Liberace: Behind the Music (1988)

Directed by

David Greene

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This TV movie dramatizes the life of pianist and entertainer Liberace. It shows his rise from a poor background to international fame as a flamboyant performer.

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What happens

Liberace: Behind the Music is a 1988 Canadian-American made-for-television biographical film. It is an "unofficial" biopic drama on the life and death of Władziu Valentino Liberace, who went from a humble working-class background to become a famous American pianist and vocalist. Known as "Liberace", he became the highest paid entertainer in the world, while embracing a lifestyle of flamboyant excess. The film first aired less than two years after his death, in the United States, as a CBS Sunday Movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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