Jackie - Behind the Myth
by Suzanne Bauman
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Actor: Diz WhiteDirector: Suzanne Bauman
Producer: Suzanne Bauman
Writer: Suzanne Bauman
Producer: Jac Venza
Producer: Karen Kelleher
Writer: Karen Kelleher
Producer: Margaret Smilow
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Pbs Home Video
Movie Reviews of Jackie - Behind the Myth
Movie Review: Love this biography
Summary: 5 Stars
It was really detailed but not depressing. I thought I covered a lot of the historical facts around her life without intruding into the facts that we really don't need to know. Since she spent most of her life after the death of JFK trying to sheild herself and her children from the press it was good to see that for the most part this biography wasn't too intruding.
Summary of Jackie - Behind the Myth
Jackie: Behind the Myth presents an expansive, intimate portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, framed by the times in which she lived and informed by the people who knew her. The film traces the arc of Jackie's extraordinary life, from her seemingly idyllic youth to her days as a beloved First Lady to her post-White House marriage and career, and finally to her valiant efforts to promote and preserve America's cultural heritage. This program reveals an intelligent, insightful woman whose courage and commitment captured the heart of a nation.Jackie O. never wrote an autobiography. "Life comes first," she said. This two-hour documentary tries to find the Jackie behind the headlines and deftly uses the press coverage she came to scorn to create a full-bodied profile. Jackie seems to be guiding the video through excerpts from her journal, which a narrator gives voice to. The film footage is focused on her--her 1953 wedding to John F. Kennedy, being interviewed in French, leading a television tour of the White House, riding an elephant while visiting Nehru, or later in life campaigning to save Grand Central Station. The production also covers familiar turf--the Kennedy and King assassinations, her marriage to Onassis--but it is fascinating to hear the words she wrote about these events and the interviews from big names who knew her then. Personal historical documents provide poignance, such as a poem she wrote for JFK on their first anniversary. "The trouble with me, I'm an outsider, and that's a very hard thing to be in American life," she wrote. This video is a rare, intelligent glimpse of one of the most famous and private women of our time. --Valerie J. Nelson
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