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Martha

The film covers the breadth of her extraordinary life through intimate interviews with Stewart herself, who opened up her personal archives to share never-before-seen photos, letters, and diary entries.

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R.J. Cutler

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This Machine Filmworks

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https://www.netflix.com/title/81479059

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Maria Bartiromo

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Caitlin Flanagan

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Melanie Griffith

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David Letterman

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Martha Stewart

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Samuel D. Waksal

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Barbara Walters

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[woman] People always
talk about the really big figures - Martha

[woman] People always talk about the really big figures

Did they create this moment,
or did the moment create them? - Martha

Did they create this moment, or did the moment create them?

She made such an
enormous mark on the culture. - Martha

She made such an enormous mark on the culture.

[woman] She has remained
relevant for more than 50 years. - Martha

[woman] She has remained relevant for more than 50 years.

[woman] To this day, - Martha

[woman] To this day,

[woman 2] If there was ever
the original influencer, it's Martha. - Martha

[woman 2] If there was ever the original influencer, it'...

[whimsical music playing] - Martha

[whimsical music playing]

[woman] Before Martha, there were a lot of
women who gave advice about homemaking. - Martha

[woman] Before Martha, there were a lot of women who gave ad...

And the number one
thing about these women, - Martha

And the number one thing about these women,

I'm Betty Crocker, and I promise
you a perfect cake every time you bake. - Martha

I'm Betty Crocker, and I promise you a perfect cake eve...

[woman] When Martha came along, - Martha

[woman] When Martha came along,

If you're having a big crowd for
Thanksgiving this year like we are, - Martha

If you're having a big crowd for Thanksgiving this year...

[woman] She became an
aspirational force to millions of people. - Martha

[woman] She became an aspirational force to millions of peop...

This idea that you
could have it all. - Martha

This idea that you could have it all.

[TV host] Martha Stewart.
She's a self-made billionaire. - Martha

[TV host] Martha Stewart. She's a self-made billionaire...

[woman] She was saying to women,
"Homemaking can be a powerful thing." - Martha

[woman] She was saying to women, "Homemaking can be a p...

Something that people
need and want and don't have. - Martha

Something that people need and want and don't have.

[woman] She wanted
to make it possible - Martha

[woman] She wanted to make it possible

The high standards that
Martha has set for herself - Martha

The high standards that Martha has set for herself

[woman] It's a fantasy world, - Martha

[woman] It's a fantasy world,

We have very strong
but conflicted feelings - Martha

We have very strong but conflicted feelings

"She's an intolerable perfectionist.
She's a control freak." How do you plead? - Martha

"She's an intolerable perfectionist. She's a ...

People attack me for being a homemaker,
but, in reality, what am I really doing? - Martha

People attack me for being a homemaker, but, in reality, wha...

I'm celebrating something
that's been put down for so long. - Martha

I'm celebrating something that's been put down for...

[woman] Everyone
thought she was perfect, - Martha

[woman] Everyone thought she was perfect,

{\an8}[female reporter] Martha Stewart
was indicted on criminal charges. - Martha

{\an8}[female reporter] Martha Stewart was indicted on crimi...

{\an8}[woman 2] Her image is so
associated with perfection, - Martha

{\an8}[woman 2] Her image is so associated with perfection,

Mmm. The perfect
ending to a perfect meal. - Martha

Mmm. The perfect ending to a perfect meal.

[woman] Somewhere along the line,
Martha bought into the idea of perfection. - Martha

[woman] Somewhere along the line, Martha bought into the ide...

But the question is not
whether perfection is attainable. - Martha

But the question is not whether perfection is attainable.

The question is, "At what cost?" - Martha

The question is, "At what cost?"

I dislike people who think they
can do more than they can do. - Martha

I dislike people who think they can do more than they can do...

I dislike not paying
attention to details, - Martha

I dislike not paying attention to details,

[chuckles] - Martha

I don't plant very many things
red in my garden, if anything. - Martha

I don't plant very many things red in my garden, if any...

So red is another thing
I'm not very fond of. - Martha

So red is another thing I'm not very fond of.

[gentle classical music playing] - Martha

[gentle classical music playing]

I would like to lay the path to the
summerhouse garden from the main road. - Martha

I would like to lay the path to the summerhouse garden from ...

I think we should do rough
stones like the other path, - Martha

I think we should do rough stones like the other path,

[phone beeps] - Martha

If you wanna be
happy for a year, - Martha

If you wanna be happy for a year,

If you wanna be happy
for a decade, get a dog. - Martha

If you wanna be happy for a decade, get a dog.

And if you wanna be happy for
the rest of your life, make a garden. - Martha

And if you wanna be happy for the rest of your life, make a ...

I think we should probably do a
little bit of trimming on the boxwood. - Martha

I think we should probably do a little bit of trimming on th...

