Shoot me could have been nothing more than a fawning, onedimensional tribute to one of the most beloved ballbusters in showbusiness history. Jul 20, 2014 elaine stritch was indeed a broadway baby as the song says. Apr 07, 20 chiemi karasawa, who made the new documentary elaine stritch. Iris apfel and 3 other heroines we want to hang out with. Shoot me 2014 plagued by medical issues and memory lapses, the broadway icon contemplates retirement and mortality as she approaches her 87th birthday and rehearses for a new show. My dad made what must have been a strong whiskey sour, and he gave me half. Shoot me, but what elevates the film is its subjects willingness to reveal a more fragile side in her later years.
By turns bold, hilarious and moving, the film s journey connects stritch s present to her past, and an inspiring portrait of a oneofakind survivor. Film complet larry kramer in love and angerlarry kramer in love and anger 2015 documentaire, biographique. Elaine merupakan seorang seniman pertunjukan yang mendominasi panggung kabaret. Shoot me doesnt make 2015 oscars short list the documentary wont be nominated for an academy award. For more than six decades, the tony and emmy awardwinning elaine stritch. Shoot me followed stritch, by then a weathered old woman battling diabetes, as she looked back on a storied career filled with.
While karasawa gives her space to revisit career highpoints, the film s primary focus is on what its like, having spent ones. Shoot me official trailer 1 2014 documentary hd what does it mean to be a performing artist first, last and always. Shoot me, a sparkling cocktail of music and memoir. In this bold, hilarious and poignant portrait, the uncompromising tony and emmy awardwinner is revealed both on and off stage.
Photo by uncreditedsundance selects, via associated press. Shoot me brings us so close to elaine stritch that its difficult not to fall in love with her. Watch for elaine putting the hotel staff through their paces, coaxing a song out of her doctor, opening her heart up to me and her makeup girl at saks, grilling her uberpatient assistant rick. Whether dominating the stage, tormenting alec baldwin on the set of 30 rock, or sharing her struggles with aging, diabetes and alcoholism, elaine stritch. Stritch s comic timing is impeccable and her anecdotes priceless as she talks and sings her way through fifty years in american theatre. Candid reflections about her life are punctuated with words from friends including james gandolfini, tina fey, john turturro, hal prince, george c. Shoot me and the generic title really is the worst thing about the film opens with its subject holding court in a city in which shes recognized on every corner. The film follows the late, famously pantsless cabaret singer as she dishes dirt on her early days in the biz, pads around her room at the carlyle hotel, and tirelessly rehearses for a onewoman show, illustrating the truism that there is. Shoot me is being campaigned this oscar season in the best documentary category. Feb 20, 2014 in the revealing and poignant elaine stritch.
Elaine stritch, the loud, funny and frank star of broadway and hollywood, died at her home in michigan on thursday. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing elaine stritch. Mar 07, 2014 relocated to her hometown of detroit after living more than half a century in new york, she is the subject of an enjoyably fawning documentary, elaine stritch. Elaine stritch 1925 2014 a brash, incorrigible scenestealer who led a six decade career that had many highs and lows. Elaine stritch tina fey alec baldwin cherry jones nathan lane. A stritch in time this documentary about a broadway legend is a testimony to a salty, sharp, direct performer who occupied the stage almost to the last. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Shoot me shows a new face of the broadway legend and let us to know more about her life during the last years of her life and how she managed her life with money, fame and illness. By turns bold, hilarious and moving, the film s journey connects stritchs present to her past, and an inspiring portrait of a oneofakind survivor emerges. Plagued by medical issues and memory lapses, broadway icon elaine stritch contemplates retirement and mortality as. Elaine stritch february 2, 1925 july 17, 2014 was an american actress and singer, known for her work on broadway.
Shoot me, a riveting portrait of an american icon vacillating between feeling immortal on stage and fearing for her life in a hospital bed. Although shes been hired and oftenawarded for her producing in the past, elaine stritch. Feb 21, 2014 the new york times film critics on omar, elaine stritch. Suatu hari elaine melakukan pertunjukan kabaret pertamanya di gedung teater. Oct 22, 2015 a fantastic little documentary on this bigger than life broadway and cinema star. Elaine stritch was a largerthanlife figure on and off of broadway, combining a renowned stage act with amusing appearances on nbcs 30 rock,i and a persona best described as candid to a fault. Proudly strutting the new york city streets, in fulllength fur, waving sunglasses in one hand and a coffee cup in the other, stritch is the queen of broadway. Shoot me, the uncompromising tony and emmy awardwinner is showcased both on and off stage via rare archival footage and intimate cinema verite. Elaine stritch, that gravellyvoiced, longlegged, largerthanlife singerdanceractress and broadway legend, died less than six months after the release of elaine stritch. Mar 01, 2014 and now shes the subject of an upclose and sometimes glaringly personal new documentary by chiemi karasawa, called elaine stritch. Shoot me in this bold, hilarious and poignant portrait, the uncompromising tony and emmy awardwinner is revealed both on and off stage.
Shoot me is a ferocious, funny and poignant portrait of the oneofakind broadway legend as she reaches her 87th year. Shoot me,a a documentary portrait of the broadway legend who also played jack donaghyas acerbic mother on. The film follows her through rehearsals for a cabaret. Shoot me 20, available on hulu june 24 everybody rise for this exceptional documentary about an iconic actress who left an. In yet another episode, stritch is promoting her selftitled perfume stritchy in dramatic fashion when she is confronted by the reallife elaine stritch, who makes a cameo appearance. Shoot me, follows the inimitable force of nature that is broadway veteran elaine stritch, and is a shot in the arm of humor, heart and humanity with a jolt of adrenaline. What is easy and important for me is defending the safe space of a really wonderful artist. This doubleemmywinning recording was made when she later took london by storm. Attractively filmed and decorated with well chosen music, elaine stritch. Shoot me is a 20 documentary film directed by chiemi karasawa about the life and career of elaine stritch. Elaine stritch at liberty, the broadway legend s onewoman show, triumphed in new york and won a 2002 tony award. Actress elaine stritch speaks onstage at the tribeca talks after the movie.
