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Becoming Cary Grant

For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant, the ultimate self-made star, explores his own screen image and what it took to cre...

Director

Mark Kidel

Year

Genre

documentary, biography

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N/A

Production

YUZU Productions,ARTE

Awards

2 nominations

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http://becomingcarygrant.com/

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I'll beg,
I'll borrow, I'll -- - Becoming Cary Grant

I'll beg, I'll borrow, I'll --

She'll never be without clothes,
not as long as I've got - Becoming Cary Grant

She'll never be without clothes, not as long as I'...

"My darling son, I hope
you're not experiencing - Becoming Cary Grant

"My darling son, I hope you're not experiencing

We've not had the alert
for a couple of weeks. - Becoming Cary Grant

We've not had the alert for a couple of weeks.

This is the third war I've seen. - Becoming Cary Grant

This is the third war I've seen.

I'm still living much alone
with my little doggie. - Becoming Cary Grant

I'm still living much alone with my little doggie.

Darling, if you don't come over
as soon as the war ends, - Becoming Cary Grant

Darling, if you don't come over as soon as the war ends...

So World War II made him
Cary Grant, American citizen. - Becoming Cary Grant

So World War II made him Cary Grant, American citizen.

In 1942, he married
the Woolworths heiress, - Becoming Cary Grant

In 1942, he married the Woolworths heiress,

She said, "All they ever
talk about is movies." - Becoming Cary Grant

She said, "All they ever talk about is movies."

He didn't like crowds and
he wasn't a great partygoer. - Becoming Cary Grant

He didn't like crowds and he wasn't a great partyg...

One day, when I was twisting
myself all over the sofa - Becoming Cary Grant

One day, when I was twisting myself all over the sofa

I finally realized all the pain
I thought my mother - Becoming Cary Grant

I finally realized all the pain I thought my mother

But then, I doubt if Barbara
ever understood herself. - Becoming Cary Grant

But then, I doubt if Barbara ever understood herself.

Our marriage had
little foundation - Becoming Cary Grant

Our marriage had little foundation

Our backgrounds, family,
educational, cultural, - Becoming Cary Grant

Our backgrounds, family, educational, cultural,

"None But the
Lonely Heart." - Becoming Cary Grant

"None But the Lonely Heart."

No, Russian. - Becoming Cary Grant

"None But the Lonely
Heart" was based on a book - Becoming Cary Grant

"None But the Lonely Heart" was based on a book

It's a very bleak film,
in which Cary Grant plays - Becoming Cary Grant

It's a very bleak film, in which Cary Grant plays

It's the story of a bitter
unemployed cockney - Becoming Cary Grant

It's the story of a bitter unemployed cockney

They're barely
on speaking terms. - Becoming Cary Grant

They're barely on speaking terms.

A bit of proper respect
is what's needed. - Becoming Cary Grant

A bit of proper respect is what's needed.

I get no more from you than I
got from that father of yours. - Becoming Cary Grant

I get no more from you than I got from that father of yours.

Not exactly the kind of
thing Hollywood liked to do. - Becoming Cary Grant

Not exactly the kind of thing Hollywood liked to do.

But in 1943, he insisted that
RKO should buy the rights - Becoming Cary Grant

But in 1943, he insisted that RKO should buy the rights

And by that time, he had enough
star power in Hollywood - Becoming Cary Grant

And by that time, he had enough star power in Hollywood

No time for it. - Becoming Cary Grant

No time for it.

Very strikingly, he put
his own father, Elias Leach, - Becoming Cary Grant

Very strikingly, he put his own father, Elias Leach,

As a way of saying, I
think, perhaps just to himself, - Becoming Cary Grant

As a way of saying, I think, perhaps just to himself,

Hey, hey, your hat's
on crooked. - Becoming Cary Grant

Hey, hey, your hat's on crooked.

You're all fixed up
for a home. - Becoming Cary Grant

You're all fixed up for a home.

Wants an object,
something to lavish it on. - Becoming Cary Grant

Wants an object, something to lavish it on.

And when I first saw you,
I knew that all I wanted was - Becoming Cary Grant

And when I first saw you, I knew that all I wanted was

Madison, when did
you really know? - Becoming Cary Grant

Madison, when did you really know?

I guess tonight, when I realized
you were going away - Becoming Cary Grant

I guess tonight, when I realized you were going away

He met Betsy Drake
on a ship coming back from - Becoming Cary Grant

He met Betsy Drake on a ship coming back from

He was apparently besotted
with her and pursued her - Becoming Cary Grant

He was apparently besotted with her and pursued her

He was older than her, but he
was also a huge figure to her. - Becoming Cary Grant

He was older than her, but he was also a huge figure to her.

She patiently led me
toward an appreciation - Becoming Cary Grant

She patiently led me toward an appreciation

Her cautious but steadily
penetrative seeking - Becoming Cary Grant

Her cautious but steadily penetrative seeking

Betsy was into discovering
new things about - Becoming Cary Grant

Betsy was into discovering new things about

It was Betsy who eventually
went into LSD treatment - Becoming Cary Grant

It was Betsy who eventually went into LSD treatment

In the dream, I stand
on the lighted stage - Becoming Cary Grant

In the dream, I stand on the lighted stage

I'm the star, and I'm surrounded
by actors, each of whom - Becoming Cary Grant

I'm the star, and I'm surrounded by actors, each o...

