1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:19,845 --> 00:00:23,458 [movie reel whirring, buzzing] 4 00:00:23,545 --> 00:00:26,156 [gentle music] 5 00:00:44,566 --> 00:00:48,831 -[nostalgic music] -[crew chatting in background] 6 00:00:49,353 --> 00:00:51,138 I love it when the camera's a little higher, 7 00:00:51,703 --> 00:00:52,878 just a little. 8 00:00:52,965 --> 00:00:53,966 Sorry. 9 00:00:55,533 --> 00:00:57,883 I may be my mother's daughter, 10 00:00:57,970 --> 00:01:00,364 but there's a lot of my father in it. 11 00:01:00,451 --> 00:01:03,150 [Liza scatting] 12 00:01:04,107 --> 00:01:05,239 Oh, Lenny, it's great. 13 00:01:06,849 --> 00:01:10,331 [gentle nostalgic music] 14 00:01:11,419 --> 00:01:12,550 Can you get this? 15 00:01:13,638 --> 00:01:15,423 Okay. 16 00:01:15,510 --> 00:01:17,947 I wish you had a light that went right in my face. 17 00:01:18,034 --> 00:01:21,168 [gentle piano music] 18 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:32,527 Okay, a little bit higher. 19 00:01:32,614 --> 00:01:34,311 I'm talking to you. 20 00:01:34,398 --> 00:01:36,008 -Is that perfect? -That was perfect. 21 00:01:38,359 --> 00:01:41,188 -That's what I always say. -[Liza laughing] 22 00:01:51,241 --> 00:01:55,071 [crowd cheering, applauding] 23 00:01:57,291 --> 00:02:00,903 On the schnoz too. [laughing] 24 00:02:00,990 --> 00:02:03,906 [nostalgic music] 25 00:02:10,217 --> 00:02:12,349 [Director] Let's all settle down, please. 26 00:02:12,436 --> 00:02:14,351 -Shut the fuck up. -Shut the fuck up. 27 00:02:14,438 --> 00:02:17,180 [Liza laughing] 28 00:02:18,790 --> 00:02:21,402 -[clapper board clicking] -[dramatic drum roll music] 29 00:02:21,489 --> 00:02:24,927 [Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, Liza Minnelli. 30 00:02:25,014 --> 00:02:30,062 [dramatic performance music] [audience applauding] 31 00:02:39,855 --> 00:02:40,856 Yes. 32 00:02:44,729 --> 00:02:46,731 ♪ Say yes ♪ 33 00:02:46,818 --> 00:02:48,255 [man] Iconic. 34 00:02:48,342 --> 00:02:49,125 [woman] One of the biggest stars in the world. 35 00:02:49,212 --> 00:02:50,344 Talent beyond belief. 36 00:02:50,431 --> 00:02:52,302 -Liza Minnelli. -Liza Minnelli. 37 00:02:52,389 --> 00:02:54,652 -Liza Minnelli. -The one and only Liza. 38 00:02:54,739 --> 00:02:57,786 ♪ When opportunity comes your way ♪ 39 00:02:57,873 --> 00:02:59,831 -Films. -Concerts. 40 00:02:59,918 --> 00:03:02,007 ♪ Wondering what to say ♪ -Broadway. 41 00:03:02,094 --> 00:03:05,010 [Oprah] Tonys, a Grammy, an Emmy, even an Oscar, 42 00:03:05,097 --> 00:03:06,664 she has done it all. 43 00:03:06,751 --> 00:03:09,841 ♪ There's mink and marigold right outside ♪ 44 00:03:09,928 --> 00:03:11,495 [Interviewer] People think that Liza was born 45 00:03:11,582 --> 00:03:13,671 in a red sequin dress, belting out a tune. 46 00:03:15,325 --> 00:03:16,718 [Interviewer] She's weathered some hard times, 47 00:03:16,805 --> 00:03:18,720 both personally and professionally. 48 00:03:20,025 --> 00:03:22,941 ♪ Yes, I'm alive ♪ 49 00:03:23,028 --> 00:03:24,726 ♪ Yes, I say ♪ 50 00:03:24,813 --> 00:03:26,510 [Interviewer] She has achieved that rare status 51 00:03:26,597 --> 00:03:29,600 where only a first name is necessary. 