Shoot me, which opened in february to a 98 percent fresh on rotten tomatoes, isnt just a portrait of a beloved entertainer. Shoot me 20 starring elaine stritch and alec baldwin on dvd and bluray. The film looks back over her career and her personal life with tributes from friends and people she has worked with. Shoot me 2014 plagued by medical issues and memory lapses, the broadway icon contemplates retirement and mortality as she approaches her. Elaine stritch diagnosed with stomach cancer before death. Buy elaine stritch at liberty dvd 2002 from amazons movies store. Shoot me dvd special interestdocumentary 030306936994. Whether dominating the stage, tormenting alec baldwin on the set of 30 rock, or sharing her struggles with aging, diabetes and alcoholism, elaine stritch. Stritch spoke to weekend edition in march about a new film that documents her life, titled elaine stritch. Stritchs first stage appearance was in 1944, and her broadway bow was in 1946.
Chiemi karasawa, who made the new documentary elaine stritch. Actress and singer elaine stritch has died listen 10. Shoot me could have been nothing more than a fawning, onedimensional tribute to one of the most beloved ballbusters in showbusiness history. At 87, stritch is still here, dominating the stage in her one woman cabaret. Shoot me screening at paley center for media on feb. In the opening moments of this intimate, surprisingly moving documentary, the camera follows stritchthe nearly 90yearold grande dame of broadway, film, and. The uncompromising tony and emmy awardwinner is showcased both on and off stage via rare archival footage and intimate cinema verite. Committed to film by stelana kliris on oct 15, 2012. Straight out of finishing school, american actress elaine stritch laid the groundwork for her career by studying drama at new yorks new school.
You can take elaine stritch out of new york city, but. Still i doubt anyone will walk out of this film wishing it. Elaine stritch, tina fey, alec baldwin, chiemi karasawa. The chiemi karasawadirected documentary elaine stritch. Shoot me is the experience of being in stritchs company for 80 minutes, and thats fine. Shoot me is the experience of being in stritch s company for 80 minutes, and thats fine. Shoot me, dvd, special interestdocumentary, 030306936994. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature films and television series. She had to be briefly hospitalized in the middle of the publicity tour and it sometimes seemed a labor for her to speak.
The one thing being around elaine provides, other than. Actress elaine stritch attends the elaine stritch shoot me screening reception at paley center for. On elaine stritch and her career that went against all. A keepsake of all the joy she brought to me over the years.
The uncompromising tony and emmy awardwinner is showcased. Shoot me synopsis as she approaches her 87th birthday, the broadway legend contemplates retirement and mortality. With interviews from tina fey, nathan lane, hal prince and others, elaine stritch. It opened in theaters on 21 february 2014, shortly before stritchs death in july 2014. Not repeated in the film are the stories she told in elaine stritch at liberty, her onewoman broadway show in 2002. A new york without elaine stritch the new york times. John curtisrex features if so, she was perhaps a first lady from the nancy. The actress was profiled in the 20 feature documentary elaine stritch. Stritch, the brash theater performer whose gravelly, ginlaced voice and. Shoot me reaches beyond the icons brassy exterior and reveals an inspiring portrait of a complex woman and artist. Elaine stritch on why she began drinking before performing in the 1950s, quoted in daily news, may 19, 1996.
Relocated to her hometown of detroit after living more than half a century in new york, she is the subject of an enjoyably fawning documentary, elaine stritch. A portrait of james dean writerdirector matthew mishory by carolyn moloshco on jan 8, 20. Australia brazil canada china france germany india italy japan mexico. With elaine stritch, tina fey, alec baldwin, james gandolfini. She married john bay, who she met during rehearsals for a production of tennessee williamss small craft warnings. And initially, thats exactly what it seems like it might turn out to be. She studied acting at the new school for social research. Shoot me, which will have its premiere at the tribeca film festival this month, remembered a dinner with ms.
She was nominated for a 2003 laurence olivier theatre award for her performance as best actress in a musical or entertainment in elaine stritch at liberty at. Elaine stritch, that gravellyvoiced, longlegged, largerthanlife singerdanceractress and broadway legend, died less than six months after the release of elaine stritch. Pennabaker in 2004 but that has yet to come out on dvd. Shoot me 20 music department twos company 19751979 all filmography. Broadway icon elaine stritch, who died of natural causes in july at age 89, was diagnosed with stomach cancer early this year and underwent surgery in birmingham, mich. A documentary about her had just come out called elaine stritch. Ever the stylish and often pantless octogenarian, the broadway legend elaine stritch sashays through elaine stritch.
Shoot me nr, 1 hr 20 min comedy, documentary, special interest. Shoot me, the uncompromising tony and emmy awardwinner is showcased both on and off stage via rare archival footage and intimate cinema verite. It opened in theaters on 21 february 2014, shortly before stritch s death in july 2014. The shoot me dvd is a very interesting, funny, moving and very candid film following ms stritch as she rehearsed and performed in her last last us concerts and at the cafe carlyle. Stritch also excelled in musical comedy, a genre she returned to off and on into the 90s. Elaine stritch and donald sinden in twos company in 1975. Alec baldwin and broadway producer cheryl wiesenfeld served as executive producers on the film.
She made her new york debut in a childrens play called bobino and her london stage debut in sail away. Karasawa and crew began following stritch in 2011, she was 86 at the time. See more ideas about new york broadway, a little night music and ladies who lunch. Whether dominating the stage, tormenting alec baldwin on the set of 30 rock, or sharing her struggles with aging, diabetes, and alcoholism, elaine stritch.
In 20, alec sat down with the late stage and screen veteran who, among many famous roles, played his mother colleen donaghy on 30 rock. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Elaine stritch february 2, 1925 july 17, 2014 was an american actress and singer, known for her work on broadway. Shoot me is a ferocious, funny and poignant portrait of the oneofakind broadway legend as she reaches her 87th year. He is the actor hunter ryan herdlicka, who appeared with her in a little night music, in 2009, and can be seen in the new documentary, elaine stritch. Elaine stritch biography, movie highlights and photos. By turns bold, hilarious and moving, the films journey connects stritchs present to her past, and an inspiring portrait of a oneofakind survivor emerges. Shoot meopening february 21is a topnotch film that provides a candidly appealing look at the ladys stamina, incorrigibility, and. Elaine stritch was a unique and gifted actress and performer. Elaine stritch was born on february 2, 1925 in detroit, michigan to george and mildred stritch. Shoot me is a 20 documentary film directed by chiemi karasawa about the life and career of elaine stritch. Its a quick visitto celebrate the release of the new documentary elaine stritch. Shoot me, and the films central revelation was not stritchs.
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