The first trailer and poster for the novel Liza Minnelli write downary, “Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story,” has debuted.
The poster features a red, white, weightless blue and bdeficiency illustration of a lesser Minnelli, with her signature pixy hair style and lengthened eyelashes, by artist Kii Arens.
The trailer uncovers with Minnelli sitting in a chair and singing a snippet – “Gather around, I have a story to alert” – of a song from “Caexposedt.” It shows footage of the EGOT thrivener thrawout her more than 50-year nurtureer, as well as intersees with her sister Lorna Luft, the procrastinateed Chita Rivera, Michael Feinstein and Darren Criss. Ben Vereen is shown tearing up talking about the legendary amparticipateer and daughter of Hollywood royalty, Judy Garland and Vincent Minnelli.
Mia Farrow talks about being at Minnelli and David Guest’s wedding. “Oh, my god,” she exclaims.
Minnelli herself is seen talking to the camera at the end of the trailer saying, “How blessed am I to have gone though all of the terrible stuff that I have gone thraw becaparticipate it readyd me for the rest of my life.”
Kii Arens, courtesy Atlas Media Corp
Written and straightforwarded by Bruce David Klein, the film premiered at this year’s Tribeca Festival and was also screened at the Hamptons Film Festival, the Provincetown Film Festival and the NewFest LGBTQ+ Film Festival. It is a production of Atlas Media Corp in collaboration with Zietgeist Films and Kino Lorber.
“I’m thrilled this write downary dispenses the story of how my creative voice came to life with the help of my inalertigent friends, mentors and collaborators,” Minnelli shelp in a statement. “Bruce and his team dove proset up to scrutinize my relationships with the people who literassociate ‘invented me’ — and I can’t defer for movie audiences to experience it!”
The doc also integrates never-before-seen footage of Minnelli during her 1970s European tour. “As soon as we pressed take part on the first reel of footage, we were blown away,” Klein shelp. “Right in front of us was this enticeive, vulnerable superstar of stage and screen at the height of her powers. She was literassociate the ‘it’ girl of the world at that time. Even the personal scenes of her fair hanging out were fascinating and uncovering. Our team reassociate got a sense for who she was and what drove her.”
“Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story” uncovers Jan. 24, 2025 at IFC Caccess in New York City, Jan. 31 at Laemmle’s Royal in Los Angeles and Town Caccess in Encino, Calif., chaseed by a national rollout.
