R21 / English / Drama / Romance / Biography / 118 mins
Based on Thorson's 1988 memoir, Behind The Candelabra: My Life With Liberace, about the last ten years in the life of pianist Liberace and the secret affair he had with young Scott Thorson. Scott Thorson, a young gay man raised in foster homes, is introduced to flamboyant entertainment giant Liberace and quickly finds himself in a romantic relationship with the legendary pianist. Swaddled in wealth and excess, Scott and Liberace have a long affair, one that eventually Scott begins to find suffocating. Kept away from the outside world by the flashily effeminate yet deeply closeted Liberace, and having to submit to extreme makeovers and even plastic surgery at the behest of his lover, Scott eventually rebels. When Liberace finds himself a new lover, Scott is tossed on the street. He then seeks legal redress for what he feels he has lost.
| Director: Steven Soderbergh |
| Cast: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe, Debbie Reynolds, Scott Bakula |
| Release Date: 15, August 2013 |