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Call Me Kate

A feature documentary which captures Katharine Hepburn's spirit and determination, exploring her story using her own words, through a combination of hours of previously hidden and intimate audio tapes, video and photographic archive.

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Lorna Tucker

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Salon Pictures

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Katharine Hepburn

Self - Playwright & Author

Self - Nephew of Katharine Hepburn

Self - Brother of Katharine Hepburn

Self - Author and Interviewer

Self - Director of Development, The Kate

Self - Writer, The New Yorker

Claudia Roth Pierpont

Self - Spencer Tracy's grandson

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Self - Script Supervisor, The African Queen

Self - Actor & Goddaughter of Katharine Hepburn

Self - Spencer Tracy's great grandson

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Anthony Hopkins

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Self - Actor, Singer & Writer

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Katharine Houghton

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Humphrey Bogart

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Constance Collier

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Self - Friend

Self - Agent

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Howard Hildebrand

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Self - Beau

Miss Tosh

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Self - Secretary

Phyllis Wilbourne

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Angela Lansbury

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Every time
somebody compiles a list - Call Me Kate

Every time somebody compiles a list

She wasn't afraid to say, "I
really just wanted to be famous." - Call Me Kate

She wasn't afraid to say, "I really just wanted to...

She's opening doors that she
doesn't necessarily realize - Call Me Kate

She's opening doors that she doesn't necessarily r...

She was one of the
first women to wear pants - Call Me Kate

She was one of the first women to wear pants

She was
told by the heads of RKO, - Call Me Kate

She was told by the heads of RKO,

Kate was always
an intense person. - Call Me Kate

Kate was always an intense person.

She was a lot of fun and fascinating
and deep-thinking and mischievous. - Call Me Kate

She was a lot of fun and fascinating and deep-thinking and m...

"Come on, let's go break in that
house and see what's in there." - Call Me Kate

"Come on, let's go break in that house and see wha...

The only time I nearly lost my life
was dropping through a skylight. - Call Me Kate

The only time I nearly lost my life was dropping through a s...

Shoplifting. I didn't know
that she ever did that. - Call Me Kate

Shoplifting. I didn't know that she ever did that.

What happens to women's
ideals and how they see themselves, - Call Me Kate

What happens to women's ideals and how they see themsel...

There's nobody more than Hepburn
who tells you about that story. - Call Me Kate

There's nobody more than Hepburn who tells you about th...

The longevity of her career I
think is inspiring to everyone. - Call Me Kate

The longevity of her career I think is inspiring to everyone...

She dared to say no to
how the system wanted to mold her. - Call Me Kate

She dared to say no to how the system wanted to mold her.

She confused the industry.
She confused the movie-goer. - Call Me Kate

She confused the industry. She confused the movie-goer.

When I was starting
out, all I wanted was to be famous. - Call Me Kate

When I was starting out, all I wanted was to be famous.

But I soon realized
that if I wanted to last - Call Me Kate

But I soon realized that if I wanted to last

I still try to swim
every day I'm out here. - Call Me Kate

I still try to swim every day I'm out here.

Feels like only yesterday
I was just a child - Call Me Kate

Feels like only yesterday I was just a child

I remember when I was young, - Call Me Kate

I remember when I was young,

So why don't you shift
and call me Kate? - Call Me Kate

So why don't you shift and call me Kate?

Now, here I am, and I've
been here quite a long time. - Call Me Kate

Now, here I am, and I've been here quite a long time.

I can see pretty well,
and I still seem to have - Call Me Kate

I can see pretty well, and I still seem to have

But I can't tell you the
things that have made me - Call Me Kate

But I can't tell you the things that have made me

You know, how the hell could
I tell the story of my life? - Call Me Kate

You know, how the hell could I tell the story of my life?

Katharine Hepburn,
never having been on television, - Call Me Kate

Katharine Hepburn, never having been on television,

She
checked the cameras, - Call Me Kate

She checked the cameras,

Then she
surprised me by suddenly saying, - Call Me Kate

Then she surprised me by suddenly saying,

No, well, I think it's in the first place,
it's lucky if you have an intelligent - Call Me Kate

No, well, I think it's in the first place, it's lu...

- Yeah.
- And it's lucky if you've had experiences - Call Me Kate

- Yeah. - And it's lucky if you've had experiences

It's changed a lot around
here since I was a kid. - Call Me Kate

It's changed a lot around here since I was a kid.

I grew up wild and free
with one brother Tom, older, - Call Me Kate

I grew up wild and free with one brother Tom, older,

I would shave my hair every
summer just like them. - Call Me Kate

I would shave my hair every summer just like them.

Dad taught us gymnastics
and how to swim and wrestle. - Call Me Kate

Dad taught us gymnastics and how to swim and wrestle.

When I think back, it really was the
most perfect, happiest of childhoods. - Call Me Kate

When I think back, it really was the most perfect, happiest ...

One of my earliest memories
was that of my mother - Call Me Kate

One of my earliest memories was that of my mother

She had a stall and asked
us to hand out leaflets - Call Me Kate

She had a stall and asked us to hand out leaflets

Their radical beliefs caused
quite a scandal in the town. - Call Me Kate

Their radical beliefs caused quite a scandal in the town.

She was quick-witted
and a lot of fun. - Call Me Kate

She was quick-witted and a lot of fun.

