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Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story

I'd done this terrible movie calledEmpire of the Ants. Get me out of here!

[screaming] I'd done this terrible movie called
Empire of the Ants. [screaming] Get me out of here!

Full Transcript

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[screaming]
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I'd done this terrible movie called Empire of the Ants.
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[screaming] Get me out of here!
Duration
9 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:22
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
AGC Studios,CNN Films,Passion Pictures,BBC Arts,Ventureland

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Movie Summary

In 1968, Jackie Collins published her first novel The World Is Full of Married Men to remarkable success and immediate scandal. Over the next decades, Collins would go on to build an empire writing books where female agency came first. Jackie Collins’ women were unapologetic about their needs and their sexual desire, and to her devoted readers, Collins became a symbol of the effortless power that defined her heroines.
And, um, you know, I was-- Parts weren't coming my way. - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:05
And, um, you know, I was-- Parts weren't coming my way.
Joan was really famous… - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:09
Joan was really famous…
And then Jackie started to become famous, - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:11
And then Jackie started to become famous,
[Jan] I mean, Joan was nothing, - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:06
[Jan] I mean, Joan was nothing,
And I certainly don't think she ever thought… - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:09
And I certainly don't think she ever thought…
So I asked Jackie if she would write the script - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:10
So I asked Jackie if she would write the script
[Johnny] "The Stud by Jackie Collins." - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:17
[Johnny] "The Stud by Jackie Collins."
"'Are we there?' I asked foolishly." - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:09
"'Are we there?' I asked foolishly."
[Johnny] "Screw me, you bastard! Keep it hard!" - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:13
[Johnny] "Screw me, you bastard! Keep it hard!"
{\an8}And now we've made an interpretation out of it, it's a very different story. - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:05
{\an8}And now we've made an interpretation out of it, i...
Oliver Tobias thought he was the second coming of Rock Hudson. - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:05
Oliver Tobias thought he was the second coming of Rock Hudso...
[Oliver] Jackie Collins is a good writer, - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:06
[Oliver] Jackie Collins is a good writer,
You know, I mean, you're making movies, it's a director's medium - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:08
You know, I mean, you're making movies, it's a dir...
[splash] - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:09
[splash]
I think before they were supposed to write films about ladies - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:07
I think before they were supposed to write films about ladie...
[Bill] There was great snobbery at that time. - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:20
[Bill] There was great snobbery at that time.
[Bill] But, look, Jackie was laughing all the way to the bank. - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:12
[Bill] But, look, Jackie was laughing all the way to the ban...
But the criticisms throughout the '70s felt I think to her quite, um… - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:09
But the criticisms throughout the '70s felt I think to ...
You realized that you could write a book that had a lot of sex in it, - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:07
You realized that you could write a book that had a lot of s...
[Jackie] I have to stop you there - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story 00:04
[Jackie] I have to stop you there