52 00:03:29,687 --> 00:03:32,299 I'm a star. 53 00:03:32,386 --> 00:03:36,303 -♪ And yes, I'm going ♪ -She's simply the best. 54 00:03:36,390 --> 00:03:38,522 -Liza! -♪ On ♪ 55 00:03:40,524 --> 00:03:42,396 ♪ Yes ♪ 56 00:03:49,446 --> 00:03:50,534 Yes. 57 00:03:50,621 --> 00:03:53,885 [audience applauding, cheering] 58 00:03:53,972 --> 00:03:57,237 [chimes music] 59 00:03:57,324 --> 00:04:00,065 [phone ringing] 60 00:04:04,592 --> 00:04:07,769 [pensive music] 61 00:04:07,856 --> 00:04:09,901 ["Over the Rainbow"] 62 00:04:09,988 --> 00:04:11,076 [Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, 63 00:04:11,163 --> 00:04:14,950 here is young Liza Minnelli. 64 00:04:15,037 --> 00:04:18,997 -How am I doing, Mama? -Oh, fine, Liza, keep going. 65 00:04:19,084 --> 00:04:21,043 [Interviewer] Judy and her daughter Liza 66 00:04:21,130 --> 00:04:22,653 at the London Palladium. 67 00:04:22,740 --> 00:04:24,786 ♪ Hello, Liza ♪ 68 00:04:24,873 --> 00:04:27,615 [phone ringing] 69 00:04:27,702 --> 00:04:32,750 -Hello? [ring tone sounding] 70 00:04:37,886 --> 00:04:40,497 [somber music] 71 00:04:54,250 --> 00:04:56,208 -[Reporter] Thousands of people lined the streets 72 00:04:56,296 --> 00:05:00,038 outside the funeral chapel on Manhattan's Upper East Side 73 00:05:00,125 --> 00:05:01,779 to pay this last tribute 74 00:05:01,866 --> 00:05:03,738 to a woman they had known since her childhood. 75 00:05:04,913 --> 00:05:08,351 [somber music continues] 76 00:05:18,230 --> 00:05:21,712 [somber music continues] 77 00:05:28,110 --> 00:05:29,111 -Is that Mama? 78 00:05:29,851 --> 00:05:30,721 No! 79 00:05:30,808 --> 00:05:31,853 My mother? Nah. 80 00:05:33,855 --> 00:05:35,378 She's never gonna pass. 81 00:05:36,423 --> 00:05:37,467 And I believed it. 82 00:05:40,209 --> 00:05:43,995 I started crying and I didn't stop for about eight days. 83 00:05:45,475 --> 00:05:48,913 It just was devastating to me 84 00:05:50,393 --> 00:05:53,831 and I was in charge of so much. 85 00:05:53,918 --> 00:05:55,833 -[Reporter] Her family, her three children, 86 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,271 Liza Minnelli, Lorna and Joey Luft attended the services. 87 00:06:04,886 --> 00:06:06,844 [man] It's hard to imagine what would've happened with Liza 88 00:06:06,931 --> 00:06:10,544 if her mother hadn't passed away at that moment in her life 89 00:06:10,631 --> 00:06:13,416 because it's kind of a before and after. 90 00:06:13,503 --> 00:06:16,027 Her mother's passing was a catalyst. 91 00:06:16,114 --> 00:06:20,336 [somber music] 92 00:06:20,423 --> 00:06:26,211 -She took that period of time to hone the craft 93 00:06:26,298 --> 00:06:27,691 that her mother had given her, 94 00:06:27,778 --> 00:06:30,085 the legacy she had passed on to her. 95 00:06:30,172 --> 00:06:34,742 She took the grief as a period of incubation. 96 00:06:34,829 --> 00:06:38,485 -I think when her mom died, there was of course sorrow. 97 00:06:38,572 --> 00:06:42,837 Her mother was a massive person in her life, 98 00:06:42,924 --> 00:06:47,319 but I think there had to be an element of, 99 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:49,321 I don't have to worry anymore, 100 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:51,236 because I mean, her mom was a worry. 