'I feel that if you really want to know about my mom, go see her movies, go listen to her recordings, and go watch her television shows, and that's how you'll know about her,' Luft said.
is set in 1969, the final year of Garland's life. It depicts Garland as she arrives in London for a five-week concert slate, and deals with some of the issues that plagued her later in life, such as depression and substance abuse. She passed away on June 22 of that year., which concerns Luft's own life and that of her mother, in 1998. The memoir was adapted into the ABC miniseries. The miniseries won five Emmy awards, as well as a Golden Globe.
Zellweger, who plays Garland in the film, reportedly never contacted Luft nor her half-sister, actress Liza Minelli, for advice on how to portray their mother on the big screen.responding to a news story about the project on June 18, 2018.The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30 and has received mostly positive appraisals from film critics. As of September 26, it has an 87 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 87 reviews.
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