Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001)

Directed by

Robert Allan Ackerman

Genre

drama film, biographical film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 50m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries follows Judy Garland's life from childhood stardom to her later years, focusing on her relationships with her family and her struggles with fame. It is based on a memoir by her daughter Lorna Luft.

intimateemotionally rawbittersweetnostalgicvisceralcandidslow-paced

What happens

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows is a 2001 American two-part biographical television miniseries based on the 1998 book Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir written by Lorna Luft, the daughter of legendary singer-actress Judy Garland. The miniseries was directed by Robert Allan Ackerman and originally broadcast in two parts on ABC on February 25 and 26, 2001. The miniseries is notable for its meticulous recreations of Garland's films and concerts, and verisimilitudinous impressions of her by Tammy Blanchard and Judy Davis. Her original recordings are used to dub Davis' singing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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