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

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That character is
one of the most potent things - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

That character is one of the most potent things

You were marvelous and tragic
and wild and passionate. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

You were marvelous and tragic and wild and passionate.

And this morning, you stagger
out of his apartment. Charming. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And this morning, you stagger out of his apartment. Charming...

Married to Eddie Fisher,
did you feel very lonely? Was that... - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Married to Eddie Fisher, did you feel very lonely? Was that....

Yes. And he made sure
that I felt lonely. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Yes. And he made sure that I felt lonely.

I started to sleep
14 or 15 hours at once. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I started to sleep 14 or 15 hours at once.

I was trying to avoid everything.
I was trying to avoid life. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I was trying to avoid everything. I was trying to avoid life...

But I was so desperate at one time - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

But I was so desperate at one time

I did it deliberately, calmly, and... - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I did it deliberately, calmly, and...

I was fed up with living - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I was fed up with living

I'd rather have been dead
than face going through a divorce. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I'd rather have been dead than face going through a div...

And thank, God.
I'm so deeply ashamed of that. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And thank, God. I'm so deeply ashamed of that.

It's the most
self-indulgent kind of behavior. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

It's the most self-indulgent kind of behavior.

Because the consequences
to the children was so horrific. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Because the consequences to the children was so horrific.

The motion picture
casting achievement of the year - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

The motion picture casting achievement of the year

The occasion? The Hollywood signing
of the exotic Elizabeth - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

The occasion? The Hollywood signing of the exotic Elizabeth

Cleopatra, of whom Shakespeare wrote - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Cleopatra, of whom Shakespeare wrote

Elizabeth was the first movie star - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Elizabeth was the first movie star

And she asked for
10% of the absolute gross. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And she asked for 10% of the absolute gross.

When it came to business,
she was ruthless. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

When it came to business, she was ruthless.

I finally got away from MGM - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I finally got away from MGM

Are you ever made to feel by
the movie industry like so much meat? - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Are you ever made to feel by the movie industry like so much...

But when you, very coolly - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

But when you, very coolly

Why do you think that you're paid
a million dollars for a movie? - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Why do you think that you're paid a million dollars for...

What do you think
is your salable goods? - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

What do you think is your salable goods?

Come on now.
You were offered a million dollars. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Come on now. You were offered a million dollars.

Sex symbol... What the hell
is a sex symbol? What is it? - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Sex symbol... What the hell is a sex symbol? What is it?

I summoned you yesterday
to an audience in my throne room. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I summoned you yesterday to an audience in my throne room.

Because I am a woman - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Because I am a woman

Sex, of course, must enter
into any role that I play. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Sex, of course, must enter into any role that I play.

Am I to understand that you feel free
to do with me whatever you want? - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Am I to understand that you feel free to do with me whatever...

This is one of the reasons
I have a problem - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

This is one of the reasons I have a problem

You two put so bloody much
emphasis on this sex goddess thing... - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

You two put so bloody much emphasis on this sex goddess thin...

I swear to God, before you, I never
thought about being a sex goddess. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I swear to God, before you, I never thought about being a se...

I know I'm an actress
and I know I'm female - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I know I'm an actress and I know I'm female

And as far as
being a sex goddess is concerned - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And as far as being a sex goddess is concerned

Because it's about the 19th time
it's come up in the conversation. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Because it's about the 19th time it's come up in t...

Listen, we have to go, you know - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Listen, we have to go, you know

There're a great many photographers.
I'm going to arrange about the car. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

There're a great many photographers. I'm going to ...

When I was doing Cleopatra
in England - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

When I was doing Cleopatra in England

You wait for the gods.
And you can sit there for days. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

You wait for the gods. And you can sit there for days.

We started out in September - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

We started out in September

And I was sick in bed - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And I was sick in bed

Hollywood's epic production
of Cleopatra grinds to a halt - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Hollywood's epic production of Cleopatra grinds to a ha...

