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Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

The biography of renowned actor Rock Hudson is examined in this relevant investigation of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity, from his public "ladies' man" character to his private life as a gay man.

Director

Stephen Kijak

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

HBO Documentary Films,Berlanti Productions,Altitude Film Entertainment,Dog Star Films

Awards

3 nominations

Homepage

https://www.hbo.com/movies/rock-hudson-all-that-heaven-allowed

Self

Self - Rock Hudson's Father

Self - Rock Hudson's Boyfriend

Self - Nephew of Ken Hodge

Self - Rock Hudson's Agent

Self - Henry Willson's Biographer

Self - Rock Hudson's Biographer

Self - Co-Star

Kathleen Hughes

Self - Co-Star

Self - Rock Hudson's Boyfriend

Self - Fellow Actor

Self - George Nader's Long-Term Partner

Self - Film Historian

Self - Director

Self - Film Producer

Self - Actor & Author

Illeana Douglas

Self - Script Supervisor

Betty A. Griffin

Self - Rock Hudson's Wife

Self - Director

Self - Co-Star

Self - Co-Star

Elizabeth Taylor

Self - Rock Hudson's Partner

Self - Co-Star

Self - Film Critic

Tom Santopietro

Self - Author

Armistead Maupin

Self - Rock Hudson's Friend

Self - Ken Jillson's Partner

Self - Secretary of State, 1960 - 1969

Self - Actor

Self - Lee's Husband

Paul Garlington

Self - Rock Hudson's Friend

Self - Joe's Husband

Self - Guest Host, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self - Gossip Columnist

Self - Gomer Pyle Star

Self

Self

Self - Host, Montage

Self - Rock Hudson's Friend

Self - Optometrist & Friend

Self - Rock Hudson's Friend

Self - Rock Hudson's Friend

Howard McGillin

Self - First Lady of the United States

Self - 40th President of the United States

Self - Author & Journalist

Self - Host, The Beatrice Arthur Special

Self - Host, Dinah!

Self - Immunologist

Michael Gottlieb

Self - Playwright & Activist

Self - Health Editor

Self - Producer, Dynasty

Self - Co-Star

Self - French Publicist & Friend

Self - CNN Newsnight

Self - AIDS Project LA, 1984 - 1985

Bill Misenhimer

Self - Speaker at AIDS Project LA Event

George Nader

Self - Host, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

Self - Journalist, NBC News

John Chancellor

Self - Host, This Is Your Life

Self - Host, Today

Self - Reporter

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(ethereal music) - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

(ethereal music)

I was a young gay man who was - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

I was a young gay man who was

We talked about being gay
in Hollywood - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

We talked about being gay in Hollywood

And I asked him how he knew
that he was gonna make it, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

And I asked him how he knew that he was gonna make it,

He dreamt that there was
a perfectly cut diamond - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

He dreamt that there was a perfectly cut diamond

And every one of the lights - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

And every one of the lights

He said, "That's the dream - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

He said, "That's the dream

That's how I knew
I was gonna be a star." - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

That's how I knew I was gonna be a star."

-(laughing)
-♪ fanfare playing ♪ - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

-(laughing) -♪ fanfare playing ♪

You see, folks, this young man, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

You see, folks, this young man,

Narrator: Rock Hudson.
Was he the cat's pajamas! - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Narrator: Rock Hudson. Was he the cat's pajamas!

Alan Shayne:
You couldn't take your eyes - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Alan Shayne: You couldn't take your eyes

Robert Hofler:
Not only was he - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Robert Hofler: Not only was he

Ken Maley:
There was that period
where he was the king. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Ken Maley: There was that period where he was the king.

Howard McGillin:
(laughing) You couldn't
invent a name - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Howard McGillin: (laughing) You couldn't invent a name

Maley:
Not only did women say, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Maley: Not only did women say,

Alice Waier:
He was a great performer, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Alice Waier: He was a great performer,

Maupin: I thought I was
the last man in California - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Maupin: I thought I was the last man in California

The lash for you,
betrayer of women. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

The lash for you, betrayer of women.

David Thomson:
He was closeted, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

David Thomson: He was closeted,

If the truth had come out,
that would've been
the end of his career. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

If the truth had come out, that would've been the end o...

Kevoian:
The public perception of Rock - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Kevoian: The public perception of Rock

Carol Burnett:
He loved to laugh.
He was also a bit of a devil. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Carol Burnett: He loved to laugh. He was also a bit of a dev...

Ken Jillson:
The people that
he had around him - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Ken Jillson: The people that he had around him

He was just a decent,
wonderful guy. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

He was just a decent, wonderful guy.

I hate to say that,
but it's true. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

I hate to say that, but it's true.

I think the thing
I most remember him for
were his silences. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

I think the thing I most remember him for were his silences.

(contemplative music) - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

(contemplative music)

Became absorbed in things.
His job mostly. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Became absorbed in things. His job mostly.

Always a look around
his eyes as if he were - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Always a look around his eyes as if he were

Protest against what
he'd surrendered his life to. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Protest against what he'd surrendered his life to.

