Liz & Dick Page #2

Synopsis: On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood's most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world's greatest actors, Richard Burton - and she didn't leave. Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise to the paparazzi and they became the most hunted and photographed couple on earth. Their rocky, passionate, relationship, born in front of the cameras, was subsequently captured in a series of films, including The V.I.P.s and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The last of the great, extravagant stars, flaunting diamonds, yachts and private planes, they continually seized the headlines. They even divorced and married again - only to divorce again - but remain in each other's hearts. This Elizabeth Taylor - Richard Burton story is a no-holds barred account of their undying, but impossible love.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Lloyd Kramer
Production: E1 Entertainment
  Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
4.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
TV-14
Year:
2012
88 min
91 Views


ALL RIGHT. CUT!

AND WE'RE GONNA GO

RIGHT BACK IN.

Man:

BACK TO PLACES, PLEASE.

I THINK THAT RICHARD AND I

SHOULD RUN OUR LINES A MOMENT.

SURE.

IN PRIVATE.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN,

I THINK YOU MIGHT NEED

A LITTLE BIT OF THIS.

[ GROANS ]

VODKA.

HAIR OF THE DOG.

YEAH, I NEED

THE DOG'S WHOLE COAT.

THAT BAD?

WON'T YOU JOIN ME?

I HAVE HEARD IT SAID

IT'S BAD TO DRINK ALONE.

I ALREADY AM,

THOUGH NOT QUITE SO MUCH VODKA.

[ SIGHS ]

SO, SHALL WE

RUN THOSE LINES?

OH, NO, I THINK

WE'LL BOTH BE FINE NOW.

SO, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE

I CAN DO FOR YOU?

[ SIGHS ]

IS THA WHAT YOU THOUGHT?

ANOTHER NOTCH ON THE BELT?

PLEASE.

I'VE HEARD ALL THE STORIES

OF THE WELSH DON JUAN --

ALL THE LEADING LADIES

EXCEPT JULIE ANDREWS.

WELL, IF SHE CAN RESIST YOU,

THEN SO CAN I!

OH, YOU MISUNDERSTAND.

YOU'RE QUITE SAFE WITH ME.

I NEVER GO AFTER

DUMPY WOMEN.

PLEASE LEAVE.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

GO EASY, RICHARD.

"GO EASY"?

OH, I'LL GO EASY,

ALL RIGHT.

OH, HERE SHE COMES --

THE QUEEN OF THE NILE.

HI.

YOU MUST BE SYBIL.

I'VE HEARD

SO MUCH ABOUT YOU.

I'M ELIZABETH.

THIS IS MY HUSBAND, EDDIE.

WON'T YOU JOIN US?

OH, GOD, NO.

I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS

FOR A DEVOTED COUPLE

TO GET A LITTLE PRIVATE TIME.

ENJOY.

CIAO.

CIAO.

Sara:
ELIZABETH.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

WHAT NOW?

IT'S TIME TO GO TO WORK.

WHAT SCENE IS IT?

IT'S YOUR FIRST LOVE SCENE

WITH ANTONY.

A LOVE SCENE?

WITH HIM?!

[ SIGHS ]

Richard:

A LOVE SCENE WITH HER?

[ SIGHS ]

WELL, IT'S NOT EXACTLY

COAL MINING, IS IT?

LEAST YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE

WITH A SEAM OF COAL.

[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]

AND PLACES.

[ TALKING CONTINUES ]

Joe:
ARE WE READY?

SORRY, JOE.

MAY I JUST PLEASE HAVE A MOMEN TO COMPOSE MYSELF?

CERTAINLY, RICHARD.

QUIET, EVERYONE.

SO, NOW

YOU'RE A METHOD ACTOR.

NO.

BUT NOW I HAVE TO AC THAT I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU...

AND THA YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH ME,

AND THAT'S NOT EASY.

HELP ME.

PLEASE.

THAT I COULD LOVE YOU,

AN EXQUISITE QUEEN -- SIMPLE.

BUT THAT YOU COULD LOVE ME,

A JOBBING SOLDIER...

[ GASPS ]

ARE YOU STARING:

AT MY CHEST?

WHY NOT?

IT'S THE VERY HEART OF YOU.

IT'S EVERYTHING YOU PROMISE --

LOVE, SEX, AND NURTURE.

AND I'M GONNA PRETEND

THAT IT'S ALL MINE.

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

EXCUSE ME, RICHARD.

UH, I THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO

FINISH THE SPEECH

AND THEN KISS HER.

[ LAUGHS ]

OH.

SORRY, JOE.

[ LAUGHS ]

I'LL DO MUCH BETTER

NEXT TIME.

[ LAUGHS ]

[ ALL MURMURING ]

WHO'S GONNA TELL SYBIL

THIS TIME?

FORGET ABOUT, SYBIL.

WHAT ABOUT EDDIE?

[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]

OH, MR. FISHER.

I THINK YOU'LL FIND MISS TAYLOR

IN MAKEUP.

[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]

[ TALKING CONTINUES ]

MRS. BURTON.

I THINK YOU'LL FIND

RICHARD'S IN WARDROBE.

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Christopher Monger

Christopher Monger (born 1950) in Taffs Well, Cardiff, Wales is a Welsh screenwriter, director and editor, best known for writing and directing The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain and writing the HBO biopic Temple Grandin. He has directed eight feature films and written over thirty screenplays. more…

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