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Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Newly discovered interviews with Elizabeth Taylor and unprecedented access to the star's personal archive reveal the complex inner life and vulnerability of the groundbreaking icon.

Director

Nanette Burstein

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Production

HBO Documentary Films,Bad Robot,Zipper Bros Films,Gerber Pictures,Sutter Road Picture Company,House of Taylor

Awards

9 nominations total

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Around the World in 80 Days. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Around the World in 80 Days.

Mike was self-educated - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Mike was self-educated

For me, I always had
a feeling of inadequacy - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

For me, I always had a feeling of inadequacy

With Mike, I learned
to enjoy life much more - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

With Mike, I learned to enjoy life much more

One time I was teasing him
unmercifully - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

One time I was teasing him unmercifully

Mike, there's been a lot of publicity
about your public spat. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Mike, there's been a lot of publicity about your public...

You make a case out of that,
then it's too bad. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

You make a case out of that, then it's too bad.

We're very... Well, we're so happy. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

We're very... Well, we're so happy.

I used to try sometimes
to deliberately drive Mike mad. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I used to try sometimes to deliberately drive Mike mad.

And I loved it when he then would
lose his temper and dominate me - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And I loved it when he then would lose his temper and domina...

Be deliberately...
Just fiddle around and be late. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Be deliberately... Just fiddle around and be late.

I need that quality,
and that with any other quality - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I need that quality, and that with any other quality

Liz, I'm quoting you now.
You once said - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Liz, I'm quoting you now. You once said

Oh, I see. I was wondering - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Oh, I see. I was wondering

I hope so. Otherwise,
I'd be slightly retarded, wouldn't I? - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I hope so. Otherwise, I'd be slightly retarded, wouldn&...

Thanks very much, Mike and Liz,
and best of luck with the baby. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Thanks very much, Mike and Liz, and best of luck with the ba...

When Liza was born,
she looked like all premature babies - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

When Liza was born, she looked like all premature babies

But to Mike, she was a total miracle. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

But to Mike, she was a total miracle.

He's quite convinced
she was the most brilliant child - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

He's quite convinced she was the most brilliant child

Are you going
to continue making movies - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Are you going to continue making movies

Care less about making movies,
to tell you the truth. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Care less about making movies, to tell you the truth.

I consider it much more important - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I consider it much more important

I was going to quit - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I was going to quit

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

And I don't remember
too much about it - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And I don't remember too much about it

Today his plane crashed and exploded - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Today his plane crashed and exploded

Mr. Todd was on his way to New York - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Mr. Todd was on his way to New York

His wife, Elizabeth Taylor,
might have gone with him - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

His wife, Elizabeth Taylor, might have gone with him

It's funny, I... I had a feeling - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

It's funny, I... I had a feeling

And he was almost fifty years old
and he had never - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And he was almost fifty years old and he had never

I was unprepared for the death... - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I was unprepared for the death...

Of the person
that I put all my trust in. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Of the person that I put all my trust in.

Eddie and I both went
to Elizabeth's house - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Eddie and I both went to Elizabeth's house

I'll take the children
and take them home - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I'll take the children and take them home

I mean,
really almost incoherent state. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I mean, really almost incoherent state.

I didn't ever want to work again - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I didn't ever want to work again

One of those no neck monsters
hit me with some ice cream. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

One of those no neck monsters hit me with some ice cream.

I went back to work after two weeks - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I went back to work after two weeks

And when I was Maggie,
I could talk and I could function - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And when I was Maggie, I could talk and I could function

Living with somebody you love can
be lonely as living entirely alone. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Living with somebody you love can be lonely as living entire...

It was a trance-like thing about me
after Mike's death. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

It was a trance-like thing about me after Mike's death.

I think I really did have
a strong urge to... - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I think I really did have a strong urge to...

It seemed almost certain
that I was heading to disaster - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

It seemed almost certain that I was heading to disaster

So now you're going to enjoy
a pause that really refreshes - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

So now you're going to enjoy a pause that really refres...

And, but he really went to be
with Elizabeth, which I found out - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And, but he really went to be with Elizabeth, which I found ...

Eddie Fisher in New York
had taken me out - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Eddie Fisher in New York had taken me out

And then all the shit hit the fan. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And then all the shit hit the fan.

