Top billed cast

1. 

   Cecil Beaton

   Himself (archive footage)

2. 

   Rupert Everett

   Narrator (voice)

3. 

   Hamish Bowles

   Self

4. 

   Leslie Caron

   Self

5. 

   Isaac Mizrahi

   Self

6. 

   David Hockney

   Self

7. 

   David Bailey

   Self

8. 

   Manolo Blahnik

   Self

9. 

   Peter Eyre

   Self

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-07-19

As much as this is a documentary on this legendary photographer, it's also an interesting retrospective on the end of empire and of days long gone. Sir Cecil Beaton started out his adult life as an aspiring fop, a dandy - and at a time when it was still very much illegal, a gay man. He had an eye, though, and through a combination of serendipity and skill ended up taking photographs that were published, and that led to his gradual inclusion in a high society in which he sometimes, though not always, thrived. This biography uses contributions from some celebrated modern-day professionals to hel...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• photography
• gay artist