Behind the Candelabra

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biographical drama film film

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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Behind the Candelabra canonical 16
Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace 2
HBO film Behind the Candelabra 1

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Predicate Object
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