her singing is live and there is less of it. It leads me to the bigger problem of the structure of the movie. It should squeeze the movie down to her last two performances. The story has no ticking clock and feels meandering at times. The solution is to concentrate the timeline down to a couple of days. The opening with the kids can be better placed in a flashback. The best scene is the dinner with the gay couple and that would be a great antidote after the bad performance. It doesn't need Mickey's arrival and the quickie marriage. He's fine as the constant sycophant who disappoints. The structure flattens the emotional and dramatic tension of the film. Through it all, Zellweger's performance is terrific.
Zellweger's performance is terrific. Her only small flaw is her singing and that's not her fault. She is asked to embody both greatness and struggle. It's a high degree of difficulty. It would work better if all her singing is live and there is less of it. It leads me to the bigger problem of the structure of the movie. It should squeeze the movie down to her last two performances. The story has no ticking clock and feels meandering at times. The solution is to concentrate the timeline down to a couple of days. The opening with the kids can be better placed in a flashback. The best scene is the dinner with the gay couple and that would be a great antidote after the bad performance. It doesn't need Mickey's arrival and the quickie marriage. He's fine as the constant sycophant who disappoints. The structure flattens the emotional and dramatic tension of the film. Through it all, Zellweger's performance is terrific.
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- Oct 13, 2020
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- Gross US & Canada
- $24,313,888
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,916,548
- Sep 29, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $45,987,812
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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