Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes is a 2024 documentary film about that explores the legendary life, career, and inner struggles of Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor using 40 hours of newly unearthed, candid audio interviews recorded in 1964 by journalist Richard Meryman. Directed by Nanette Burstein. Dialogue Elizabeth Taylor: [voiceover from a recording of a 1964 interview by journalist Richard Meryman, on winning the 1961 Oscar® for Best Actress in a Leading Role for 'BUtterfield 8' after she contracted pneumonia while filming 'Cleopatra' and had major lung-and-throat surgery] Butterfield 8 was my fourth nomination in a row. And I won the award from my tracheotomy. Richard Meryman: Do you really feel that? Elizabeth Taylor: Yes, I do. There must have been some kind of sympathy thing because I think the film is so embarrassing. It's just dreadful. [last lines] Elizabeth Taylor: [from a recording of a 1985 interview] Now, I mean, I find life so exciting. There's so many things to do. There's so many things to learn. And I'm doing that now. If I want to go someplace, I go if there's something I want to study, I'll study it now. I'm not under any obligation to anyone [pause] but myself. And to thine own self to be true. That's all I have to do. External links Category:2024 English-language films Category:2024 American films Category:American collage films Category:American documentary films Category:Documentary films about actors Category:Documentary films about women Category:Films directed by Nanette Burstein