Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Me and my shadows, then, are the wideeyed, pitchperfect innocence of tammy blanchard and the gradually more ravaged, but. I read the book me and my shadows by lorna luft and she really turned out to be very homophobic. Edition discs price new from used from dvd please retry 1. In 1998, judys second child, lorna luft, published a memoir about her late mothers life called, me and my shadows. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing life with judy garland. Life with judy garland me and my shadows 2001 dvd region 1 playable in north america the us, canada, mexico, etc. Abc adapted the book under the name, life with judy garland. Based on lorna lufts book, this biopic is very entertaining and enlightening. Based on the book by garlands daughter lorna luft, and honored recipient of 5 emmy awards, life with judy garland. While her sisters, suzy and jimmie, are in tears over their ill father, ethel shows no emotion at all. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. Away from the bright lights and brilliant performances, however, her devotion was to. It jumps to when she was 12 and was signed by mgm and later.
Outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or a movie. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Earning 5 emmy awards this production sets the bar high for a television production, and biopics. The film covers her life from her first stage performance at age two to her untimely death at age 47. As i pointed out in the heading, in this film, they are one and the same. Life with judy garland me and my shadows posts facebook. Me and my shadows 2001 and scenes from the movies and life of judy garland.
Me and my shadows is a 2001 television miniseries about the life and career of judy garland that aired on abc. A family memoir and the film adaptation stars judy davis, tammy blanchard, alison pill, victor garber and hugh laurie the story begins with a toddleraged judy then known by. Me and my shadows based on the bestselling memoir by garlands daughter, lorna luft, this poignant drama looks at singer judy garlands scintillating and tumultuous life. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. According to the sage encyclopedia of intellectual and developmental disorders, judy garland may have suffered from bipolar disorder.
Mar 07, 2018 according to the sage encyclopedia of intellectual and developmental disorders, judy garland may have suffered from bipolar disorder. The miniseries was directed by robert allan ackerman and originally broadcast in two parts on abc on february 25 and 26, 2001. Me and my shadows tv miniseries 2001 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Life with judy garland me and my shadows film tv tropes. Judy davis and tammy blanchard in life with judy garland. Me and my shadows pulling off the rare feat of winning emmys for portraying the same role, judy davis and tammy blanchard raise this widely watched tv movie. If you knew anything at all about judy garland, you must watch this tourdeforce by the amazing judy davis. Me and my shadows monday, march 30, 2015 even if you were never a big fan of judy garland, i still think youll find this post interesting because its more about how impressed i was by the extraordinary performances of judy davis and tammy blanchard in a recreation of the legendary star in the movie, life with judy. Me and my shadows jan 29, 2011 though it won critical accolades and multiple television awards, this film is truly awful. Its been about a year or two, but im watching it now. Lorna wrote about her life with garland in her 1998 autobiography, me and my shadows.
She became the property of the public and while in her earlier years, she enjoyed that acclaim, it ate her up later in her movie life. Film covers garlands life, starting with her familys vaudeville routines in grand rapids, minn. May 30, 2017 comparisons between the movie life with judy garland. Garland loved her children unconditionallybut she was also the victim of a powerful dependance on alcohol and prescription drugs, which eventually claimed her life. Australian actress judy davis takes over as the grownup garland as the film traces her five marriages, exile from mgm, countless film and stage. It is based on her younger daughter, lorna lufts, 1998 book me and my shadows. It became the basis for the 2001 television miniseries life with judy garland. Based on the book by lorna luft, life with judy garland. One of garlands aunts took her own life, and her oldest. The madefortv docudrama premieres on abc, sunday, 22501 9. The movie was about garlands life as told by a grown up lorna in retrospect, culminating in her death.
Australian actress judy davis takes over as the grownup garland as the film traces her five marriages, exile from mgm, countless film and stage comebacks, and. Me and my shadows 2001 robert allan ackerman on allmovie from her gradual ascent to. She has a strong resemblance to garland, and also captures many of garlands mannerisms and idiosyncrasies. Tammy blanchard shines as young judy and judy davis blazes through garlands final 25 years. The movie tells about her early struggles with mgm and with the addiction to barbiturates. Ed gernon, john ryan, kirk ellis, lorna luft, robert l. Me and my shadows, one of the seasons toprated miniseries. Comparisons between the movie life with judy garland. Me and my shadows is the story of lorna, her halfsister liza minnelli, and baby brother joe, trying desperately to hang on to their legendary mother. One of garland s aunts took her own life, and her oldest. Me and my shadows is a deeply moving testament to the healing powers of embracing ones past, facing ones demons, and charting a course of selfdiscovery.
Away from the bright lights and brilliant performances, however, her devotion was to her family. Movie info from her gradual ascent to stardom in the 1930s to her death from a drug overdose at age 47 in 1969, former vaudeville baby frances ethel gumm, aka judy garland, endured a string of. Judy davis, victor garber, hugh laurie, emma pill, tammy blanchard, marsha mason, anne peiponen, brandon walker, brian russman. The judy garland story from the 1930s until her death. Me and my shadows is a 2001 american twopart, fourhour biographical television miniseries based on the 1998 book me and my shadows. Me and my shadows is a 2001 american twopart, fourhour biographical.
Sep 23, 2019 lorna wrote about her life with garland in her 1998 autobiography, me and my shadows. The movie starts off at the beginning of judy garlands life singing when she was two years old. Me and my shadows, robert allan ackerman, judy davis. Filmed in toronto by alliance atlantis in coproduction with inmotion and in association with. Life with judy garland is an impressive portrayal of the life and career of judy garland.
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