

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Love, just like in the movies.
Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort.
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6.3/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $3.2M
- Language
- English
- 1970s
- biography
- liverpool, england
- cancer
- based on memoir or autobiography
- older woman younger man relationship
- fading star
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereTelluride Film Festival1 Sept 2017
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1517 Nov 2017
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)R17 Nov 2017
BrazilBR
- Theatrical26 Apr 2018
CzechiaCZ
- Digital / OTT12+29 Mar 2018
FranceFR
- Digital / OTT1 Nov 2018
GermanyDE
- Physical66 Sept 2018
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1 Feb 2018
IndonesiaID
- PremiereEurope on Screen7 May 2018
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT1516 Nov 2017
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTG30 Mar 2019
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical68 Mar 2018
- Physical6DVD26 Jul 2018
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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool was released on 17 November 2017.
Audience reviews
2- P8/10
Peter McGinn
7/20/2022
I really liked Annette Bening in films like Regarding Henry and An American President, so I am a little surprised I didn’t catch this film closer to its release date. It is an excellent movie, well written and with strong acting across the board. The drama queen movie star is nearly a movie cliche, but it isn’t overplayed here by Bening or the script. M When movies are based on real people I tend to do a little re…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/3/2024
Based on Peter Turner's book, this is quite a touching story of the last few years of Gloria Grahame's battle against breast cancer. She (Annette Bening) had been struggling with the disease for many years but refused to let it defeat her when she arrived in the UK to perform on stage. That's when she encounters the young Peter (Jamie Bell). He's struggling to make a living treading the boards, and at just twenty-eig…
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