The marriage made up of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, who starred in the emblematic television program I Love Lucy is the subject of the documentary Lucy and Desidirected by fellow comedian Amy Poehler, which offers “an intimate and penetrating look” and It will premiere on March 4 on Amazon Prime Video.
The feature film “explores the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific couples in entertainment history,” the streaming platform said on Tuesday. streaming it’s a statement.
To tell the story of this couple, at the helm of the iconic television sitcom broadcast during the 1950s, Poehler has used audio tape recordings to shed light on the intimate lives of Ball and Arnaz, who divorced after 20 years of marriage.
“Defying the odds, together they reinvented midfield in front of and behind the scenes. the basis of I Love Lucy it was the constant rupture and repair of unconditional love”, indicates the press release.
The trailer features interviews with notable figures including producer Norman Lear, actresses Carol Burnett and Bette Midler, as well as the couple’s children, Desi Arnaz Jr. and Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill.
The documentary, presented for the first time earlier this year at the Sundance film festivalreveals, for example, Ball’s insistence that her husband on the famous show be her husband in real life, Desi Arnaz, a Cuban exile who would eventually become “a brilliant producer and technical pioneer,” as the platform recalls. .
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The couple’s influence was further enhanced after founding their own studio, Desilu, with which they not only produced their own show, but also helped develop other celebrities of the time such as Star Trek and The Untouchables.
Poehler’s feature film, actress who was part of the cast of the program Saturday night Live and from the series Parks and Recreationand what with Lucy and Desi makes its debut in the documentary genre, it offers “an intimate and penetrating behind-the-scenes look at these two pioneers,” emphasizes the platform.
Idols during the height of their careers, Poehler, who previously directed the comedies Moxie and Wine Countrypointed out during the screening of the documentary at Sundance that for this production he did not have to recreate anything because “they were, for many years, the most photographed couple and they lived incredibly public lives.”
Amazon Prime Video adds with this documentary another production around the popular couple, after the fiction Being the Ricardosstarring Javier Bardem and Nicole Kidmanin the roles of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, respectively.
Kidman and Bardem have just received Oscar nominations for their performances. (AND)
Source: Eluniverso
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