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Name: Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes
Released: 2024-11-15
Cast: Stephen Bogart, Eric Lax, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Huston

Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes

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1h 39m
2024

88%

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Narrated in his own words, the first official documentary to explore the remarkable life and legacy of Hollywood legend and cultural icon Humphrey Bogart. Framed around the five key women in his life, the film intricately weaves together his most important relationships against a backdrop of world events giving a fresh and captivating perspective on one of Hollywood's most revered stars.

Director:

Kathryn Ferguson

Producer:

Eleanor Emptage

Writer:

Eleanor Emptage, Kathryn Ferguson

Cast:

Stephen Bogart, Eric Lax, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Huston, Katharine Hepburn

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

88%

Critics Consensus: Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes is a brisk, dutifully crafted documentary which offers an unusually intimate and nuanced portrait of the silver screen icon.

Reviews

In Review Online

Robert Stinner

Ferguson’s approach is accordingly dutiful, presenting the fundamental events of Bogart’s life from cradle to grave with diligence and at an audience-friendly brisk pace.

Although the biographical documentary Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes was sanctioned by the family of Humphrey Bogart, the movie doesn't shy away from his faults and failings. Having narration from an actor portraying Bogart will get mixed reactions.

Overall, Ferguson’s film does an admirable job of bringing some of Bogie’s indefinable but undeniable magic to the surface, where, like the California sunlight bouncing off the hull of his beloved yacht, it sparkles.

Bogiephiles who know their Sahara from their Sirocco may not find much new here, but anyone interested in early-to-mid-20th-century Hollywood history will discover plenty to spark further investigation. 

He remains a potent figure, and this mostly well-judged documentary does its job by offering a fistful of reasons to start watching his best films over and over again.

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