She would read us
all the greats, - Call Me Kate

She would read us all the greats,

Our house was a meeting ground - Call Me Kate

Our house was a meeting ground

We
kids were allowed in, - Call Me Kate

We kids were allowed in,

We met Emmeline Pankhurst,
Rebecca West, Richard Bennett, - Call Me Kate

We met Emmeline Pankhurst, Rebecca West, Richard Bennett,

She was the daughter of what
we now consider progressive parents. - Call Me Kate

She was the daughter of what we now consider progressive par...

Her father was a doctor and
he advocated birth control. - Call Me Kate

Her father was a doctor and he advocated birth control.

They told her basically,
"You do what you want." - Call Me Kate

They told her basically, "You do what you want."

Cut her hair and she learned
to play golf, she swam. - Call Me Kate

Cut her hair and she learned to play golf, she swam.

I mean, we're not
gonna stop you." - Call Me Kate

I mean, we're not gonna stop you."

All us children
were incredibly close, - Call Me Kate

All us children were incredibly close,

I've come to
the conclusion it was an accident. - Call Me Kate

I've come to the conclusion it was an accident.

Based on
the fact that your father - Call Me Kate

Based on the fact that your father

As a stunt, and this
was at games and various events. - Call Me Kate

As a stunt, and this was at games and various events.

We went out to see
a play one evening, - Call Me Kate

We went out to see a play one evening,

The following morning
when I went to his room - Call Me Kate

The following morning when I went to his room

I felt detached from everything
that was happening around me. - Call Me Kate

I felt detached from everything that was happening around me...

The hardest part about it all - Call Me Kate

The hardest part about it all

We had to pretend that he was
not ever part of our family, - Call Me Kate

We had to pretend that he was not ever part of our family,

This was how our father
managed the family's grief, - Call Me Kate

This was how our father managed the family's grief,

They were an amazing,
bright, capable, cohesive family. - Call Me Kate

They were an amazing, bright, capable, cohesive family.

But her father came
from a different era. - Call Me Kate

But her father came from a different era.

The reality of what happened
in the Hepburn household - Call Me Kate

The reality of what happened in the Hepburn household

Dr. Hepburn loved his children, - Call Me Kate

Dr. Hepburn loved his children,

But by today's standards,
really harsh, probably abusive. - Call Me Kate

But by today's standards, really harsh, probably abusiv...

You have to heat it slowly, - Call Me Kate

You have to heat it slowly,

I remember my mother
talking about Tom's death, - Call Me Kate

I remember my mother talking about Tom's death,

But then as time passed, I
asked my father about it, - Call Me Kate

But then as time passed, I asked my father about it,

It's because you
were so mean to him." - Call Me Kate

It's because you were so mean to him."

And to have his eldest
son die of his own hand - Call Me Kate

And to have his eldest son die of his own hand

Our family had a
lot of troubles. - Call Me Kate

Our family had a lot of troubles.

Dr. Hepburn's older brothers
died under suspicious conditions. - Call Me Kate

Dr. Hepburn's older brothers died under suspicious cond...

But it was considered
in bad taste - Call Me Kate

But it was considered in bad taste

So his way of being
strong was to go, - Call Me Kate

So his way of being strong was to go,

Our father
moved us to a new neighborhood - Call Me Kate

Our father moved us to a new neighborhood

But Tom's death seemed to separate
Kate from the outside world. - Call Me Kate

But Tom's death seemed to separate Kate from the outsid...

She became more
introverted and withdrawn, - Call Me Kate

She became more introverted and withdrawn,

She told me she'd made a promise
that she would never forget him - Call Me Kate

She told me she'd made a promise that she would never f...

She started getting anxiety
attacks, which made her sick. - Call Me Kate

She started getting anxiety attacks, which made her sick.

She found it hard being around
the other kids at school. - Call Me Kate

She found it hard being around the other kids at school.

Dad thought if they kept
her busy, it would help. - Call Me Kate

Dad thought if they kept her busy, it would help.

They eventually became so worried,
they made her go back to school. - Call Me Kate

They eventually became so worried, they made her go back to ...

I wasn't used to the discipline, - Call Me Kate

I wasn't used to the discipline,

I started getting into trouble for
smoking and breaking into houses. - Call Me Kate

I started getting into trouble for smoking and breaking into...

Anyway, after about two years,
they called in my parents - Call Me Kate

Anyway, after about two years, they called in my parents

One night soon after,
I decided that's it. - Call Me Kate

One night soon after, I decided that's it.

I'd pull myself together,
get on with life, - Call Me Kate

I'd pull myself together, get on with life,

In my junior year, I won
a role in the school play. - Call Me Kate

In my junior year, I won a role in the school play.

Nerves, fear, applause. - Call Me Kate

Nerves, fear, applause.

It was right there and then
I decided to be an actress. - Call Me Kate

It was right there and then I decided to be an actress.

Dad always felt that
if a girl went into theater, - Call Me Kate

Dad always felt that if a girl went into theater,

When
I told my parents - Call Me Kate

When I told my parents

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A feature documentary which captures Katharine Hepburn's spirit and determination, exploring her story using her own words, through a combination of hours of previously hidden and intimate audio tapes, video and photographic archive.

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Director: Lorna Tucker

Writer: Lorna Tucker

Production: Salon Pictures

Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

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Released: 12 May 2023

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