Burton and Taylor
TV drama based on Richard Burton's diaries, about his last performance in 1983 with ex-wife Elizabeth Taylor. They meet after several years and he agrees to her suggestion that they star in a stage revival on Broadway of Noel Coward's comedy 'Private Lives', although Elizabeth Taylor has never before performed on stage. Burton soon regrets his agreement, however, when her pill-popping and lack of discipline causes problems already during the rehearsals. The play opens to a critical trashing, but is popular with audiences because they just want to see Taylor. After a two month troubled run, the curtain comes down and Taylor tells Burton she has always loved him and still does. A year later he is dead.
Actors: Lenora Crichlow , Stanley Townsend , Helena Bonham Carter , William Hope , Sarah Hadland , Dominic West , Trevor White , Greg Hicks , Jeff Mash , Isabella Brazier-Jones , Lucille Sharp
Director: Richard Laxton
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Quality: HD
Release: 2013
IMDb: 6.5