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Whitney

An in-depth look at the life and music of Whitney Houston.

Director

Kevin Macdonald

Year

Genre

documentary, biography, drama

Box Office

$3,026,351

Production

N/A

Awards

1 win & 13 nominations

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Self

Whitney Houston

Self - Family Friend

Self - Brother

Michael Houston

Self - Mother

Self

Aretha Franklin

Self - Brother

Self - Former Sister-in-Law

Self - First Black Mayor of Newark

Self - Family Friend

Deforest B. Soaries Jr.

Themselves

Drinkard Singers

Self - Whitney's Cousin

Self - Whitney's Cousin

Dee Dee Warwick

Self - Family Friend

Self - Half-Brother

John Houston III

Self - Sister-in-Law

Patricia Houston

Self - Management Team, 1981-1988

Steven Gittelman

Self - Pianist with Cissy Houston

Self - Bass Player, 1983-1989

Self - Founder, Arista Records

Self - Stylist and Friend

Self

Self - Ex-Boyfriend

Self - Publicist

Self - Whitney's Production Company

Debra Martin Chase

Self - Ex-Husband

Self - Family Friend

Self

Bobbi Kristina Brown

Self

Self - Writer

Cinque Henderson

Self - Songwriter

Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds

Self - Film Agent

Self - Actor

Self

Self

Self - Personal Assistant

Self - Brownhouse Productions

Self - Arista Records, 2000-2004

Self - CEO and President, Arista Records 2000-2004

Self - Bodyguard, 2002-2012

Sparkle

Stix

Philip Michael Thomas

Self

Self (archival footage)

Michael Bearden

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Self

Self

Self

Randall Cunningham

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

John Russell Houston Jr.

Self

Michael Jackson

Self - Bodyguard

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self

David Letterman

Self

Self

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Barbara Walters

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She looked so bad.
The call was out of the bag. - Whitney

She looked so bad. The call was out of the bag.

The record company felt she
had to do a sit-down interview - Whitney

The record company felt she had to do a sit-down interview

Everybody watching this is
gonna be staring at you physically. - Whitney

Everybody watching this is gonna be staring at you physicall...

And they're gonna be saying,
'How thin is she now?' - Whitney

And they're gonna be saying, 'How thin is she now?...

The bones. That's real.
- Yeah, my bones. - Whitney

The bones. That's real. - Yeah, my bones.

- I'm 5' and thin.
- But that's not just thin. - Whitney

- I'm 5' and thin. - But that's not just thin...

No? What is it, Diane?
Tell me. - Whitney

No? What is it, Diane? Tell me.

And it just made me
start sweating. - Whitney

And it just made me start sweating.

If you had to name
the devil, for you, - Whitney

If you had to name the devil, for you,

We don't do that.
Crack is whack. - Whitney

We don't do that. Crack is whack.

I saw that interview and I thought,
'Why are we here?' - Whitney

I saw that interview and I thought, 'Why are we here?&#...

I'm not the strongest
every day, - Whitney

I'm not the strongest every day,

After our interview
with Diane Sawyer - Whitney

After our interview with Diane Sawyer

Yeah, and I haven't been able
to stop sweating. - Whitney

Yeah, and I haven't been able to stop sweating.

Your favorite song - Whitney

Your favorite song

She's high, and we've recorded
her on her double CD collection. - Whitney

She's high, and we've recorded her on her double C...

♪ No matter what
they take from me ♪ - Whitney

♪ No matter what they take from me ♪

Beloved by millions and
millions all over the world. - Whitney

Beloved by millions and millions all over the world.

It's hard to understand the isolation
of that kind of tabloid fame. - Whitney

It's hard to understand the isolation of that kind of t...

Michael Jackson
would call her sometimes, - Whitney

Michael Jackson would call her sometimes,

But they just...
They understood each other. - Whitney

But they just... They understood each other.

They both- They were...
two of the few people in the world - Whitney

They both- They were... two of the few people in the world

Houston last checked herself into
a rehabilitation center a year ago. - Whitney

Houston last checked herself into a rehabilitation center a...

Houston said she is using
the power of prayer - Whitney

Houston said she is using the power of prayer

A number of times
she went away into rehab, - Whitney

A number of times she went away into rehab,

I know it's
a pretty complicated answer, - Whitney

I know it's a pretty complicated answer,

Because...
to go into treatment, - Whitney

Because... to go into treatment,

And you have to tell
the real problem. - Whitney

And you have to tell the real problem.

I think there's always
something in your childhood - Whitney

I think there's always something in your childhood

Is there something in
your childhood that's made it - Whitney

Is there something in your childhood that's made it

I remember
a tot of different things - Whitney

I remember a tot of different things

You know, being a child,
a 8 or 9 years old-- - Whitney

You know, being a child, a 8 or 9 years old--

A family member of mine,
you know. - Whitney

A family member of mine, you know.

Me and my brother
and my sister stayed with - Whitney

Me and my brother and my sister stayed with

Gary told me that he suffered
sexual abuse as a child. - Whitney

Gary told me that he suffered sexual abuse as a child.

