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2016 Doc Stories

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

Directed by Alexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens

USA | 95

3 Nov
Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 7:00 pm PT

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.

Director Alexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens

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