Directed by:
Frédéric TchengScreenplay:
Frédéric TchengComposer:
Stanley ClarkeCast:
Liza Minnelli, Marisa Berenson, Joel Schumacher, Ned Eisenberg, Cornelia Guest, Tavi Gevinson (narrator), Pat Ast (a.f.)VOD (1)
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Fashion designer Halston combined talent, notoriety, and sheer fabulousness to become a legend. From humble beginnings in Des Moines, Iowa, his first brush with fame came when he designed Jackie Onassis’s famous pink pillbox hat. Whether he was popularizing hot pants, creating elegant but comfortable women's wear, launching a perfume line, traveling with a gaggle of models to China, or having hedonistic fun with Liza Minnelli at Studio 54, Halston built a reputation and an empire - and was responsible for many iconic moments in American fashion and culture in the ’70s and ’80s. Halston tells the story of a complicated man - in both his craft and his business decisions - from the mouths of those who knew the man best. Frédéric Tcheng, a great documentarian of fashion luminaries like Valentino, Diana Vreeland, and Raf Simons, takes an unconventional approach to the bio-doc by creating a narrative (starring Tavi Gevinson, a fashion icon of a different generation) through which to frame the story of this enigmatic designer, which allows Tcheng to delve deeper into this comprehensive exploration of the designer’s rise, fall, and enduring influence. (Sundance Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Liza Minnelli
USA
Best movies:
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992) (concert)
Cabaret (1972)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Marisa Berenson
USA
Best movies:
Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet (2016) (theatrical recording)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Cabaret (1972)
Joel Schumacher
USA
Best movies:
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
Ned Eisenberg
USA
Best movies:
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Limitless (2011)
Cornelia Guest
USA
Best movies:
Gardens of the Night (2008)
Carrie Pilby (2016)
The Best and the Brightest (2010)
Tavi Gevinson (narrator)
USA
Best movies:
Enough Said (2013)
Shortcomings (2023)
Person to Person (2017)
Pat Ast (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Slow Burn (1986) (TV movie)
The World's Greatest Lover (1977)