101 00:06:55,458 --> 00:06:57,155 -So what's next? 102 00:06:57,242 --> 00:06:59,201 Her mom has died, she's grieving, and at the same time, 103 00:06:59,288 --> 00:07:00,811 she's thinking about her own life. 104 00:07:00,898 --> 00:07:02,770 She's 23, what's she gonna do in her career 105 00:07:02,857 --> 00:07:05,642 because there was so much expected of her. 106 00:07:05,729 --> 00:07:06,948 [upbeat music] 107 00:07:07,035 --> 00:07:09,298 ♪ Oh, sweet kindness ♪ 108 00:07:09,385 --> 00:07:11,387 ♪ A little magic, a little kindness ♪ 109 00:07:11,474 --> 00:07:12,780 -She is a talented dancer, 110 00:07:12,867 --> 00:07:14,434 a talented singer, a great actress, 111 00:07:14,521 --> 00:07:16,914 but these things all need to be developed. 112 00:07:17,001 --> 00:07:22,050 So she found friends and mentors who helped her. 113 00:07:24,487 --> 00:07:26,141 -What I was really good at 114 00:07:26,228 --> 00:07:28,665 was picking the people to be around. 115 00:07:28,752 --> 00:07:30,493 I had a good eye. 116 00:07:30,580 --> 00:07:32,060 I think I still do. 117 00:07:32,147 --> 00:07:34,671 ♪ Don't let Annie hear it ♪ 118 00:07:34,758 --> 00:07:37,239 ♪ We don't believe in the Jezebel spirit ♪ 119 00:07:37,326 --> 00:07:41,939 -It was now or never, so she set out to create the person 120 00:07:42,026 --> 00:07:43,767 that she wanted to become. 121 00:07:43,854 --> 00:07:46,988 [upbeat music fades] 122 00:07:52,689 --> 00:07:55,344 [chimes music] 123 00:08:04,484 --> 00:08:06,094 -Kay. 124 00:08:06,181 --> 00:08:10,577 ♪ Come along and join a Jubilee ♪ 125 00:08:13,797 --> 00:08:16,583 -How smart of you to show me this right now. 126 00:08:16,670 --> 00:08:18,323 It's giving me courage too. 127 00:08:19,281 --> 00:08:20,282 -[Director] In what way? 128 00:08:20,369 --> 00:08:22,545 -Because it's fun 129 00:08:22,632 --> 00:08:24,504 and I'm nervous so it helps that. 130 00:08:27,768 --> 00:08:29,509 -The minute her mother died, 131 00:08:29,596 --> 00:08:31,511 Kay Thompson comes back into Liza's life 132 00:08:31,598 --> 00:08:34,601 as her quirky godmother who took her under her wing 133 00:08:34,688 --> 00:08:37,995 and gave her this sort of life wisdom. 134 00:08:38,082 --> 00:08:41,042 -Liza called Kay, who was in Rome. 135 00:08:41,129 --> 00:08:45,133 Kay immediately flew to New York and took over. 136 00:08:45,220 --> 00:08:46,569 What are you gonna wear? 137 00:08:46,656 --> 00:08:48,092 What's the casket? 138 00:08:48,179 --> 00:08:50,225 Kay said We need a white casket. 139 00:08:50,312 --> 00:08:52,706 The funeral home said we don't have white caskets. 140 00:08:52,793 --> 00:08:55,926 And Kay said, "We're from MGM. Spray it." 141 00:08:56,013 --> 00:08:58,581 [lion roaring] 142 00:08:58,668 --> 00:09:01,584 Kay really started to mentor Liza 143 00:09:01,671 --> 00:09:04,935 at a time when Liza didn't know who she was. 144 00:09:05,022 --> 00:09:07,242 Was she Judy Garland's daughter? 145 00:09:07,329 --> 00:09:09,244 Who was she supposed to be? 146 00:09:09,331 --> 00:09:11,812 -Her fight was to find who she was, not her mother. 147 00:09:11,899 --> 00:09:14,031 She knew who her mother was. 148 00:09:14,118 --> 00:09:15,816 She didn't wanna be her mother. 149 00:09:15,903 --> 00:09:18,253 -Kay Thompson is always referred to as larger than life, 150 00:09:18,340 --> 00:09:20,255 but Liza was also larger than life 151 00:09:20,342 --> 00:09:22,779 and Liza became larger than life because she watched Kay. 152 00:09:22,866 --> 00:09:25,521 ♪ Kay Thompson, Kay, Kay Thompson ♪ 153 00:09:25,608 --> 00:09:27,131 ♪ Hello hello ♪ 154 00:09:27,218 --> 00:09:29,046 ♪ We're having a birthday party ♪ 155 00:09:29,133 --> 00:09:32,789 ♪ A lot like Jubilee time, a lot like Jubilee time ♪ 156 00:09:32,876 --> 00:09:37,054 -Kay Thompson was a singer, a vocal arranger, 157 00:09:37,141 --> 00:09:41,015 a composer, a lyricist, a cultural icon, 158 00:09:41,102 --> 00:09:45,410 a fashion icon, an author of the Eloise books. 