Grace Kelly (film) explained

Genre:Biography
Drama
Director:Anthony Page
Starring:Cheryl Ladd
Lloyd Bridges
Diane Ladd
Alejandro Rey
Ian McShane
Music:John Andrew Tartaglia
Country:United States
Language:English
Producer:Stanley Chase
Executive Producer:Brian Russell
Michael Weisbarth
Location:Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Monaco
Long Beach, California
Editor:Gene Foster
Jack Horger
Cinematography:Woody Omens
Runtime:100 minutes
Company:Kota Company Productions
Embassy Television
Network:ABC

Grace Kelly (also known as The Grace Kelly Story)[1] is a 1983 American made-for-television biographical film starring Cheryl Ladd as Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco.[2] The film originally aired on ABC on February 21, 1983.[3]

The producers claimed that Princess Grace assisted for several weeks with the films preproduction before her unexpected death in 1982.[4]

Cast

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote that Cheryl Ladd, "comes reasonably close to being as beautiful as the original," however regretted "the sense of stately awe and suffocating propriety that seeps through the project. Grace Kelly will offend nobody. Unfortunately, it's not likely to interest too many people, either";[4] Allmovie agreed that the film "tones down the darker aspects of its subject, and the film is infinitely more tasteful than most other TV biographies of the same period, even when dealing with Princess Grace's untimely death";[5]   whereas the Radio Times wrote "There's much that this TV movie glosses over, particularly with regard to her love life, but director Anthony Page successfully conveys the pressures placed on Kelly by her privileged background and her international fame."[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Grace Kelly Story. The Movie Scene. 27 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Grace Kelly. CJOnline. 27 January 2017. 2017-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202145721/http://cjonline.com/news-life-arts-entertainment-local/2014-07-17/tinseltown-talk-cheryl-ladd-played-grace-kelly-long. dead.
  3. Book: Wydra, Thilo. Grace: A Biography. November 18, 2014. Skyhorse. 9781629149677. Google Books.
  4. News: Tv Movie: Grace Kelly. John J.. O'Connor. The New York Times . February 21, 1983. NYTimes.com.
  5. Web site: Grace Kelly (1983) - Anthony Page | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related. AllMovie.
  6. Web site: The Grace Kelly Story – review | cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online. Radio Times. 2019-10-20. 2019-10-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20191020151442/https://www.radiotimes.com/film/gmfjrf/the-grace-kelly-story/. dead.