The Kid Stays in the Picture
by Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
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Actor: Bob Hope, James Coburn, Richard Widmark, Robert Evans, Roy RadinDirector: Brett Morgen, Nanette Burstein
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Movie Review: Once upon a time in Hollywood...
Summary: 4 Stars
This documentary about the rise and fall and comeback of film producer Robert Evans is a must for anyone who loves movies and is interested in their history. The film is based on Evans's own book and he provides the narration as well. His weary, gravelly voice provides authenticity and I wouldn't change it, but I did switch on the sub-titles after a while because his idiosyncratic vocal rhythms are sometimes hard to follow. (Don't miss Dustin Hoffman's hilarious impersonation of him during the closing credits.) The filmmakers add moving elements and faux 3-D effects to still photographs for an innovative visual look. Evans's versions of events differs that those of many other concerned parties, but he tells an involving story.
Summary of The Kid Stays in the Picture
Robert Evans became head of production at a major Hollywood studio at age 24. Took a studio from worst to first. And brought to the screen a phenomenal string of hits that includes Chinatown and The Godfather. He lived fast. Lived large. Lost it all. Then rose to prominence again. And now the inside-Hollywood story is revealed by ROBERT EVANS in this dazzling show-all movie that's narrated by Evans in his inimitable showman's style!Not only did movie mogul Robert Evans produce some of the greatest movies ever made--Chinatown, The Godfather, and Rosemary's Baby, as well as huge hits like Love Story and Urban Cowboy--but he defined Hollywood high life, dating models and movie stars and, eventually, succumbing to cocaine addiction and scandal. You don't live like this without having a huge ego, and that ego is gloriously on display in The Kid Stays in the Picture, a brilliantly dishy documentary on Evans. What puts this cunning compilation of movie clips and digitally manipulated photos over the top is that Evans himself narrates the movie with a riveting mix of narcissistic self-aggrandizement and cool self-assessment. There are no interviews with other people to give any outside perspective on this man's life; for the duration of the movie we are plunged into Evan's own head, and it's funny, sad, and always fascinating. --Bret Fetzer
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