159 00:09:45,497 --> 00:09:48,457 Kay supposedly created the character of Eloise 160 00:09:48,544 --> 00:09:51,591 patterned in part after Liza. 161 00:09:51,678 --> 00:09:55,769 She became a mentor musically first to Judy Garland, 162 00:09:55,856 --> 00:09:58,032 and then to Liza Minnelli. 163 00:09:58,815 --> 00:10:00,208 -Hi. 164 00:10:00,295 --> 00:10:01,383 Bonjour Paris. 165 00:10:01,470 --> 00:10:03,864 I'm heavenly. Hi, there. 166 00:10:03,951 --> 00:10:05,692 -There was this deep bond 167 00:10:05,779 --> 00:10:07,432 where they were like two girlfriends 168 00:10:07,519 --> 00:10:09,826 and shared this spiritual life together 169 00:10:09,913 --> 00:10:14,004 and Kay opened up the world to Liza 170 00:10:14,091 --> 00:10:15,919 to have a different perspective, 171 00:10:16,006 --> 00:10:19,575 an off kilter perspective, a kooky perspective of life. 172 00:10:21,142 --> 00:10:22,839 -[Kay] With pleasure, my darling. 173 00:10:22,926 --> 00:10:24,493 We're both from the Virgin Islands, so let's go. 174 00:10:24,580 --> 00:10:26,669 -Okay, thank you. -I love you sweat tears. 175 00:10:26,756 --> 00:10:28,802 Is that from the Virgins? 176 00:10:28,889 --> 00:10:33,763 [Liza and Kay singing in foreign language] 177 00:10:47,908 --> 00:10:50,127 -[Liza] Kay wrote that, I love that song. 178 00:10:50,214 --> 00:10:54,305 -I was really happy to be invited to be in a show 179 00:10:54,392 --> 00:10:56,568 that ended up being called "Liza's at the Palace." 180 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:59,615 We toured for three years, ended up on Broadway. 181 00:10:59,702 --> 00:11:02,444 It was interesting that after much touring 182 00:11:02,531 --> 00:11:07,144 and some illnesses, Liza took this return to Broadway 183 00:11:07,231 --> 00:11:11,279 as a celebration of Kay Thompson. 184 00:11:11,366 --> 00:11:14,499 -She was so original, the way she would teach you stuff. 185 00:11:14,586 --> 00:11:17,851 I mean, when my parents were gone, she never left my side. 186 00:11:17,938 --> 00:11:20,854 We were so close, I was such a fan. 187 00:11:20,941 --> 00:11:21,898 She was it. 188 00:11:23,030 --> 00:11:25,510 She was it for me. 189 00:11:25,597 --> 00:11:29,950 She understood my fears and what worried me 190 00:11:30,037 --> 00:11:32,387 and she always knew what to say. 191 00:11:32,474 --> 00:11:34,041 I got the jitters. 192 00:11:34,128 --> 00:11:36,304 -Don't have. -Just a little. 193 00:11:36,391 --> 00:11:37,740 -Oh, well, a little is great. 194 00:11:37,827 --> 00:11:39,394 -When you get up there, 195 00:11:39,481 --> 00:11:40,656 you suddenly realize what's expected of you 196 00:11:40,743 --> 00:11:42,440 and you get scared. 197 00:11:42,527 --> 00:11:44,138 -[Kay] But I think we get that way 198 00:11:44,225 --> 00:11:46,793 because we think we have to do more than we can do, 199 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,796 which is the dumbest form of insanity in the world. 