Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool 2017

Movie · 106 min · English · September 1, 2017

Directed by Paul McGuiganWritten by Matt Greenhalgh

Starring Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Kenneth Cranham, Stephen Graham

A 2017 biographical romantic drama film, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool follows the story of Peter Turner's relationship with American actress Gloria Grahame in 1970s Liverpool, later chronicling her death from stomach cancer. Directed by Paul McGuigan, the film stars Annette Bening and Jamie Bell, featuring Vanessa Redgrave and Julie Walters. Based on Turner's memoir of the same name, it portrays their connection and its tragic end.

The movie had its premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on 1 September 2017. It opened in the United Kingdom on 16 November through Lionsgate and in the United States on 29 December via Sony Pictures Classics. At the 71st British Academy Film Awards, it earned three nominations including Best Actress (Bening), Best Actor (Bell), and Best Adapted Screenplay. Reviews were largely favorable.