As Long As I'm Famous

As Long As I'm Famous

2020 · 104 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama, History, Romance

Writer/Director Bruce Reisman pays homage to the Golden Age of Broadway during the summer of 1948. Inspired by true events, this is the story of private, often forbidden romances of legends from Montgomery Clift to Richard Rodgers, told through the perspective of 24-year-old Sidney Lumet. This special director’s cut adds 12 minutes of previously-unseen footage.

Directed by Bruce Reisman

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