Liberace: Behind the Music
| Liberace: Behind the Music | |
|---|---|
DVD cover | |
| Genre | Biography Drama Music |
| Written by | Gavin Lambert |
| Directed by | David Greene |
| Starring | Victor Garber Saul Rubinek Michael Dolan Maureen Stapleton |
| Music by | Hagood Hardy |
| Country of origin | Canada United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Linda Yellen Nancy Bein |
| Producer | Murray Shostak |
| Production location | Montreal |
| Cinematography | René Verzier |
| Editor | Yves Langlois |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Production company | The Kushner-Locke Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | October 9, 1988 |
Liberace: Behind the Music is a 1988 Canadian-American made-for-television biographical film. It is an "unofficial" biopic drama on the life and death of Władziu Valentino Liberace, who went from a humble working-class background to become a famous American pianist and vocalist. Known as "Liberace", he became the highest paid entertainer in the world, while embracing a lifestyle of flamboyant excess. The film first aired less than two years after his death, in the United States, as a CBS Sunday Movie.