Cinematography:
Tom KaiserComposer:
Ritchie StaringerCast:
Rock Hudson (a.f.), Salome Jens, Richard Anderson, Elizabeth Taylor, Heather Locklear, Louella Parsons (a.f.), Jeff Chandler (a.f.), Tony Curtis (a.f.), Doris Day (a.f.), James Dean (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
Rock Hudson was a dream of a man; the epitome of masculinity: tall, slim and muscular, with a deep, mellifluous voice. His glossy black hair, sparkling eyes, high cheek bones and sensuous lips made Rock Hudson one of the sexiest film stars that Hollywood has ever produced. Twenty-five years ago, shortly before his sixtieth birthday, Rock Hudson died of Aids-related illnesses. He was the first Hollywood celebrity to succumb to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
But who was Rock Hudson really? This documentary sheds light on a famous actor star who performed a clandestine balancing act between his private and public lives; between the heterosexual world of an extremely manly looking screen idol and a darker side of forbidden sexuality lived by a secretly gay man.
(Berlinale)
Cast
Rock Hudson (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Giant (1956)
Winchester '73 (1950)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Salome Jens
USA
Best movies:
Seconds (1966)
Me, Natalie (1969)
Violent Journey (1965)
Richard Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Elizabeth Taylor
UK
Best movies:
The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992) (concert)
The Simpsons: Greatest Hits (1999) (video compilation)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Heather Locklear
USA
Best movies:
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Texas Justice (1995) (TV movie)
The First Wives Club (1996)
Louella Parsons (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Show People (1928)
Jeff Chandler (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Jayhawkers (1959)
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
Two Flags West (1950)
Tony Curtis (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Doris Day (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Storm Warning (1951)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
James Dean (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Giant (1956)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
John Gavin (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) (TV movie)
Otto Kruger (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
High Noon (1952)
Saboteur (1942)
Burt Lancaster (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
1900 (1976)
Janet Leigh (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Little Women (1949)
Gina Lollobrigida (a.f.)
Italy
Best movies:
Fearless Little Soldier (1952)
Deceptions (1985) (TV movie)
Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
Anthony Quinn (a.f.)
Mexico
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Road (1954)
Lust for Life (1956)
Tony Randall (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Dinah Shore (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Death Car on the Freeway (1979) (TV movie)
Follow the Boys (1944)
Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
Esther Williams (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Jane Wyman (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
The Yearling (1946)
The Lost Weekend (1945)