200 00:11:49,883 --> 00:11:51,885 You can only do what you can do, no more. 201 00:11:51,972 --> 00:11:53,669 -That's true. 202 00:11:53,756 --> 00:11:56,759 The most important thing, and Kay told me this, 203 00:11:56,846 --> 00:11:59,283 don't go around with people you don't like. 204 00:11:59,370 --> 00:12:02,678 Or even if you're curious about people you don't, 205 00:12:02,765 --> 00:12:04,462 don't do it. 206 00:12:04,549 --> 00:12:06,769 -[Kay] And if I get killed in an elevator tonight, 207 00:12:06,856 --> 00:12:08,989 don't waste your time with dull people. 208 00:12:09,076 --> 00:12:10,164 -Okay. 209 00:12:10,251 --> 00:12:11,339 -[Kay] It's like an emery board 210 00:12:11,426 --> 00:12:12,427 going over you all the time. 211 00:12:12,514 --> 00:12:14,995 [Liza laughing] 212 00:12:15,082 --> 00:12:18,476 It's terrible and you become dull yourself. 213 00:12:18,563 --> 00:12:20,217 All right, now what you can do is turn around 214 00:12:20,304 --> 00:12:22,524 so that's because what you've got in back of you. 215 00:12:22,611 --> 00:12:24,352 [Kay speaking in French] 216 00:12:24,439 --> 00:12:26,093 -She taught me everything. 217 00:12:26,180 --> 00:12:31,402 She taught me how to live life, 218 00:12:31,489 --> 00:12:36,277 how to appreciate everything that we were going through. 219 00:12:36,364 --> 00:12:37,408 ♪ People to be ♪ 220 00:12:37,495 --> 00:12:39,671 [upbeat jazzy music] 221 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:42,631 ♪ What some people and me ♪ 222 00:12:42,718 --> 00:12:44,415 Give me more level. 223 00:12:45,677 --> 00:12:47,462 Does it sound good back there? 224 00:12:47,549 --> 00:12:49,159 -[Kay] Beautiful sound. 225 00:12:49,246 --> 00:12:51,509 -Wish I could give myself just a little more. 226 00:12:52,075 --> 00:12:54,774 She'd seen me start to shake, so I was putting my makeup on 227 00:12:54,861 --> 00:12:57,646 and she'd say... 228 00:12:57,733 --> 00:13:00,649 ♪ Happy days are here again ♪ 229 00:13:00,736 --> 00:13:02,956 ♪ The skies are bright ♪ 230 00:13:03,043 --> 00:13:04,435 You know. 231 00:13:04,522 --> 00:13:06,307 She'd kept me singing, I'd relax. 232 00:13:06,394 --> 00:13:10,398 -The theater is beautifully perfect acoustically. 233 00:13:10,485 --> 00:13:12,704 And this sound is heavenly. 234 00:13:13,923 --> 00:13:15,577 What more can I say? 235 00:13:15,664 --> 00:13:17,927 -She would stand backstage with me sometimes 236 00:13:18,014 --> 00:13:22,018 and she'd slap me on the behind and say, "Go!" 237 00:13:22,105 --> 00:13:24,673 I went "Wow!" I was on stage. [laughing] 238 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:26,849 -So I mean, honey, you're in, you know? 239 00:13:28,982 --> 00:13:30,026 Hi, there. 240 00:13:30,113 --> 00:13:31,375 -How do I wanna say that? 241 00:13:32,986 --> 00:13:35,466 Kay never felt particularly attractive. 242 00:13:35,553 --> 00:13:38,687 She said she had a new face made of old material. 243 00:13:41,081 --> 00:13:42,647 Great line. 244 00:13:42,734 --> 00:13:46,738 She had a real feeling of being less than, 245 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:48,523 and then moving to Hollywood 246 00:13:48,610 --> 00:13:54,224 where everyone is beautiful must have been crushing. 247 00:13:54,311 --> 00:13:59,273 So I think that's perhaps where some jealousy came from. 248 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:00,927 She was the one with the talent 249 00:14:01,014 --> 00:14:04,017 and she was coaching all of these other people 250 00:14:04,104 --> 00:14:07,324 to do what she did. 251 00:14:07,411 --> 00:14:11,981 So there were a couple withering comments here and there 252 00:14:12,068 --> 00:14:18,596 from Kay that I know would hurt Liza. 253 00:14:18,683 --> 00:14:20,816 There was a lot of jealousy in Kay Thompson. 