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Behind the Candelabra
- 2013 ·
- tug my heartstrings, enlighten me, take me back ·
Summary:
Before Elvis, before Elton John, Madonna and Lady Gaga, there was Liberace: virtuoso pianist, outrageous entertainer and flamboyant star of stage and television. In summer 1977, handsome young stranger Scott Thorson walked into his dressing room and, despite their age difference and seemingly different worlds, the two embarked on a secretive five-year love affair.
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From Mary McNamara at Los Angeles Times:
Once your eyes adjust to the bedazzled opulence of Liberace’s life in ’70s and ’80s Las Vegas, Behind the Candelabra becomes a darkly moving and provocative look at two lonely men who briefly found something like love before the maelstrom of fame, money and drugs, all churning within the confines of the sexual closet, blew it apart. Full Review
