Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind is an American Documentary that premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.[1] It premiered on HBO Max on May 5, 2020, and is available to stream on Hulu and other streaming platforms.[2] It was directed by Laurent Bouzereau and produced by Nedland Media, Amblin Television, and HBO Documentary Films. Producers include Laurent Bouzereau, Manoah Bowman, and Natasha Gregson Wagner, Natalie Wood's daughter. It runs for 100 minutes.
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Directed by | Laurent Bouzereau |
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Cinematography | Sean Hill Travers Jacobs Toby Thiermann Steven Wacks |
Edited by | Jason Summers |
Music by | Jeremy Turner |
Production companies | Nedland Media Amblin Television HBO Documentary Films |
Distributed by | HBO Max |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Natalie Wood ... Self (archive footage)
Natasha Gregson Wagner ... Self - Daughter
Julie Salamon ... Self - Author, Film Critic
Robert Redford ... Self - Actor, Filmmaker
Mia Farrow ... Self - Actress, Friend
Courtney Wagner ... Self - Daughter
Robert Wagner ... Self - Widower
George Hamilton ... Self - Actor
George Segal ... Self - Actor, Friend
Elliott Gould ... Self - Actor
Mart Crowley ... Self - Playwright, Friend
David Niven Jr. ... Self - Producer, Ex-boyfriend
Katie Wagner ... Self - Daughter of Robert J. Wagner
Jill St. John ... Self - Wife of Robert J. Wagner
Richard Gregson ... Self - Ex-husband
Sarah Gregson ... Self - Daughter of Richard Gregson
Delphine Mann ... Self - Realtor, Friend
Dyan Cannon ... Self - Actress, Friend
Douglas Trumbull ... Self - Director
Joshua Donen ... Self - Ex-stepson of Robert J. Wagner
Elizabeth Applegate ... Self - Personal assistant
Richard Benjamin ... Self - Actor, Friend
Peter Hyams ... Self - Director
John Irvin ... Self - Filmmaker
Alice Emmy Price ... Self - Childhood friend
Michael Childers ... Self - Photographer
Alan Nierob ... Self - Publicist
Tonya Crowe ... Self - Actress
Julia Gregson ... Self - Wife of Richard Gregson
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind has a 78% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads, "Though it sheds little new light on the case, What Remains Behind paints a loving portrait of a starlet and mother gone too soon."[3] It is rated TV-14. Many reviewers (e.g. The New Yorker, The Guardian, Vanity Fair, The Los Angeles Times) comment on Wood's conflicted psyche and the paradox of her death.[4][5][6] Other reviewers comment on how the documentary tries to control the narrative and slam rumors that Robert Wagner was involved in Wood's death.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
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