254 00:14:22,687 --> 00:14:25,386 ♪ All kinds of weather ♪ 255 00:14:25,473 --> 00:14:27,301 ♪ What if the sky should fall ♪ 256 00:14:27,388 --> 00:14:28,432 ♪ I don't know ♪ 257 00:14:28,519 --> 00:14:30,826 ♪ [indistinct] ♪ 258 00:14:30,913 --> 00:14:31,914 ♪ Where we going ♪ 259 00:14:32,001 --> 00:14:33,481 ♪ It doesn't matter ♪ 260 00:14:33,568 --> 00:14:35,048 -During the last years of Kay's life, 261 00:14:35,135 --> 00:14:38,442 Liza took care of her in her own home, 262 00:14:38,529 --> 00:14:41,358 round the clock staff, the best food. 263 00:14:41,445 --> 00:14:43,491 Liza gets her star in heaven 264 00:14:43,578 --> 00:14:46,407 for treating her so beautifully. 265 00:14:46,494 --> 00:14:51,368 -And the last words she ever said to me were these. 266 00:14:53,370 --> 00:14:54,894 "Goodbye, darling. 267 00:14:55,851 --> 00:14:57,418 Happy everything!" 268 00:14:59,986 --> 00:15:04,729 [audience applauding] [gentle music] 269 00:15:04,816 --> 00:15:09,256 -I think Kay, the mentor, made Liza the superstar possible. 270 00:15:19,831 --> 00:15:22,443 [chimes music] 271 00:15:26,012 --> 00:15:27,056 -Hi, I'm Liza. 272 00:15:28,362 --> 00:15:29,319 When I was 18, 273 00:15:31,104 --> 00:15:35,369 I went in New York one night to the Ambassador Theater 274 00:15:35,456 --> 00:15:37,371 and there I saw something that I'll never forget. 275 00:15:39,503 --> 00:15:42,245 Ladies and gentlemen, 276 00:15:42,332 --> 00:15:44,160 I have brought you a present from France. 277 00:15:45,857 --> 00:15:47,424 Charles Aznavour. 278 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:54,823 Charles Aznavour changed my life. 279 00:15:54,910 --> 00:15:57,826 He changed my entire life. 280 00:15:57,913 --> 00:15:59,480 I don't think I'm a real good singer, 281 00:15:59,567 --> 00:16:02,352 but I can act some. 282 00:16:02,439 --> 00:16:06,661 ♪ So we are alone again tonight ♪ 283 00:16:06,748 --> 00:16:10,230 ♪ I read a book, you watch the fight ♪ 284 00:16:10,317 --> 00:16:13,494 ♪ Stifled you on a can of beer ♪ 285 00:16:13,581 --> 00:16:18,107 ♪ What an enthralling atmosphere ♪ 286 00:16:18,194 --> 00:16:22,807 ♪ And yet the sight of you this way ♪ 287 00:16:22,894 --> 00:16:27,160 ♪ Helps me say what I must say ♪ 288 00:16:27,247 --> 00:16:29,640 [Liza chuckling] 289 00:16:29,727 --> 00:16:33,209 Which was written by Charles Aznavour. 290 00:16:33,296 --> 00:16:36,038 -She'd learned a lot from Aznavour. 291 00:16:36,125 --> 00:16:39,302 I mean, it all paid off. 292 00:16:39,389 --> 00:16:44,307 -I see her taking the advice of Charles Aznavour 293 00:16:47,093 --> 00:16:52,054 very seriously with lyrics and interpretation. 294 00:16:53,490 --> 00:16:56,189 -Aznavour is one of the most beloved 295 00:16:56,276 --> 00:17:00,454 iconic French singers/songwriters/performers 296 00:17:00,541 --> 00:17:03,892 who was mentored by Edith Piaf, 297 00:17:03,979 --> 00:17:06,851 with whom he had a relationship very early in his career. 298 00:17:08,679 --> 00:17:10,899 -[Reporter] He personified French culture to the world. 299 00:17:10,986 --> 00:17:13,467 -[Reporter] Aznavour sold 180 million records. 300 00:17:13,554 --> 00:17:15,599 -[Reporter] The French Frank Sinatra. 