That is one description of the great broadway and cabaret entertainer elaine stritch in chiemi karasawas acutely intimate documentary portrait, elaine stritch. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature films and television series. I was twelve, and my dad and sisters were downstairs in the living room having cocktails. Now in her late 80s, broadway legend elaine stritch remains as ferociously funny as ever. Alec baldwin and broadway producer cheryl wiesenfeld served as executive producers on the film. Shoot me reaches beyond the icons brassy exterior and reveals an inspiring portrait of a complex woman and artist. At 87, stritch is still here, dominating the stage in her one woman cabaret act, torturing alec baldwin on 30rock, giving us her take on aging, her struggle with alcohol and diabetes, and the fear of leaving the follow spot behind. Jul 17, 2014 actress elaine stritch, star of broadway hits including elaine stritch at liberty and show boat, who was nominated for multiple tonys and emmys, winning three of the latter, has died. And initially, thats exactly what it seems like it might turn out to be. The film looks back over her career and her personal life with tributes from friends and people she has worked with. Jan 15, 2014 whether dominating the stage, tormenting alec baldwin on the set of 30 rock, or sharing her struggles with aging, diabetes and alcoholism, elaine stritch. A new york without elaine stritch the new york times. Shoot me 20 starring elaine stritch and alec baldwin on dvd and bluray.
Notables with substantial onscreen input include james gandolfini, tina fey, nathan lane, tracy. Shoot me is a cautionary tale about meeting ones hero lest they tell you about the time they had their first orgasm, while acting in whos afraid of virginia woolf. The film has recently been screened at industry gatherings hosted by d. Mar, 2014 yet even the uninitiated may find it hard to look away from elaine stritch. February 21, 2014 now in her late 80s, broadway legend elaine stritch remains as ferociously funny as ever. Stritch, the broadway diva who played alec baldwins mom on 30 rock and was the memorably frank subject of the docu shoot me, will get the. It opened in theaters on 21 february 2014, shortly before stritchs death in july 2014.
A delight in that were able to spend time with as rare a creature as elaine stritch, but the film s human elements elevate it to greater heights. Film complet le diable shabille en pradathe devil wears prada 2006. Shoot me, which, as the title playfully suggests, conveys not only the octogenarian performers sardonic. Stritch was preparing her cabaret show elaine stritch singin sondheim. Stritch performed as alec baldwins tv mother on the nbc sitcom 30 rock. Actress elaine stritch has died at the age of 89 new york, ny april 22.
Isotopefilms, chiemis production company, has made many films. Capturing a broadway legend on film com alums documentary shows why elaine stritch is one of a kind for filmmaker chiemi karasawa, the documentary elaine stritch. We are given a look into the woman elaine stritch and not just the actress, singer, star elaine stritch. Elaine stritch on why she began drinking before performing in the 1950s, quoted in daily news, may 19, 1996. Rick mckays following elaine elaine stritch at liberty. Shoot me en entier films sans limite et version vostfr, francais vf. A portrait of a veteran entertainer she turned 89 last month by an artist in the infancy of her career, shoot me isnt a standard issue celebrity biopic any more than stritch is a standard issue celebrity. A campaign to raise the finishing funds for the fabulous elaine stritch. Pertunjukan itu diluar dugaan mendapatkan sambutan positif dari banyak kalangan masyarakat. By gabe johnson and robin lindsay on publish date february 20, 2014.
Shoot me synopsis as she approaches her 87th birthday, the broadway legend contemplates retirement and mortality. Shoot me, which will have its premiere at the tribeca film festival this month, remembered a dinner with ms. Shoot me is a fast paced show composed almost completely of privileged moments. A campaign to raise the finishing funds for the fabulous elaine stritch documentary. Shoot me, the acclaimed documentary film that captures the vivid onstage and offstage life of the tony awardwinning theatre icon, will be available for streaming on netflix.
Mar 12, 2014 chiemi karasawa, a firsttime director though shes worked on a bevy of other films as a script supervisor or producer, gazes at stritch from an angle never before seen with elaine stritch. Regarder en streaming sur votre mobile ios et android. Anyone with even a passing familiarity with the irrepressible personality of broadway legend elaine stritch will be unsurprised to find her caustic wit and roomcommanding charisma frontandcenter in chiemi karasawas elaine stritch. Shoot me 20 industrys largest impacts has been on the dvd industry, which effectively met its demise with the mass popularization of online content. Chiemi karasawa deserves all the credit in the world for the intimate and hilarious portrait that is elaine stritch.
Feb 21, 2014 there is no one quite like elaine stritch, who is captured in a film biography as she prepares a cabaret show of sondheim songs. Elaine stritch, volatile and vulnerable in shoot me. With interviews from tina fey, nathan lane, hal prince and others, elaine stritch. The shoot me dvd is a very interesting, funny, moving and very candid film following ms stritch as she rehearsed and performed in her last last us concerts and at the cafe carlyle. Shoot me 20 complet en version francaise a voir online en hd 720p, full hd 1080p, uh 4k gratuit illimite sans telechargement papy streaming.