Did you ever hear that
the same thing happened to Whitney? - Whitney

Did you ever hear that the same thing happened to Whitney?

I have heard it. - Whitney

I have heard it.

I couldn't figure out why she
would always be on my case - Whitney

I couldn't figure out why she would always be on my cas...

If we were doing
a business trip, - Whitney

If we were doing a business trip,

And then, as mothers, we talked,
and she explained to me why. - Whitney

And then, as mothers, we talked, and she explained to me why...

We was talking one day,
'cause she knows my sister, - Whitney

We was talking one day, 'cause she knows my sister,

And she looked up at me, - Whitney

And she looked up at me,

She says, 'Mommy don't know
the things we went through.' - Whitney

She says, 'Mommy don't know the things we went thr...

And she just had tears
rolling down her eyes, - Whitney

And she just had tears rolling down her eyes,

I said, 'Well, one day,
when you get the nerve,' - Whitney

I said, 'Well, one day, when you get the nerve,'

Why child abuse?
You come from a loving family. - Whitney

Why child abuse? You come from a loving family.

It bothers me that
children who are helpless, - Whitney

It bothers me that children who are helpless,

Yes. She did. - Whitney

Gary told me that it was
Dee Dee Warwick, - Whitney

Gary told me that it was Dee Dee Warwick,

'It was Dee Dee.'
And I said, 'What?' - Whitney

'It was Dee Dee.' And I said, 'What?'

♪ What can you do? ♪ - Whitney

♪ What can you do? ♪

I think she was ashamed. - Whitney

I think she was ashamed.

Because Cissy
loves her children. - Whitney

Because Cissy loves her children.

What do you think
the long-term effects - Whitney

What do you think the long-term effects

It made her question
her sexual... preference. - Whitney

It made her question her sexual... preference.

And I think that's why
she really wanted a family. - Whitney

And I think that's why she really wanted a family.

A husband, children, - Whitney

A husband, children,

She was a good actress. - Whitney

She was a good actress.

I always used to tell them, - Whitney

I always used to tell them,

Whitney calling Nippy. - Whitney

Whitney calling Nippy.

She won't answer. She's really
being non-cooperative today. - Whitney

She won't answer. She's really being non-cooperati...

She'd reaped
all these things - Whitney

She'd reaped all these things

If you can't know who you are,
nothing's gonna save you. - Whitney

If you can't know who you are, nothing's gonna sav...

♪ You and me
against the world ♪ - Whitney

♪ You and me against the world ♪

In the end, there was no drive,
there was no interest. - Whitney

In the end, there was no drive, there was no interest.

Someone who's not
really alive, right? - Whitney

Someone who's not really alive, right?

She went to Georgia
to get away from everybody. - Whitney

She went to Georgia to get away from everybody.

She could run away
from the people that would say: - Whitney

She could run away from the people that would say:

Her home here in New Jersey
was still completely packed. - Whitney

Her home here in New Jersey was still completely packed.

No, sir.
Wouldn't have if I was asked. - Whitney

No, sir. Wouldn't have if I was asked.

You know, she always--
I'd go in, - Whitney

You know, she always-- I'd go in,

She would come in
with tears running, - Whitney

She would come in with tears running,

She was looking at me,
and I said: - Whitney

She was looking at me, and I said:

Oh, her father
used to like to... draw - Whitney

Oh, her father used to like to... draw

And... it was something
out of a storybook to me. - Whitney

And... it was something out of a storybook to me.

She was the best mother
she knew how to be. - Whitney

She was the best mother she knew how to be.

But you've got to have
that motherly love, - Whitney

But you've got to have that motherly love,

The things Krissi had to endure,
no one would ever imagine. - Whitney

The things Krissi had to endure, no one would ever imagine.

They didn't take care of Krissi.
They just left her to the wolves. - Whitney

They didn't take care of Krissi. They just left her to ...

She was the companion of an
alcoholic and a drug addict. - Whitney

She was the companion of an alcoholic and a drug addict.

Whitney asked me
to meet her at the hospital. - Whitney

Whitney asked me to meet her at the hospital.

Krissi had taken a knife
and slashed her arms. - Whitney

Krissi had taken a knife and slashed her arms.

Why did she do it?
- She hated her life. - Whitney

Why did she do it? - She hated her life.

She even went
as far as writing: - Whitney

She even went as far as writing:

Whitney Houston has filed for divorce
from her husband Bobby Brown. - Whitney

Whitney Houston has filed for divorce from her husband Bobb...

The two singers,
who have one child, - Whitney

The two singers, who have one child,

I appreciate that.
We'll check in with you - Whitney

I appreciate that. We'll check in with you

People saying,
'I told you so.' - Whitney

People saying, 'I told you so.'

Krissi would go over
and just rock her - Whitney

Krissi would go over and just rock her

And started biting to make
it right for Bobbi Kristina. - Whitney

And started biting to make it right for Bobbi Kristina.

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An in-depth look at the life and music of Whitney Houston.

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Director: Kevin Macdonald

Writer: Kevin Macdonald

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, biography, drama

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 75/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $3,026,351

Released: 05 Jul 2018

Awards: 1 win & 13 nominations

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