301 00:17:15,686 --> 00:17:17,166 [upbeat music] 302 00:17:17,253 --> 00:17:20,996 [Charles singing in French] 303 00:17:21,083 --> 00:17:22,650 -[Interviewer] Tell us all you have to know. 304 00:17:22,737 --> 00:17:24,956 -First of all, to be honest with the public 305 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:29,526 and to be kind of an actor on stage, 306 00:17:29,613 --> 00:17:32,616 much more than to open the mouth and throw a voice out. 307 00:17:32,703 --> 00:17:36,403 [Charles singing in French] 308 00:17:43,758 --> 00:17:46,456 -When you see Aznavour perform, even if it's in French 309 00:17:46,543 --> 00:17:48,241 and you don't understand what he's saying, 310 00:17:48,328 --> 00:17:53,376 he has that same ability to communicate 311 00:17:55,030 --> 00:17:58,381 and make you feel the gamut of every emotion. 312 00:17:58,468 --> 00:18:01,167 [Charles singing in French] 313 00:18:01,254 --> 00:18:03,908 [Liza singing] 314 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:14,876 When Liza saw Aznavour, she said, "That's it. That's it." 315 00:18:16,704 --> 00:18:18,445 It was different from what her mother did 316 00:18:18,532 --> 00:18:22,884 and Aznavour was this embodiment 317 00:18:22,971 --> 00:18:27,715 of not only the show business part and the vocal part, 318 00:18:27,802 --> 00:18:29,978 but the grittiness of life. 319 00:18:30,065 --> 00:18:33,373 [Charles speaking in French] 320 00:18:33,460 --> 00:18:37,028 [Liza speaking in French] 321 00:18:41,685 --> 00:18:45,472 [Charles speaking in French] 322 00:18:46,342 --> 00:18:48,910 [jazzy music] 323 00:18:51,347 --> 00:18:53,523 -Charles Aznavour is the person Liza has credited 324 00:18:53,610 --> 00:18:56,439 with being one of the architects of helping her find 325 00:18:56,526 --> 00:18:57,788 her own voice. 326 00:18:57,875 --> 00:19:01,227 [jazzy music continues] 327 00:19:06,493 --> 00:19:09,104 -The creative part of their relationship 328 00:19:09,191 --> 00:19:15,632 was really good for Liza because I remember Frank saying 329 00:19:15,719 --> 00:19:18,766 about Liza when she started out, he said, 330 00:19:18,853 --> 00:19:22,683 "Not everything has to be the national anthem." 331 00:19:22,770 --> 00:19:25,033 And I knew what he meant, but I didn't say anything. 332 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:29,429 Aznavour, I think from Aznavour, 333 00:19:29,516 --> 00:19:33,911 she saw a way of delivering the song in a way 334 00:19:33,998 --> 00:19:38,568 that was closer, closer to the heart. 335 00:19:39,526 --> 00:19:42,006 She can do the big stuff 336 00:19:42,093 --> 00:19:45,358 and her mom always did the the big stuff too, 337 00:19:45,445 --> 00:19:48,230 but I think being able to do both 338 00:19:48,317 --> 00:19:53,975 is something that she showed more of after Aznavour. 339 00:19:54,062 --> 00:19:56,456 [gentle music] 340 00:20:05,508 --> 00:20:08,990 [gentle music continues] 341 00:20:26,964 --> 00:20:29,576 [chimes music] 342 00:20:30,490 --> 00:20:33,232 [playful music] 343 00:20:35,451 --> 00:20:38,019 -I always wanted to dance. 344 00:20:38,106 --> 00:20:40,369 It was the first thing I could do. 345 00:20:40,456 --> 00:20:42,197 I loved it. 346 00:20:42,284 --> 00:20:46,462 I danced before I sang, before I did anything. 