The Kid Stays in the Picture
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The Kid Stays in the Picture (2003)

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This documentary captures the life story of legendary Hollywood producer and studio chief Robert Evans. The first actor to ever to run a film studio, Robert Evans' film career started in 1956, poolside at the Beverly Hills Hotel. His good looks, charm and overwhelming confidence captured the eye of screen legend Norma Shearer, who offered him a film role. After a glamorous--but short-lived--career as a movie star, Evans tried out ...( show more )
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Directed By
Brett Morgen
Nanette Burstein
Produced By
Graydon Carter
Sally Roy
Jordan Roberts
Brett Morgen
Christopher J. Keene
Nanette Burstein
Kate Driver
Chris Garrett
Sara Marks
Runtime
93 min
Language/Color
English / C
Release Year
2003
Genre
Biography,Documentary
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as Himself - Narrator (also archive footage)
as Himself (archive footage)
as Himself (archive footage) (as Bill Castle)
as Himself (archive footage)
as Herself - Golden Globe Awards (archive footage)
as Himself - Robert's son (archive footage) (as Joshua Evans)
as Himself (archive footage)
as Herself (archive footage)
as Himself (archive footage)
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Review from imdb
Life has it's ups and downs

I was half way through with the new Hollywood issue of Vanity Fair when I came across the excerpt from Robert Evans new memoir "Kid Nortorius." I had not heard of Robert Evans, but was fascinated enough to get a copy of "The Kid Stays in the Picture" to learn more.

I was glued to the tube watching the story of a man who had the incredible luck to get noticed. You all know the story of how some actress was discovered selling malteds in some drugstore. Evan was put into The Sun...more

Review from rollingstone.com
Half-fact, half-fanciful and all riveting, this documentary is based on the memoirs of Robert Evans, the starlet-screwing, enemy-skewering Hollywood player who ran Paramount from 1966 to 1974 when the studio churned out such hits as Rosemary's Baby, Love Story and The Godfather. Drug problems, losing wife Ali MacGraw to Steve McQueen and a connection to a murder case are all touched on, but since Evans narrates himself -- in a voice that defies description -- the spin is in. No matter. With clips, photo collages and footage of Evans at home in Beverly Hills, shot by the masterful John Bailey, this...more
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