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PBS documentary delves into adoration story of Julie Andrews and Oklahoma filmmaker Blake Edwards
Even more than a dozen years after his death, Blake Edwards remains an influential Hollywood icon, revered for directing movies like "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "Days of Wine and Roses" and the "Pink Panther" comedies.
Born in Tulsa and raised primarily in Los Angeles, Edwards, who died in at age 88, was married for more than 40 years to stage and screen legend Julie Andrews, collaborating with her on seven films, including the gender-bending movie musical "Victor/Victoria," the bawdy comedy "10" and the scathing Tinseltown takedown "S.O.B."
The four-decade romance between Edwards () and Andrews is at the heart of new documentary "Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames," premiering nationwide at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27 on PBS as part of the long-running series "American Masters."
The new film about the Oscar-honored writer, director and producer features interviews with Andrews; other actors who worked with Edwards, including Lesley Ann Warren (“Victor/Victoria"), Bo Derek (“10") and
How Victor/Victoria () Revitalized the Careers of Power Couple Blake Edwards and Julie Andrews
March 19, By Cameron MaitlandGo BackVictor/Victoria () is a film that sits so comfortably in the classic musical oeuvre it never gets talked about. In spite of that, it remains a forward-thinking, queer and funny musical that was quite something for Its most important impact historically though, may be the way it revitalized the careers of its stars and finally gained wider respect for its director.
The marriage of Julie Andrews and director Blake Edwards, one of Hollywood’s most enduring couples, started with a disaster. Both had shaky careers in the late 60s with duds like Torn Curtain and Thoroughly Modern Millie nagging Andrews, while Edwards wobbled with titles like Gunn and What Did You Do in The War, Daddy?. Their first collaboration as they were falling in love was the musical Darling Lili. It looked like a return to form for Andrews, a big splashy production for Edwards and the perfect classic musical for the Paramount slate: It was not.
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R.I.P., Blake Edwards
One of Oklahoma&#;s greatest gifts to the moviegoing world is gone. Yesterday, director Blake Edwards passed away at the age of That verb might not mean much to you if you&#;re under a certain age. That&#;s what tends to happen to movie directors who are almost 30 years removed from their best work. Edwards had an up-and-down career, but at his best he was one of the all-time comedy greats.
He was best known for directing The Pink Panther and its sequels, smash hits that made stars out of both Edwards and Peter Sellers. (Edwards surely deserves recognition just for voluntarily working so often with Sellers, a superb comic actor and a deeply unpleasant man by all accounts.) His career cratered in the first s, shortly after his marriage to Julie Andrews and the flop of Darling Lili, his movie starring her. Edwards also had some demons; the Times obituary I linked to above contains a terribly funny story about the director trying to kill himself and being prevented by a farcical chain of events straight out of one his own films. Yet he enjoyed a late resu
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