...and I'm ashamed." - Becoming Cary Grant

...and I'm ashamed."

But, magically, Alfred Hitchcock
offered him "To Catch a Thief" - Becoming Cary Grant

But, magically, Alfred Hitchcock offered him "To Catch ...

Cary Grant, and this
year's Academy Award winner, - Becoming Cary Grant

Cary Grant, and this year's Academy Award winner,

It was a collaboration
with an incredible man. - Becoming Cary Grant

It was a collaboration with an incredible man.

It was like being cradled
in your mother's arms. - Becoming Cary Grant

It was like being cradled in your mother's arms.

Hitch and I had a rapport, an
understanding deeper than words. - Becoming Cary Grant

Hitch and I had a rapport, an understanding deeper than word...

He was so incredibly
well prepared - Becoming Cary Grant

He was so incredibly well prepared

He knew the actor's business
as well as his own." - Becoming Cary Grant

He knew the actor's business as well as his own."

Ruby, John Ruby, one of the
world's cleverest jewel thieves, - Becoming Cary Grant

Ruby, John Ruby, one of the world's cleverest jewel thi...

You may have read about somebody
called the cat, but -- - Becoming Cary Grant

You may have read about somebody called the cat, but --

Once we understood the sort of
characters we were supposed - Becoming Cary Grant

Once we understood the sort of characters we were supposed

You're just not
convincing, John. - Becoming Cary Grant

You're just not convincing, John.

You're like an American
character in an English movie, - Becoming Cary Grant

You're like an American character in an English movie,

"There are very few actresses
who really listened to you." - Becoming Cary Grant

"There are very few actresses who really listened to yo...

Even in this light, I can tell
where your eyes are looking. - Becoming Cary Grant

Even in this light, I can tell where your eyes are looking.

Men are so busy rushing around
trying to prove themselves - Becoming Cary Grant

Men are so busy rushing around trying to prove themselves

Ever had a better offer
in your whole life, - Becoming Cary Grant

Ever had a better offer in your whole life,

It's a nice face. - Becoming Cary Grant

It's a nice face.

And, you know, he talks in
the film about having ex-wives - Becoming Cary Grant

And, you know, he talks in the film about having ex-wives

And for Hitchcock, it's a film,
I think, about a reckless, - Becoming Cary Grant

And for Hitchcock, it's a film, I think, about a reckle...

It's about a man who has
to grow up emotionally. - Becoming Cary Grant

It's about a man who has to grow up emotionally.

"The shock of each revelation
brought with it an anguish - Becoming Cary Grant

"The shock of each revelation brought with it an anguis...

After weeks of treatment
came a day when I saw the light. - Becoming Cary Grant

After weeks of treatment came a day when I saw the light.

I lost all the tension that
I'd been crippling myself with. - Becoming Cary Grant

I lost all the tension that I'd been crippling myself w...

First, I thought of
all those wasted years; - Becoming Cary Grant

First, I thought of all those wasted years;

I mean, imagine, your mother
being sent away into a mental - Becoming Cary Grant

I mean, imagine, your mother being sent away into a mental

I mean, the sense of being lied
to and betrayed, I mean just - Becoming Cary Grant

I mean, the sense of being lied to and betrayed, I mean just

Why do you keep
those pictures? - Becoming Cary Grant

Why do you keep those pictures?

My attitude towards women
is completely different. - Becoming Cary Grant

My attitude towards women is completely different.

I could be a good husband now. - Becoming Cary Grant

I could be a good husband now.

I learned that my dear parents
couldn't know better than - Becoming Cary Grant

I learned that my dear parents couldn't know better tha...

At last, I'm close
to happiness." - Becoming Cary Grant

At last, I'm close to happiness."

How often do you go through
this little ritual? - Becoming Cary Grant

How often do you go through this little ritual?

There are few people who
look as good as he did - Becoming Cary Grant

There are few people who look as good as he did

He was known for it,
and it was still plausible - Becoming Cary Grant

He was known for it, and it was still plausible

Now if you want to tell me
what's troubling you, fine. - Becoming Cary Grant

Now if you want to tell me what's troubling you, fine.

No, what? - Becoming Cary Grant

Harry knows everything
about boats. - Becoming Cary Grant

Harry knows everything about boats.

In "Father Goose,"
he plays an alcoholic, dejected, - Becoming Cary Grant

In "Father Goose," he plays an alcoholic, dejected...

It's at the end of his career,
he plays this role, - Becoming Cary Grant

It's at the end of his career, he plays this role,

You're all a bunch of nuts. - Becoming Cary Grant

You're all a bunch of nuts.

It's the most
un-Cary-Grant-like role - Becoming Cary Grant

It's the most un-Cary-Grant-like role

He said, at this point,
that actually, - Becoming Cary Grant

He said, at this point, that actually,

This is more like me than
any of the roles I've played. - Becoming Cary Grant

This is more like me than any of the roles I've played.

Well, see, I thought they'd
be more interested in - Becoming Cary Grant

Well, see, I thought they'd be more interested in

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For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant, the ultimate self-made star, explores his own screen image and what it took to cre...

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Director: Mark Kidel

Writer: Mark Kidel, Nick Ware

Production: YUZU Productions,ARTE

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2017

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 30 Sep 2017

Awards: 2 nominations

Homepage: http://becomingcarygrant.com/