And actually four times,
I was called dead - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And actually four times, I was called dead

And they had pipes
going into my lungs - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And they had pipes going into my lungs

And when I came to on the table,
the operating table - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And when I came to on the table, the operating table

There was only just air coming
in a big hole in my throat - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

There was only just air coming in a big hole in my throat

Well, as you know,
Ms. Taylor has not been well. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Well, as you know, Ms. Taylor has not been well.

So we've been trying - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

So we've been trying

Good news from the London clinic,
Eddie Fisher arriving - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Good news from the London clinic, Eddie Fisher arriving

There has been widespread sympathy
for Liz Taylor over her illness. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

There has been widespread sympathy for Liz Taylor over her i...

I must say, after I recovered,
I was so consumed with life. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I must say, after I recovered, I was so consumed with life.

On the rise
from her recent grave illness - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

On the rise from her recent grave illness

Butterfield Eight was
my fourth nomination in a row. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Butterfield Eight was my fourth nomination in a row.

Butterfield Eight was my fourth nomination in a row - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Butterfield Eight was my fourth nomination in a row

There must have been
some kind of sympathy thing - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

There must have been some kind of sympathy thing

I don't really know
how to express my gratitude - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I don't really know how to express my gratitude

I'm starting a film called Cleopatra,
and we are starting from scratch. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I'm starting a film called Cleopatra, and we are starti...

When they started up
production in Rome - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

When they started up production in Rome

One of the most
troubled productions ever. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

One of the most troubled productions ever.

It almost bankrupted
20th Century Fox. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

It almost bankrupted 20th Century Fox.

And of course,
because the film was re-shot - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And of course, because the film was re-shot

That's how
Richard became part of the film. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

That's how Richard became part of the film.

You remember the very first time
you ever met Richard? - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

You remember the very first time you ever met Richard?

Richard came on the set - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Richard came on the set

First time I ever came on set,
it was a very distinct moment. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

First time I ever came on set, it was a very distinct moment...

I... every so often,
I go to a real bender. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I... every so often, I go to a real bender.

And they suddenly called me.
And so I arrived at the studio - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And they suddenly called me. And so I arrived at the studio

He ordered a cup of coffee
to sort of still his trembling fist. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

He ordered a cup of coffee to sort of still his trembling fi...

So I said to Elizabeth,
"Hold this love for me, will you?" - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

So I said to Elizabeth, "Hold this love for me, will yo...

Richard, what'd you think
about her press as the bad girl? - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Richard, what'd you think about her press as the bad gi...

I don't really read the entertainment
sections of newspapers - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I don't really read the entertainment sections of newsp...

Because I was only getting $300,000
and Elizabeth was getting a million. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Because I was only getting $300,000 and Elizabeth was gettin...

I will never be free of you. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I will never be free of you.

And I thought she was just,
in quotation marks, "a star" - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And I thought she was just, in quotation marks, "a star...

And then I watched
Elizabeth do a scene - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And then I watched Elizabeth do a scene

Then you go and see the rushes.
And Elizabeth, she was hair-raising. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Then you go and see the rushes. And Elizabeth, she was hair-...

I remember going to Rome
and there was a dinner. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I remember going to Rome and there was a dinner.

Richard was there and - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Richard was there and

And I think the only person
that didn't get it was Eddie. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And I think the only person that didn't get it was Eddi...

And she said to me - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

And she said to me

Richard and I, we tried to be
what is considered good - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Richard and I, we tried to be what is considered good

If someone asked me what I want - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

If someone asked me what I want

It's very difficult to talk about
because I loved Richard. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

It's very difficult to talk about because I loved Richa...

I think Sybil always thought
he would come back - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I think Sybil always thought he would come back

It was a very, very, very,
very intense relationship. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

It was a very, very, very, very intense relationship.

People would say, we don't care
what they do in private life - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

People would say, we don't care what they do in private...

But when the press photographers
chase you for miles - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

But when the press photographers chase you for miles

Photographers dressed up as priests
would come to the door. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Photographers dressed up as priests would come to the door.

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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.

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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