Project Detail

A Special Relationship

Synopsis

Chronicling Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor’s journey from actress to activist through the lens of her friendship with her assistant Roger Wall, a gay man who grew up in poverty in the Deep South of the USA.
Simon Beaufoy’s script was drawn from hours of interviews with those close to Taylor. Alongside being an Oscar-winning actress whose iconic roles included WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? and CLEOPATRA, and a vibrant public figure who was married eight times to seven men, Taylor was a social activist who became one of the first major celebrities to vocally join the fight against HIV/AIDS in the 1980s.

Details

Year: 2020
Type of project: Features
Director: Bert and Bertie
Producer: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman
Executive Producer: Danny Perkins, Barbara Berkowitz, Tim Mendelson, Quinn Tivey
Screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy
Principal cast: Rachel Weisz

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Pre-production

Production Company

See-Saw Films

3rd Floor
45 Folgate Street
London
E1 6GL

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