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The Kid Stays in the Picture

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The Kid Stays in the Picture

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Documentary tracing the turbulent life of US film producer Robert Evans, who was behind some of Hollywood's greatest films during his tenure as chief of production at Paramount Pictures, including Rosemary's Baby and The Godfather. However, by the 1980s, the former golden boy was drowning under the weight of a failed marriage, a drug bust and having his name tenuously linked in a murder case.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Sloan Freer

Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein's documentary on Robert Evans is much like the legendary US producer's movies themselves: bold, innovatively shot and highly entertaining. However, any glimpses of life's dark side are sanitised with a coat of old Hollywood-style whitewash, usually dispensed by the man himself. Adapted from (and titled after) Evans's autobiography, the intimate story, which he narrates, unravels like a cautionary LA fairy tale. Crammed with priceless anecdotes about his cinematic achievements - classics such as Rosemary's Baby and The Godfather - and bursting with juicy revelations about some of the movie industry's finest, it's scintillating viewing for anyone fascinated by the minutiae of celebrity life. Where this revelatory journey falls down is in the obvious cleaning-up and rose-tinting of some events. Evans tells all, but ultimately reveals nothing, simply skimming the surface of controversial subjects, such as his cocaine bust and tenuous but damaging connection with the notorious Cotton Club murder case. Had the film-makers been brave enough to present a truly warts-and-all depiction of Evans's turbulent life, then this documentary would have been very special indeed.

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Cast

rolenameNarratorRobert EvansDustin HoffmanDustin Hoffman

Crew

rolenameDirectorBrett MorgenDirectorNanette Burstein

Details

Theatrical distributor

Momentum Pictures

Released on

2003-02-07

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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