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* BeautyInversion: A lot of work was put to make the usually cute and glamorous Creator/DebbieReynolds into the matronly [[https://www.hbo.com/movies/behind-the-candelabra/cast-and-crew/frances-liberace Frances Liberace]], in one of her memoirs, Debbie joked her Candlelabra appearance is what she'd look like in real life without her beauty regimen.

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* BeautyInversion: A lot of work was put to make the usually cute and glamorous Creator/DebbieReynolds into the matronly [[https://www.hbo.com/movies/behind-the-candelabra/cast-and-crew/frances-liberace [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_3276_2.jpeg Frances Liberace]], in Liberace]]. In one of her memoirs, Debbie joked her Candlelabra appearance is what she'd look like in real life without her beauty regimen.

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* GayConservative: Liberace.
* GilliganCut: The movie cuts from Liberace asking Scott for them to have an open relationship to him shouting at Scott because he believed he was seeing somebody else.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Liberace, to the point where a portrait of him is used as a visual reference for Scott's plastic surgery.

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Liberace, to the point where a portrait of him is used as a visual reference for Scott's plastic surgery.



* StraightGay: Scott

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Originally meant as a theatrical release, the film ended up being made at HBO, apparently because the major studios thought it was "[[ButNotTooGay too gay]]" (it did, however, get released in cinemas internationally). It premiered at the Cannes film festival to great reviews, particularly for the performances from Douglas, Damon, and Rob Lowe. Douglas received an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance.

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Originally meant as a theatrical release, the film ended up being made at airing on HBO, apparently because the major studios thought it was "[[ButNotTooGay too gay]]" (it did, however, get released in cinemas internationally). It premiered at the Cannes film festival to great reviews, particularly for the performances from Douglas, Damon, and Rob Lowe. Douglas received an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance.
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* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: The enormous elaborate capes Liberaci wore are depicted in all their glory.

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* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: The enormous elaborate capes Liberaci Liberace wore are depicted in all their glory.



* ShrineToSelf: Liberace's mansion, which has portraits, memarobilia and trinkets pertaining to the man everywhere.

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* ShrineToSelf: Liberace's mansion, which has portraits, memarobilia memorabilia and trinkets pertaining to the man everywhere.
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It was the final film to be scored by Music/MarvinHamlisch.

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It was the final film to be scored by Music/MarvinHamlisch.
Music/MarvinHamlisch. It was also intended to be the last film from Steven Soderbergh prior to his retirement from filmmaking in 2013; he later returned in 2017 with ''Film/LoganLucky''.
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* BiTheWay: Scott identifies as bisexual, although he is never seen with a woman during the movie.
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* BeautyInversion: A lot of work was put to make the usually cute and glamorous Creator/DebbieReynolds into the matronly [[https://www.hbo.com/movies/behind-the-candelabra/cast-and-crew/frances-liberace Frances Liberace]], in one of her memoirs, Debbie joked her Candlelabra appearance is what she'd look like in real life without her beauty regimen.
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''Behind the Candelabra'' is a 2013 Creator/{{HBO}} {{biopic}} film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and starring Creator/MichaelDouglas and Creator/MattDamon. It details the tumultuous relationship between famed pianist Liberace (Douglas) and his much younger lover Scott Thorson (Damon). Their relationship starts out loving and caring, but eventually becomes strained due to Liberace's straying, his manipulative nature, and Thorson's drug use. The film is based on Scott Thorson's 1988 memoir ''Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace''.

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''Behind the Candelabra'' is a 2013 Creator/{{HBO}} {{biopic}} film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and starring Creator/MichaelDouglas and Creator/MattDamon. It details the tumultuous relationship between famed pianist Liberace Music/{{Liberace}} (Douglas) and his much younger lover Scott Thorson (Damon). Their relationship starts out loving and caring, but eventually becomes strained due to Liberace's straying, his manipulative nature, and Thorson's drug use. The film is based on Scott Thorson's 1988 memoir ''Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace''.
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* {{Camp}}: It's hard to do a movie about Liberace that isn't.

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* {{Camp}}: It's hard impossible to do a movie about Liberace that isn't.without this.
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''Behind the Candelabra'' is a 2013 Creator/{{HBO}} film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and starring Creator/MichaelDouglas and Creator/MattDamon. It details the tumultuous relationship between famed pianist Liberace (Douglas) and his much younger lover Scott Thorson (Damon). Their relationship starts out loving and caring, but eventually becomes strained due to Liberace's straying, his manipulative nature, and Thorson's drug use. The film is based on Scott Thorson's 1988 memoir ''Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace''.

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''Behind the Candelabra'' is a 2013 Creator/{{HBO}} {{biopic}} film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and starring Creator/MichaelDouglas and Creator/MattDamon. It details the tumultuous relationship between famed pianist Liberace (Douglas) and his much younger lover Scott Thorson (Damon). Their relationship starts out loving and caring, but eventually becomes strained due to Liberace's straying, his manipulative nature, and Thorson's drug use. The film is based on Scott Thorson's 1988 memoir ''Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace''.
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: Courtesy of a very drunken Scott in the adult shop.
* WhatMightHaveBeen: Before Soderbergh became attached to the project, Creator/RobinWilliams was considered for the role of Liberace.

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* VomitIndiscretionShot: Courtesy of a very drunken Scott in the adult shop.
* WhatMightHaveBeen: Before Soderbergh became attached to the project, Creator/RobinWilliams was considered for the role of Liberace.
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''Behind the Candelabra'' is a 2013 HBO film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and starring Creator/MichaelDouglas and Creator/MattDamon. It details the tumultuous relationship between famed pianist Liberace (Douglas) and his much younger lover Scott Thorson (Damon). Their relationship starts out loving and caring, but eventually becomes strained due to Liberace's straying, his manipulative nature, and Thorson's drug use. The film is based on Scott Thorson's 1988 memoir ''Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace''.

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''Behind the Candelabra'' is a 2013 HBO Creator/{{HBO}} film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and starring Creator/MichaelDouglas and Creator/MattDamon. It details the tumultuous relationship between famed pianist Liberace (Douglas) and his much younger lover Scott Thorson (Damon). Their relationship starts out loving and caring, but eventually becomes strained due to Liberace's straying, his manipulative nature, and Thorson's drug use. The film is based on Scott Thorson's 1988 memoir ''Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace''.
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* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: The enormous elaborate capes Liberaci wore are depicted in all their glory.
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'''''Behind the Candelabra''''' is a 2013 HBO film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and starring Creator/MichaelDouglas and Creator/MattDamon. It details the tumultuous relationship between famed pianist Liberace (Douglas) and his much younger lover Scott Thorson (Damon). Their relationship starts out loving and caring, but eventually becomes strained due to Liberace's straying, his manipulative nature, and Thorson's drug use. The film is based on Scott Thorson's 1988 memoir ''Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace''.

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'''''Behind ''Behind the Candelabra''''' Candelabra'' is a 2013 HBO film directed by Creator/StevenSoderbergh and starring Creator/MichaelDouglas and Creator/MattDamon. It details the tumultuous relationship between famed pianist Liberace (Douglas) and his much younger lover Scott Thorson (Damon). Their relationship starts out loving and caring, but eventually becomes strained due to Liberace's straying, his manipulative nature, and Thorson's drug use. The film is based on Scott Thorson's 1988 memoir ''Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace''.

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