
Description
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds is an intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty, in all its eccentricity. At 83 years old, grand dame Debbie Reynolds (star of Singin’ in the Rain) still performs a Las Vegas act, dressed in gold lamé. But performing takes its toll, and Debbie’s health suffers. This devastates her daughter, Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, whose response is both hilarious and heartrending. Carrie is helpless in the face of her mother’s determination that “the show must go on.” Through vintage family films, iconic old-world Hollywood history comes to life. Rich cinema vérité also takes us to into the heart of Beverly Hills today, where Carrie and Debbie live together. This is a film about show business, and bittersweet family love.
Film Details
LanguageEnglish
Year2016
Runtime95
CountryUSA
DirectorAlexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens
ProducerAlexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens, Julie Nives, Todd Fisher
EditorPenelope Falk, Sheila Shirazi
CinematographerBilly Peña, Vasco Lucas Nunes
MusicWill Bates
Print SourceHBO