Wishful Drinking Page #3

Synopsis: Hollywood icon Carrie Fisher tells her raw and intoxicating true story in this documentary based on her hit stage production. Touching on stardom, mental illness, addiction and more, the actress recounts her peaks and valleys with candor and humor.
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Director(s): Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Actors: Carrie Fisher, Eddie Fisher, Harry Karl, Debbie Reynolds
Production: HBO Documentary Films
  Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.6
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Year:
2010
77 min
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MISS TAYLOR WAS:

IN A STATE OF COLLAPSE

FOLLOWING:

THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND

IN A PLANE CRASH.

AND THE FOLLOWING

MORNING:

ELIZABETH WAS:

A WIDOW.

WELL, YOU KNOW,

NATURALLY MY FATHER FLEW

TO ELIZABETH'S SIDE,

GRADUALLY MAKING HIS WAY

SLOWLY TO HER FRONT.

( laughter )

HE DRIED HER EYES

WITH HIS HANDKERCHIEF.

HE CONSOLED HER:

WITH FLOWERS.

AND ULTIMATELY:

HE CONSOLED HER:

WITH HIS PENIS.

THIS MADE MARRIAGE

TO MY MOTHER AWKWARD.

AND SO HE WAS GONE

WITHIN THE WEEK.

Newscaster:

DEBBIE REYNOLDS WEN INTO COUR AND IN FIVE MINUTES HAD

A DIVORCE FROM EDDIE FISHER.

SHOWING NO EMOTION,

THE 26-YEAR-OLD TESTIFIED

HER HUSBAND HAD BECOME

INTERESTED IN ANOTHER WOMAN.

IT WASN'T LONG AFTERWARD

THAT THE SINGER WAS MARRIED

TO THE WIDOW OF HIS

GOOD FRIEND MIKE TODD.

RECENTLY MY DAUGHTER

BILLIE--

SHE'S ACTUALLY

ABOUT TO TURN 18--

SHE HAD A FLIRTATION

WITH MIKE TODD:

AND ELIZABETH'S GRANDSON.

AND WHEN THEY FIRST MET,

YOU KNOW,

THEY WERE TRYING

TO WORK OU HOW IT ALL

FIT TOGETHER, RIGHT,

AND IF THEY WERE

RELATED IN ANY WAY.

SO I THOUGH ABOUT IT.

NOW WHEN I THINK,

I NEED AN ENORMOUS

BLACKBOARD.

ALSO IT IS HELPFUL

IF I CAN HAVE:

A STICK.

THAT WAY:

I COULD POIN TO THE VARIOUS PEOPLE

ON THE BLACKBOARD AND--

WHEN YOU PRAY.

THIS IS GARRET--

MY SPIRITUAL ADVISOR

AND GYNECOLOGIST.

THANK YOU.

WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW.

SO WELCOME, CLASS,

TO HOLLYWOOD 101.

ALL RIGHT, SO OVER HERE

WE HAVE DEBBIE AND EDDIE.

NOW IN THE '50s

THEY WERE KNOWN:

AS AMERICA'S

SWEETHEARTS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU

THAT ARE YOUNGER,

TRY TO THINK OF I THIS WAY:

THINK OF EDDIE:

AS BRAD PITT,

DEBBIE AS:

JENNIFER ANISTON

AND ELIZABETH:

AS ANGELINA JOLIE.

DOES THAT HELP?

THAT SHOULD HELP, RIGHT?

ALL RIGHT, SO...

EDDIE CONSOLES ELIZABETH

WITH HIS PENIS.

ELIZABETH TAKES:

A MOVIE IN ROME--

A BIG-BUDGET FILM

"CLEOPATRA."

SHE MEETS HER COSTAR

RICHARD BURTON.

WELL, GOODBYE EDDIE,

HELLO RICHARD.

THE TWO OF THEM--

THEY HIT IT OFF:

LIKE GANGBUSTERS,

YOU KNOW?

AND THEY ME AND THEY MARRIED

AND THEY HAD A WILD,

TEMPESTUOUS RELATIONSHIP

OF VIOLET EYES:

AND WELSH ACCENTS

AND DRINKING:

AND DANCING:

AND LUST AND JOY

AND FUN.

BUT IT WAS A TEMPESTUOUS

RELATIONSHIP.

SO AFTER A WHILE

THE STORM CLOUDS CAME,

AND WHAT HAPPENED?

NO CHEATING.

WHAT?

STORM CLOUDS:

ARE A NEGATIVE.

Woman:

DIVORCE.

- DIVORCE, OKAY.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

- NICOLE.

- WHAT?

- NICOLE.

NICOLE.

OKAY, NICOLE,

WHAT WE DO WITH OUR

BETTER STUDENTS:

HERE A HOLLYWOOD 101--

WE PROVIDE THEM:

WITH A MEDAL.

THINK OF I AS A METAPHOR

- FOR GETTING A MEDAL.

- OKAY.

- LOOK, IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING

IN "THE WIZARD OF OZ."

- SHOULD I COME AND GET IT?

YOU'RE OUT OF THE WOODS,

YOU'RE OUT OF THE DARK,

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Carrie Fisher

Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress, writer, and humorist. Fisher is known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, a role for which she was nominated for three Saturn Awards. Her other film credits include Shampoo (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The 'Burbs (1989), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Soapdish (1991), and The Women (2008). She was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performances on the television series 30 Rock and Catastrophe. She was posthumously made a Disney Legend in 2017, and in 2018 she was awarded a posthumous Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Fisher wrote several semi-autobiographical novels, including Postcards from the Edge and an autobiographical one-woman play, and its non-fiction book, Wishful Drinking, based on the play. She wrote the screenplay for the film version of Postcards From The Edge which garnered her a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, and her one-woman stage show of Wishful Drinking was filmed for television and received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special. She worked on other writers' screenplays as a script doctor, including tightening the scripts for Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), The Wedding Singer (1998), and many of the films from the Star Wars franchise, among others. In later years, she earned praise for speaking publicly about her experiences with bipolar disorder and drug addiction. Fisher was the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. She and her mother appear in Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, a documentary about their relationship. It premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Fisher died of a sudden cardiac arrest on December 27, 2016, at age 60, four days after experiencing a medical emergency during a transatlantic flight from London to Los Angeles. One of her final films, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, was released on December 15, 2017 and is dedicated to her. Fisher will, however, appear in Star Wars: Episode IX through the use of unreleased footage from The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi . more…

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