Project Detail

Untouchable

Name: Untouchable
Director: Ursula MacFarlane
Released: 2019
Duration: 98 min

Synopsis

The inside story of the meteoric rise and monstrous fall of movie titan Harvey Weinstein, revealing how Weinstein acquired and deployed his formidable power over the course of decades. Former staffers, college friends and reporters acknowledge the visionary qualities and brilliance of the man, while reflecting upon his ruthless attempts to preserve his power as scandal threatened to engulf him. In candid, emotional, often harrowing testimony - with many accusers speaking on camera for the first time - the documentary exhumes both the method and the collateral damage of Weinstein’s alleged abuse. As the criminal case against him continues, the film questions whether meaningful change in the justice system - and in the film industry - is really possible.
Director Ursula Macfarlane crafts a sinister cinematic landscape exposing the underbelly of the storied Hollywood fairy tale... creating a brilliant, haunting parable for our times and a beacon call for future generations. (Sundance Brochure)
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - Documentary Premieres - World premiere

Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Features
Running time: 98 min
Director: Ursula MacFarlane
Producer: Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, Poppy Dixon
Co-Producer: Vanessa Tovell
Executive Producer: Charles Dorfman, David Gilbery, Simon Young, Tom McDonald, Hugo Grumbar, Tim Haslam
Editor: Andy R. Worboys
Director of Photography: Patrick Smith, Neil Harvey
Composer: Anne Nikitin

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Lightbox (UK) production commissioned by BBC

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10 Amwell Street
London
EC1R 1UQ

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Sales Company

Embankment Films

Westbourne Studios - WE 020
242 Acklam Road
London
W10 5JJ

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