This film is based on
real events. During the last years
of Errol Flynn, he was swimming in vodka and unwilling to face aging and
mortality. He had always gone
against convention and he began an affair with aspiring actress Beverly Aadland. She was fifteen years old when they met
and her fame-obsessed mother supported their relationship. Florence traveled with the couple to
add propriety to their being together.
There was a tornado of publicity when Errol passed away and Beverly was
with him when he died.
I didn’t think this
film was true until I checked the information about the story. It was still hard to believe it was
true but it is. Florence wanted so
badly for Beverly to move up the ranks in Hollywood that she scarified her
marriage to divorce. Her husband left her rather than condone the relationship. Florence had the typical mindset of this period but usually
it was for the daughter to go to college to get a Mrs. Degree. Beverly needs a successful husband and they need to
do what is needed to accomplish this.
Reason seems to enter this film when it’s way beyond too late? 2 1/2* (This movie is so-so)
94
min, Bio directed by Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland with Kevin Kline, Susan
Sarandon, Dakota Fanning, Max Casella, Bryan Batt, Jason Davis, Ric Reitz, Matt
Kane.
Note: Imdb 5.6 out of 10, 29% critic 28%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert ½*.
Special
Note: Errol Flynn was born in 1909,
he became an international star in 1938 after the release of Captain Blood and
he died in 1959. He was seriously
ill in 1952 with hepatitis because of liver damage from alcohol. Before his death, he had been suffering
from back pain. On the day of his
death, he consulted a doctor and received a shot for back pain relief. His death was probably due to a
pulmonary embolism due to deep venous thrombosis in one or both of his legs. (A blood clot traveled from his legs to his lungs.)
No comments:
Post a Comment