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Burton & Taylor is a BBC Four TV film written by William Ivory and directed by Richard Laxton, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Dominic West as legendary acting duo and former couple, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton during their preparation for a 1983 theatrical production of the play, Private Lives.
Burton and Taylor were not in attendance; Taylor was in London and Burton was filming Becket (1964). [105] Top ticket prices at the Rivoli were a record $5.50. [4] Soon after the film's premiere, its running time was truncated from 244 to 221 minutes. Two weeks after opening in New York, the film's release was expanded into 37 cities. [4]
The film examines the conflicted emotions felt by a couple whose 18-year marriage has frayed beyond repair. The first half of the film (Divorce His) details the story from the husband's perspective, and the second half (Divorce Hers) takes the wife's perspective. It is the final film to star both Burton and Taylor together.
Burton and Taylor adopted daughter Maria in 1961. However, after 11 films and nearly two decades together, they called it quits for good in 1976.
The DVD, released in 2006, includes two short films the filmmakers shot along with the movie, one about Big Sur and its artist colony, featuring narration by Burton, and another about the bust of Elizabeth Taylor that was commissioned from a Big Sur artist for use as a prop in the movie.
However, Taylor, scared by the appeal Loren had for Burton, persuaded Asquith to hire her instead; "Let Sophia stay in Rome", she told him. [6] Taylor's fee was $1 million (£357,143). [7] [8] This was the first time Australian actor Rod Taylor had played an Australian character on film.
Decades before millions tracked every move of Harry and Meghan, William and Kate or Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, it was the turbulent union of actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor that set ...
Elizabeth Taylor (seated center) arrives with her children — (left to right) Michael Wilding Jr., Christopher Wilding, Maria Burton and Liza Todd Burton — for her 75th birthday party at the ...