Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Love, Just Like in the Movies.

Based on Peter Turner’s memoir, the film follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner and the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame in 1978 Liverpool. What started as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale and her young lover quickly grew into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort. Their passion and lust for life was tested to the limits by events beyond their control.

106 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Sex).
Biographical, Drama, Period piece, Romance, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Stephen Graham, Vanessa Redgrave, Frances Barber
Director	Paul McGuigan
Screenplay	Matt Greenhalgh, from the memoir by Peter Turner
Music	J. Ralph
Cinematography	Urszula Pontikos
Editing	Nick Emerson
Made in	2017
Produced by	Eon Productions, Synchronistic Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama, romance
Language	Moderate, frequent, conversational and exclamatory. Justified by context.
Nudity	Low impact, isolated, brief nude breast in non-sexual context. Justified by context.
Sex	None (sic)
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
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USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief nudity.
Runtime	105
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 15 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Masego Panyane Annette Bening brings Gloria Grahame to life.	10
Die Burger Petrus Malherbe Romkom of tragedie?	10
24.com Ilan Preskovsky It's very small, very intimate, a bit grimy and, for me at least, a little uncomfortable.	10
Metacritic.com 34 critics	13
Rottentomatoes critics 126 critics	14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool showcases brilliant work from Annette Bening, whose performance is more than enough to outweigh this biopic’s basic narrative.	16
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	14
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Brief nudity, language in drama based on real-life romance.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 7 users	16
Rottentomatoes users 920 users	14
IMDB 1427 Netizens	14
The Movie DB Community	13
Average .. 64%	13