-(distant clatter)
-...and I don't think
he ever knew. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

-(distant clatter) -...and I don't think he ever knew.

(contemplative music continues) - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

(contemplative music continues)

Reporter 1:
Rock Hudson died peacefully
in his sleep from AIDS, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Reporter 1: Rock Hudson died peacefully in his sleep from AI...

Norman Sunshine:
He signaled this catastrophe
called AIDS, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Norman Sunshine: He signaled this catastrophe called AIDS,

Reporter 2: Since AIDS
is primarily a disease - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Reporter 2: Since AIDS is primarily a disease

Maupin:
They needed someone
to say that he was gay, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Maupin: They needed someone to say that he was gay,

Ronald L. Davis:
This is an interview
with actor Rock Hudson - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Ronald L. Davis: This is an interview with actor Rock Hudson

Well, I'm wondering,
first of all, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Well, I'm wondering, first of all,

That has always
hypnotized me. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

That has always hypnotized me.

Hudson:
No. I could never freely say, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Hudson: No. I could never freely say,

I had to work all the time,
so I couldn't do - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

I had to work all the time, so I couldn't do

And then I went in the Navy
in World War II - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

And then I went in the Navy in World War II

Now is the time
to do what I want to do." - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Now is the time to do what I want to do."

My parents divorced, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

My parents divorced,

Then I got to know - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Then I got to know

And it was one of those things, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

And it was one of those things,

He began inviting me down - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

He began inviting me down

Somebody that really loved
to help people. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Somebody that really loved to help people.

It was never, ever spoken of - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

It was never, ever spoken of

I'd never heard that word
at that point in time. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

I'd never heard that word at that point in time.

Being gay was considered,
you know, a neurosis. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Being gay was considered, you know, a neurosis.

It was just a subject that,
uh, that was off the table. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

It was just a subject that, uh, that was off the table.

Rock was just getting
out of the Navy - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Rock was just getting out of the Navy

So Kenneth was really
enthralled with him - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

So Kenneth was really enthralled with him

They were very much lovers. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

They were very much lovers.

He had plenty of people
to introduce Rock to, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

He had plenty of people to introduce Rock to,

Hudson: He suggested that
I get some pictures taken - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Hudson: He suggested that I get some pictures taken

I said, "What's an agent?" - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

I said, "What's an agent?"

Anyway, I had one response,
that's all. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Anyway, I had one response, that's all.

He got scooped up
with a big-time agent - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

He got scooped up with a big-time agent

And from what I know is, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

And from what I know is,

I think it ended
really abruptly. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

I think it ended really abruptly.

I never really saw my uncle
in love again. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

I never really saw my uncle in love again.

(audience applauding) - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

(audience applauding)

(Rock laughing) - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

(Rock laughing)

Hofler: In the '40s,
Henry Willson went to work - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Hofler: In the '40s, Henry Willson went to work

Rock realized,
"I'm going with the guy - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Rock realized, "I'm going with the guy

And they were considered
way too effeminate - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

And they were considered way too effeminate

As we come out
of World War II, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

As we come out of World War II,

A more masculine man - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

A more masculine man

There were
all these photographs
of soldiers and sailors. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

There were all these photographs of soldiers and sailors.

And so that kind of
upped the ante of - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

And so that kind of upped the ante of

And so the physique
became more important - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

And so the physique became more important

And that's where
Henry Willson
really came in. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

And that's where Henry Willson really came in.

He groomed the male stars - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

He groomed the male stars

And he did it with, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

And he did it with,

(women laughing) - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

(women laughing)

Mark Griffin: Henry Willson
was very shrewd in knowing - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Mark Griffin: Henry Willson was very shrewd in knowing

Hofler:
He showed them how
to do their hair, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Hofler: He showed them how to do their hair,

He taught them
how to be heterosexual. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

He taught them how to be heterosexual.

(jazz singer vocalizing) - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

(jazz singer vocalizing)

-Kathleen Hughes: Oh, yes.
-(knocking) - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

-Kathleen Hughes: Oh, yes. -(knocking)

And he was very pleasant,
very nice. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

And he was very pleasant, very nice.

Hughes:
He did not appeal to me
as a man or as a date. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Hughes: He did not appeal to me as a man or as a date.

He was very nice, but I...
there was no spark. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

He was very nice, but I... there was no spark.

Hudson:
I was under contract
with Universal Pictures. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

Hudson: I was under contract with Universal Pictures.

They took care of everything
for the actor. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

They took care of everything for the actor.

The house you live in, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

The house you live in,

So that the only thing you
had to be concerned about
was your performance. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

So that the only thing you had to be concerned about was you...

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed poster

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The biography of renowned actor Rock Hudson is examined in this relevant investigation of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity, from his public "ladies' man" character to his private life as a gay man.

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Director: Stephen Kijak

Writer: N/A

Production: HBO Documentary Films,Berlanti Productions,Altitude Film Entertainment,Dog Star Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

MetaScore: 71/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 28 Jun 2023

Awards: 3 nominations

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/rock-hudson-all-that-heaven-allowed