Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Series/Themes: Spotlight Screenings, Staff Picks, zFeatured, zFrom Page to Screen

Genre: Drama

Film Year: 2017

Locations: UK

Film Length: 105 min.

Director: Paul McGuigan

Featuring: Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Kenneth Cranham, Vanessa Redgrave, Leanne Best.

Divulging the vibrant affair between Peter Turner (Jamie Bell) and the legendary Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening) in 1978, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool follows the growth of a passionate relationship between two like-minded souls. After their paths cross in a Primrose Hill guesthouse, an unlikely friendship between the aspiring actor and fading star blossoms into a full-blown romance. When Peter receives a phone call that Gloria has collapsed in a Lancaster hotel, their lust for life is tested to the limits by events beyond their control. Introduction by Shilpa Davé (UVA)


Thursday, November 9
6:30 PM
UVA : Culbreth Theatre
Add To Calendar 20171109 18:30 20171109 20:15 America/New_York VFF: Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Divulging the vibrant affair between Peter Turner (Jamie Bell) and the legendary Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening) in 1978, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool follows the growth of a passionate relationship between two like-minded souls. After their paths cross in a Primrose Hill guesthouse, an unlikely friendship between the aspiring actor and fading star blossoms into a full-blown romance. When Peter receives a phone call that Gloria has collapsed in a Lancaster hotel, their lust for life is tested to the limits by events beyond their control. Introduction by Shilpa Davé (UVA)


 UVA : Culbreth Theatre Virginia Film Festival info@virginiafilmfestival.org

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