A short time ago,
one of the Hollywood columnist - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

A short time ago, one of the Hollywood columnist

There's nothing to it, but I would
prefer not going into it at all. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

There's nothing to it, but I would prefer not going int...

Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
seem to have a storybook marriage. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds seem to have a storybook ma...

The crooner's hits drew
thousands of adoring fans - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

The crooner's hits drew thousands of adoring fans

By talking about him. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

By talking about him.

Just Eddie was
a great friend of Mike's. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Just Eddie was a great friend of Mike's.

That was the only thing
we had in common. It was Mike. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

That was the only thing we had in common. It was Mike.

I never loved Eddie. I liked him.
I felt sorry for him - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I never loved Eddie. I liked him. I felt sorry for him

But I trapped myself into that,
and I did that myself. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

But I trapped myself into that, and I did that myself.

I can't say anything against Debbie - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I can't say anything against Debbie

And, you know, as the whole thing
coming as a big shock. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And, you know, as the whole thing coming as a big shock.

Personal unhappinesses
of Debbie and Eddie - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Personal unhappinesses of Debbie and Eddie

As far as they were concerned - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

As far as they were concerned

In the capper
to Hollywood's biggest scandal - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

In the capper to Hollywood's biggest scandal

Am I right in thinking that
after you married Eddie Fisher that - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Am I right in thinking that after you married Eddie Fisher t...

Hostility in people's faces,
and letters, and looks. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Hostility in people's faces, and letters, and looks.

It was more or less justified
as far as they were concerned. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

It was more or less justified as far as they were concerned.

Matter of fact, I don't remember
too much about my marriage - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Matter of fact, I don't remember too much about my marr...

And that I knew it
before we got married - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And that I knew it before we got married

Eddie, are you are a little bit dizzy
by the pace of this thing? - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Eddie, are you are a little bit dizzy by the pace of this th...

I question whether
you ever thought at the time - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I question whether you ever thought at the time

I think that some part of me
is sorry that I became... - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I think that some part of me is sorry that I became...

I don't like
the sense of belonging to the public. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I don't like the sense of belonging to the public.

I like being an actress,
or trying to be an actress. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I like being an actress, or trying to be an actress.

I had done some films - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I had done some films

For instance, Suddenly Last Summer. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

For instance, Suddenly Last Summer.

I failed him. I wasn't able
to keep the web from breaking. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I failed him. I wasn't able to keep the web from breaki...

Oh. Only the theme. Because
the theme was so controversial. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Oh. Only the theme. Because the theme was so controversial.

Suddenly Last Summer
dealt with a troubled gay man - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Suddenly Last Summer dealt with a troubled gay man

Of course, because of
the production code at the time - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Of course, because of the production code at the time

People said, "Don't do it,
it'll be the end of your career." - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

People said, "Don't do it, it'll be the end o...

Oscar Night,
the 32nd Annual Academy Awards. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Oscar Night, the 32nd Annual Academy Awards.

Charlton Heston, the star of Ben-Hur.
Keeping his fingers crossed. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Charlton Heston, the star of Ben-Hur. Keeping his fingers cr...

I did get nominated
for Suddenly Last Summer. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I did get nominated for Suddenly Last Summer.

Was finally being considered
by my own industry - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Was finally being considered by my own industry

Best actress, Simone Signoret,
for her performance in the British... - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Best actress, Simone Signoret, for her performance in the Br...

And I think probably
without being a good girl - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And I think probably without being a good girl

I didn't want to.
I did it with a pistol to my head. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I didn't want to. I did it with a pistol to my head.

Butterfield Eight. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Butterfield Eight.

But as a model
and freelance call girl - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

But as a model and freelance call girl

Yesterday it was men,
a whole world full of men. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Yesterday it was men, a whole world full of men.

Mama, face it.
I was the slut of all time. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Mama, face it. I was the slut of all time.

It was such a piece of shit
that it made me angry. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

It was such a piece of shit that it made me angry.

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Newly discovered interviews with Elizabeth Taylor and unprecedented access to the star's personal archive reveal the complex inner life and vulnerability of the groundbreaking icon.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Nanette Burstein

Writer: Tal Ben-David, Nanette Burstein

Production: HBO Documentary Films,Bad Robot,Zipper Bros Films,Gerber Pictures,Sutter Road Picture Company,House of Taylor

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

MetaScore: 75/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 03 Aug 2024

Awards: 9 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/elizabeth-taylor-the-lost-tapes