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Kino Lorber in association with Zeitgeist Films have acquired North American rights (outside of TV Broadcast rights) to LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY, which had its world premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and has recently debuted to sold out audiences at the Hamptons Film Festival, Provincetown Film Festival and as a Centerpiece at the NewFest LGBTQ+ Film Festival. The film, a production of Atlas Media Corp, is written and directed by Bruce David Klein. Zeitgeist is planning a theatrical opening at IFC Center in early 2025, followed by a national rollout.
This star studded tribute brings into focus the dazzling, complex period of Liza’s life starting in the 1970s, just after the tragic death of her mother Judy Garland— as she confronts a range of personal and professional challenges on the way to becoming a bona fide legend. Over these years, Liza seeks out extraordinary mentors: Kay Thompson, Fred Ebb, Charles Aznavour, Halston, and Bob Fosse. With insightful participation from a coterie of friends and colleagues such as Michael Feinstein, Mia Farrow, Ben Vereen, Chita Rivera and Joel Grey, along with the revelatory participation by the star herself, the film illuminates the contradiction of Liza Minnelli: her privilege and struggle, strength and vulnerability, unreal expectations and towering talent – the friction of which fueled her stunning rise, resilience and her enduring place as one of the greatest, most original performers in the history of entertainment.
The deal for LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY was negotiated by Emily Russo and Nancy Gerstman, Co-Presidents of Zeitgeist Films and Isadora Johnson of Cinetic.
Zeitgeist Co-Presidents Russo and Gerstman are “delighted to give this engaging portrait of one of the world’s most amazing talents a theatrical release as we know it is a huge crowd pleaser that will delight her fans and hopefully win her some new ones of the next generation.”
Writer/Director Bruce David Klein said “Liza’s electricity as an actress and performer is a wonder to behold. I’m thrilled to work with the Zeitgeist team to bring this complex and surprising story of ‘how Liza became Liza’ to theatrical audiences across the USA.
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