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Romance sulfureuse: L'histoire vraie de Liz Taylor et Richard Burton

Original title: Liz & Dick
  • TV Movie
  • 2012
  • TV-14
  • 1h 28m
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Romance sulfureuse: L'histoire vraie de Liz Taylor et Richard Burton (2012)
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The torrid relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.The torrid relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.The torrid relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

  • Director
    • Lloyd Kramer
  • Writer
    • Christopher Monger
  • Stars
    • Lindsay Lohan
    • Grant Bowler
    • Theresa Russell
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    • Director
      • Lloyd Kramer
    • Writer
      • Christopher Monger
    • Stars
      • Lindsay Lohan
      • Grant Bowler
      • Theresa Russell
    • 80User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    • Elizabeth Taylor
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    • Richard Burton
    Theresa Russell
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    • Sara Taylor
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    • Ifor Jenkins
    Bruce Nozick
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    • Sybil Burton
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    • Anthony Asquith
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    • Ernest Lehman
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    • Kate Burton - at 10
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    • Christopher Wilding - at 7
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    • Sally Hay Burton
    Michael Matucci
    • Gianni Bulgari
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      • Lloyd Kramer
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      • Christopher Monger
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    3jfarms1956

    Liz and Dick more entertainment than real

    This movie is for those 13 and up. I had high hopes for this film, Liz and Dick. I was a bit disappointed. I don't think that Lindsay Lohan was a good Elizabeth Taylor, but for those who have never seen Elizabeth Taylor, it did work superficially. I do think that Grant Bowler did a better job playing Richard Burton than Lindsay did playing Liz. But it would be difficult to play two of Hollywood's royalty, let alone royalty couples. One cannot expect to see Liz Taylor and Richard Burton to play themselves. One would find great fault with anyone playing such icons of Hollywood splendor. I think enough attempt was made to get the 'essence' of personality on screen to warrant an evening of entertainment. Three thumbs up.
    3wes-connors

    A Tempest in a Teapot

    As we begin, the aged Shakespearean actor Grant Bowler (as Richard "Dick" Burton) appears to be near his death bed, writing a letter to Hollywood temptress Lindsay Lohan (as Elizabeth "Liz" Taylor). We flashback to their 1961 meeting, while beginning the epic "Cleopatra" (1963). He is smitten. She plays hard-to-get, but succumbs quickly. Both are married, which causes great scandal. "Liz & Dick" get married and divorced, twice. They drink a considerable amount of liquor and burn countless cigarettes, which are the common denominators as the jaded couple travel around the world...

    This was promoted as a blockbuster film event, but turns out to be a substandard TV-movie. The reason for the hype was Ms. Lohan's (then) status as a celebrity. Her public escapades would seem to suggest she might bring some depth to the role, but it does not happen. Her "Elizabeth" is not as entertaining as the original, by a long shot...

    The make-up successfully suggests Ms. Taylor, though it also changes Lohan into both Natalie Wood and Suzanne Pleshette, as the years roll along. The script most obviously lacks Ms. Taylor's sense of humor - and her fondness for frequent obscenities. Her co-star is likewise restrained. One of the better sequences, directed by Lloyd Kramer, occurs when the couple play "rock the trailer" while spouses Eddie Fisher and Sybil Burton arrive on the set. Confusingly pieced together, "Liz & Dick" ends quickly and without any sense of the famous couple's friendship. There simply isn't much story here.

    *** Liz & Dick (11/25/12) Lloyd Kramer ~ Lindsay Lohan, Grant Bowler, David Hunt, Theresa Russell
    2treespiritus

    It would be better with her voice filtered out

    As has been noted, Bowler evokes Burton with his voice. He has studied him, has it down. Lohan does not sound like Taylor at all, does not bring anything that remotely captures the essence of the woman to this film pairing. She just careens through her lines as if a superficial physical resemblance was all that mattered. And her inability to evoke Elizabeth is a constant irritant. There is nothing in this performance that gives a clue as to why they were attracted to one another...or if they really were. I kept listening for a resemblance in the voice, in the bearing..it just was not there. I found myself thinking at one point that Michael Jackson could have done a better job, as he sure had studied the woman. Painful.
    Michael_Elliott

    We Can Blame Lohan but the Producers Are the Real Villains

    Liz & Dick (2012)

    * 1/2 (out of 4)

    Made-for-TV film about the up and down relationship between Elizabeth Taylor (Lindsay Lohan) and Richard Burton (Grant Bowler). That's pretty much all you need to know in regards to the story. If you don't know who Taylor and Burton were and just tune into this film then you're going to come away that they were both spoiled, drunk idiots who fought and had sex a lot. LIZ & DICK is a pretty poor movie that has some very good stuff in it but there's just no getting around some incredibly big and fatal flaws. The biggest flaw is the casting of Lohan, a talented actress, who is simply in way over her head. I really don't blame her horrible performance on her, I really blame the producers for casting her just to get some press and ratings. It's clear their trick worked but it really ended up killing the film because there's not a single frame where one will believe her as Taylor. The performance from Lohan is just bad and all over the place. Even embarrassing when it comes times for Lohan to re-enact some of the famous scenes from Taylor's movies. You can even call the performance lazy as the film covers twenty-plus years yet Lohan never ages. The film also goes over Taylor battles with gaining weight yet Lohan remains 100-pounds if that. Even worse is Lohan keeping her exact voice and not even trying to do Taylor's. Bowler, on the other hand, does a pretty good job capturing the voice of Burton and he handles the dramatic scenes much better. The film never tells you much about either person other than they drank too much and we never even get any knowledge of the films they made together. This is basically just a sleazy tabloid piece that goes for ratings and very little else. The film remains watchable because of the train wreck of a performance by Lohan but thankfully neither Taylor or Burton lived to see this.
    2lch100

    It's all in the speech

    This movie dispels all the mystery and magic around this star-spun couple, here portrayed as rich drunks in a whirlwind of self-absorbed emotion. However, the diction of Grant Bowler is remarkably Burtonesque while Lindsay Lohan cannot rise above the California valley. Taylor spoke with distinction--slowly, somewhat deliberately, and with a stylishly youthful twist in her young to middle years. Lohan mumbles and sprints through her lines with her now nasal-bound voice. I mostly blame the director for missing this most important feature of the legendary Taylor. This movie is a hot mess that grows worse with every scene. It is surely destined for Saturday Night Live.

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    • Trivia
      The film's promotional budget was larger than its production budget.
    • Goofs
      Richard Burton was almost never called "Dick" by anyone - he had an intense dislike of this diminutive and never hesitated to let people know that. Close friends and relatives usually called him "Rich", in the Welsh manner, or simply "Richard", a formality he preferred. He often said that the only people who called him "Dick" were journalists pretending familiarity with him.
    • Quotes

      Sara Taylor: Not that I'm counting, but if I'm not mistaken you just ended what, your fourth marriage?

      Elizabeth Taylor: Oh, who's counting?

    • Connections
      Featured in Chelsea Lately: Idiot (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Just In Time
      Written by Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green

      Performed by Dean Martin and Dave Koz

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    • Release date
      • May 14, 2015 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Lifetime (United States)
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Liz & Dick
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Larry A. Thompson Productions
      • Lasky Productions
      • SilverScreen Pictures
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      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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