See the trailer for Sid & Judy and on the 16th Dec you can watch this fascinating and moving documentary on the passionate and turbulent relationship between Judy Garland and her manager and husband, Sid Luft. The voices of Jon Hamm and Jennifer Jason Leigh as Sid and Judy respectively work so well over the amazing footage. I watched this at the London Film Festival this year and it was one of my top 5 films I saw. Her story is so tragic and you really can’t believe how much she did in her short life, she actually died in London at only 47.
Sid & Judy tells the story of Judy Garland’s phoenix-like rise from the ashes to the absolute heights of fame, driven by her great and turbulent love affair with Sid Luft, her third husband, who managed her through triumphant highs and crushing lows, during the course of their 13 year marriage. It is the story of how The Star became The Legend.
Based in part on Sid Luft’s recently published memoir and a wealth of never-before-seen (or heard) personal archive, the film puts the viewer inside Sid and Judy’s intimate world. It is a privileged view inside the lives of one of our greatest icons of the stage and screen, full of all her passion and wit, her madness and her magnificence; and lots and lots of her songs.
As previewed in the trailer, Sid & Judy reveals new insight into the life and career of the iconic Judy Garland through her own words and those of her husband’s, with an array of concert and interview footage that shows a funny, loving and yet conflicted woman desperately trying to live up to her own legend. Sid & Judy will be released in the UK on digital on 16 December 2019. Perfect for a cosy afternoon in with a mince pie over Christmas with the family.
