Behind the Candelabra

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Behind the Candelabra is a 2013 biographical drama film about pianist Liberace’s secret relationship with Scott Thorson, starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon and directed by Steven Soderbergh.

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instanceOf biographical drama film
film
awardReceived Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
basedOn Behind the Candelabra self-linksurface differs
surface form: Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace

Scott Thorson memoir
castMember Boyd Holbrook
Cheyenne Jackson
Dan Aykroyd
Debbie Reynolds
Matt Damon
Michael Douglas
Nicky Katt
Paul Reiser
Rob Lowe
Scott Bakula
Tom Papa
characterRole Matt Damon
surface form: Matt Damon as Scott Thorson

Michael Douglas
surface form: Michael Douglas as Liberace
cinematographer Peter Andrews
composer Marvin Hamlisch
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Steven Soderbergh
distributor HBO
editor Mary Ann Bernard
executiveProducer Steven Soderbergh
genre biographical film
drama film
mainCharacter Liberace
Scott Thorson
medium television film
notableFor portrayal of Liberace’s relationship with Scott Thorson
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork HBO
producer Jerry Weintraub
publicationDate 2013
releaseEvent premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
runtime 118 minutes
screenwriter Richard LaGravenese
setting California, United States
surface form: California

Las Vegas, Nevada
surface form: Las Vegas
starred Matt Damon
Michael Douglas
subject Liberace’s private life
addiction
fame and celebrity
plastic surgery
same-sex relationship
timePeriod 1970s
1980s

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Matt Damon notableWork Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas notableWork Behind the Candelabra
Debbie Reynolds notableWork Behind the Candelabra
Behind the Candelabra basedOn Behind the Candelabra self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace
Steven Soderbergh notableWork Behind the Candelabra
Steven Soderbergh directed Behind the Candelabra
Peter Andrews usedInFilm Behind the Candelabra
Richard LaGravenese notableWork Behind the Candelabra
Jerry Weintraub notableWork Behind the Candelabra
Scott Thorson wrote Behind the Candelabra
this entity surface form: Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace
Scott Thorson portrayedIn Behind the Candelabra
Scott Thorson filmDepictionContext Behind the Candelabra
this entity surface form: HBO film Behind the Candelabra
Cheyenne Jackson notableWork Behind the Candelabra
Tom Papa notableWork Behind the Candelabra
Gregory Jacobs notableWork Behind the Candelabra
Gregory Jacobs produced Behind the Candelabra
Mary Ann Bernard knownFor Behind the Candelabra
Mary Ann Bernard workedOn Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas left after season 4 notableWork Behind the Candelabra
subject surface form: Michael Douglas