Life with Judy Garland - Me and My Shadows Robert Allan Ackerman Digital Life DVD

Life with Judy Garland - Me and My Shadows
starring: Judy Davis, Victor Garber, Hugh Laurie, John Benjamin Hickey, Sonja Smits
directed by: Robert Allan Ackerman

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: DAVIS,JUDY
EAN: 0786936170399
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 22, 2002
Running Time: 170 minutes
Sales Rank: 16745
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: February 25, 2001

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The remarkable story of Hollywood legend Judy Garland is vividly told in this widely acclaimed film, which features amazing, Emmy Award-winning portrayals by Judy Davis (Best Actress) and Tammy Blanchard (Best Supporting Actress). Loved by millions the world over, Judy was the brightest star in Hollywood's Golden Era. Away from the bright lights and brilliant performances, however, her devotion was to her family. But while she loved her children unconditionally, they could only desperately try and hang on to their mother as a powerful dependence on alcohol and prescription drugs began to consume her life. Based on the book by Garland's daughter Lorna Luft, and honored recipient of 5 Emmy Awards, LIFE WITH JUDY GARLAND: ME AND MY SHADOWS is a deeply moving testament to the healing powers of embracing one's past, facing one's demons, and charting a course of self-discovery!

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Pulling off the rare feat of winning Emmys for portraying the same role, Judy Davis and Tammy Blanchard raise this widely watched TV movie above the usual weepy-biopic standard. Since the project is based on a memoir by Lorna Luft, Judy Garland's 'other' daughter, the emphasis is on Garland's rocky post-MGM years, spotlighting marriages, pills, and spectacular stage comebacks. Davis handles the neurotic swoops with authority; when Garland sighs on her birthday, 'I'm 47 today--with my life, that makes me 412,' you believe her. One thing she can't capture is Garland's onscreen incandescence: Davis's lip-syncing of 'The Trolley Song' is expert but joyless. The luminous young Blanchard (who won the supporting actress trophy) has a physical and vocal resemblance to the former Frances Gumm that's often breathtaking, and the Wizard of Oz sequences look like outtakes from the real thing. Too much TV-flick telescoping dooms the movie to sketchiness, but those performances are over the rainbow. --Robert Horton

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- AS GOOD AS IT GETS!
This is undoubetdly the greatest biopic ever made. It's been several years since I first saw it on television and no matter where I go, I still hear people talking about it. I don't think I've ever experienced another television movie that has had such a strong and lasting hold on it's audience. It manages to get under the skin of it's central character, the phenomenal Judy Garland. It tells the story of her triumphant and often unhappy life as straight and honestly as any movie possible can, never letting us forget how brilliantly talented and troubled she was. There is an affection for Ms. Garland that permeates every frame of this film and infects its audience no matter how many times one sees it. Watching the brilliant performances of Tammy Blanchard and Judy Davis actually allows the audience to experience the greatness of Garland. I think this is a remarkable achievement. So that if you never saw Judy Garland ... Read More

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- Judy Davis IS Judy Garland!
Judy Davis deserved her Emmy win for her scary and accurate portrayal of Judy Garland! It was hard to tell who was the real Judy!

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- Too many cut scenes-
The VHS version has cut scenes, too-Where is the whole story of Artie Shaw breaking her heart? Unless I'm dreaming, I saw this plot line in the original on TV-I just got mine in the mail today and I am so disappointed-I'm afraid to see what else was cut-The reason I bought the VHS version instead of the DVD was an earlier reviewer said it was the DVD that cut scenes-
Still a crackerjack performance for all concerned-

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- AMAZING job by Tammy Blanchard
For picky hardcore Garland fans who are looking for a movie that strictly sticks to the facts, presents them in the exact order that they happened, and doesn't deviate from the truth one iota, well...you'll have a field day pointing out the errors in "Me and My Shadows" (although I would say the movie does a somewhat better job of being factual than the book; apparently there were a few who "overrode" the filtered memories of Lorna Luft). If you can enjoy this movie as entertainment that gets the spirit of the situation right and nails the characterizations down perfectly, then you will enjoy this film immensely. MY one fault with the movie is the switch between the two roles. I think both actresses did an amazing job of portraying Judy Garland (at times, it is eerie to watch Tammy Blanchard without thinking that it's not Judy, as she nails the look, mannerisms, and emotions of Garland), but I do question switching ... Read More

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