I was maligned for
being a perfectionist, - Martha

I was maligned for being a perfectionist,

There seem to be some dead
peonies, which makes me very unhappy. - Martha

There seem to be some dead peonies, which makes me very unha...

[phone beeps] - Martha

[whimsical strings
music playing] - Martha

[whimsical strings music playing]

I wanted to learn. He had
a lot to teach. And I listened. - Martha

I wanted to learn. He had a lot to teach. And I listened.

I was the one trusted
to iron his linen shirts. - Martha

I was the one trusted to iron his linen shirts.

And he had the
Harris Tweed jacket - Martha

And he had the Harris Tweed jacket

And it was very obvious to
everybody that I was his favorite. - Martha

And it was very obvious to everybody that I was his favorite...

[music fades] - Martha

He got the job done that he
could-- that he was set out to do. - Martha

He got the job done that he could-- that he was set out to d...

[inquisitive strings
music playing] - Martha

[inquisitive strings music playing]

He sometimes started the day off
with a large glass of coffee and red wine. - Martha

He sometimes started the day off with a large glass of coffe...

He never stumbled around and
threw things and broke things. - Martha

He never stumbled around and threw things and broke things.

But he was a dissatisfied,
unhappy human being. - Martha

But he was a dissatisfied, unhappy human being.

{\an8}He couldn't support six
kids. And we needed food. - Martha

{\an8}He couldn't support six kids. And we needed food.

[poignant music playing] - Martha

[poignant music playing]

{\an8}We dreaded the yardstick. And
at times, it was the end of the belt. - Martha

{\an8}We dreaded the yardstick. And at times, it was the end...

["Good Lookin' by
Etta James playing] - Martha

["Good Lookin' by Etta James playing]

She and her mother
one day said to me, - Martha

She and her mother one day said to me,

{\an8}That was a major event
in Nutley, New Jersey. - Martha

{\an8}That was a major event in Nutley, New Jersey.

I would give most of my
paycheck to my mother - Martha

I would give most of my paycheck to my mother

I stood by my mother's
side in the kitchen, - Martha

I stood by my mother's side in the kitchen,

She was a schoolteacher, and
she had to cook 16 meals a day. - Martha

She was a schoolteacher, and she had to cook 16 meals a day.

I thought that was pretty
fantastic that she could do all that. - Martha

I thought that was pretty fantastic that she could do all th...

But the cookie-cutter house
and the cookie-cutter life, - Martha

But the cookie-cutter house and the cookie-cutter life,

[peppy strings music playing] - Martha

[peppy strings music playing]

I really liked history,
art history, economics. - Martha

I really liked history, art history, economics.

People knew who I was, a tall,
blonde, pretty girl from New Jersey, - Martha

People knew who I was, a tall, blonde, pretty girl from New ...

I was looking for adventure, - Martha

I was looking for adventure,

[music ends] - Martha

And we all sort of scratched
our heads. "Who the heck is that?" - Martha

And we all sort of scratched our heads. "Who the heck i...

And she said, "I have a brother
who goes to Yale Law School." - Martha

And she said, "I have a brother who goes to Yale Law Sc...

We went out to dinner. He
was very polite and handsome. - Martha

We went out to dinner. He was very polite and handsome.

It was exciting to meet a
sophisticated young man. - Martha

It was exciting to meet a sophisticated young man.

And he had an American Express card,
which was a very big deal in those days. - Martha

And he had an American Express card, which was a very big de...

And he was just
intriguing, playful, and nice. - Martha

And he was just intriguing, playful, and nice.

[Martha] Andy was so nice, - Martha

[Martha] Andy was so nice,

He would send me
money for a train ticket, - Martha

He would send me money for a train ticket,

[music fades] - Martha

And he slapped me hard on my... on my face
and said, "No. You're not marrying him." - Martha

And he slapped me hard on my... on my face and said, "N...

But I said, "I'm gonna get
married no matter what you think." - Martha

But I said, "I'm gonna get married no matter what ...

[music fades] - Martha

I kept record of every menu,
every single thing we ate. - Martha

I kept record of every menu, every single thing we ate.

I didn't even know that olives tasted
anything other than those green olives - Martha

I didn't even know that olives tasted anything other th...

Nobody was sophisticated
back home in the 1960s. - Martha

Nobody was sophisticated back home in the 1960s.

It did awaken in me a love of cuisine,
a love of travel, a love of discovery. - Martha

It did awaken in me a love of cuisine, a love of travel, a l...

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The film covers the breadth of her extraordinary life through intimate interviews with Stewart herself, who opened up her personal archives to share never-before-seen photos, letters, and diary entries.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: R.J. Cutler

Writer: N/A

Production: This Machine Filmworks

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

MetaScore: 69/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 30 Oct 2024

Awards: 1 win total

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81479059