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May 2, 2017 · He met the Academy Award–winning American film star Gloria Grahame in London in 1978. They became lovers and their relationship lasted until the end of her life, dying from cancer in 1981. He wrote his memoir Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool in 1984. Peter has also written screenplays and devised and written scripts, British television ...
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Official Trailer. In 1978 Liverpool, eccentric actress Gloria Grahame enters into an affair with Turner, a much younger man. Quickly it grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort. Their passion and lust for life is tested to the limits by events beyond their control.
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Nov 21, 2017 · Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool delves into the private life of a public figure to mainly great effect, exploring the age difference within the central relationship and an star fading and ageing before her perceived time. Rather than presenting us with a caricature of Ms. Grahame, director Paul McGuigan delivers an insightful, warts-and-all ...
Based on Peter Turner’s memoir, the film follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner (Jamie Bell) and the eccentric Academy Award®-winning actress Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening) in 1978 Liverpool.
"Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool" (2017 release; 107 min.) is a movie about the last years in the life of actress Gloria Grahame. As the movie opens (and Elton John's "Song For Guy" plays in the background), we are told it's "Liverpool, England, 1981" and we see Gloria applying make-up and getting ready for a theater performance.
Based on Peter Turner’s memoir, the film follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner (Bell) and the eccentric Academy Award® - winning actress Gloria Grahame (Bening) in 1978 Liverpool. What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale and her young lover quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort ...
Dec 7, 2017 · FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL tells the biographical story of the famed movie star from the 1940s and 50s, Gloria Grahame. Told from the perspective of her young lover, Peter Turner, the story is told flashing back and forth between 1981 and the time Gloria and Peter spent with each other when they were together and in love.