347 00:20:46,549 --> 00:20:50,988 I wanted to be in a dance company, you know? 348 00:20:51,075 --> 00:20:52,990 'Cause what I loved so much was... 349 00:20:53,077 --> 00:20:54,992 ♪ I want a natural ♪ 350 00:20:55,079 --> 00:20:57,386 Cut and go to the clip. 351 00:20:57,473 --> 00:20:58,909 ♪ I want a natural man ♪ 352 00:20:58,996 --> 00:21:00,302 ♪ I want a natural man ♪ 353 00:21:00,389 --> 00:21:02,173 ♪ I want a natural man ♪ 354 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:05,960 ♪ I want a natural man, yes ♪ 355 00:21:07,875 --> 00:21:09,572 -Liza grew up surrounded by dance. 356 00:21:09,659 --> 00:21:12,227 ♪ Shout hallelujah, come on get happy ♪ 357 00:21:12,314 --> 00:21:14,098 ♪ You better chase all your cares away ♪ 358 00:21:14,185 --> 00:21:15,535 -Not only because of her mother, 359 00:21:15,622 --> 00:21:18,059 but also because of her father 360 00:21:18,146 --> 00:21:20,453 -Out in the audience, Vincente Minnelli. 361 00:21:21,454 --> 00:21:22,890 [buzzer buzzing] 362 00:21:22,977 --> 00:21:24,152 -Quiet! Roll sound. 363 00:21:25,849 --> 00:21:28,765 -Vincente Minnelli was a true Hollywood visionary. 364 00:21:28,852 --> 00:21:31,942 He was an extraordinary director of iconic musicals, 365 00:21:32,029 --> 00:21:35,381 American in Paris and The Band Wagon, and GiGi. 366 00:21:35,468 --> 00:21:38,253 And he had this eye for perfectionism 367 00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:40,299 and that is the thing that Liza inherited 368 00:21:40,386 --> 00:21:44,172 and that's one of the most important traits in who she is. 369 00:21:44,259 --> 00:21:47,393 -Well, my father inspired me with everything, 370 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:51,614 especially art, and from watching him direct everybody else, 371 00:21:51,701 --> 00:21:52,659 he was a tyrant, you know. 372 00:21:54,487 --> 00:21:56,271 Come here, camera. 373 00:21:56,358 --> 00:22:02,103 I don't want it straight away or down, I want it there. 374 00:22:02,190 --> 00:22:07,282 Now tilts It, too far, there, that's the angle. 375 00:22:07,369 --> 00:22:08,718 Vincente Minnelli's daughter, 376 00:22:08,805 --> 00:22:10,024 what are you gonna do? -I know. 377 00:22:11,678 --> 00:22:13,767 -[Liza] I just loved hanging out at the studio 378 00:22:13,854 --> 00:22:15,725 where my father and mother worked, 379 00:22:15,812 --> 00:22:22,036 especially when my father was directing dance sequences. 380 00:22:22,123 --> 00:22:23,211 -Sometimes she would come on the set 381 00:22:23,298 --> 00:22:24,995 and I said, "Who is that girl?" 382 00:22:25,082 --> 00:22:28,869 He said, "That's Vincente's daughter." 383 00:22:28,956 --> 00:22:31,741 She'd sing a little number and she'd do a little dance step. 384 00:22:31,828 --> 00:22:33,134 Great enthusiasm. 385 00:22:33,221 --> 00:22:35,266 [movie reel clicking] 386 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:37,051 -I learned by watching. 387 00:22:38,052 --> 00:22:39,053 You know. 388 00:22:39,140 --> 00:22:42,012 [upbeat music] 389 00:22:42,099 --> 00:22:44,798 There was something about movement, 390 00:22:44,885 --> 00:22:48,323 the choreography that thrilled me, 391 00:22:48,410 --> 00:22:50,630 to move through the air. 392 00:22:50,717 --> 00:22:52,588 I just knew I had to do it. 393 00:22:54,285 --> 00:22:56,853 I didn't have the classic dancer's body. 394 00:22:56,940 --> 00:22:59,769 I discovered that I had scoliosis 395 00:22:59,856 --> 00:23:02,816 and one leg went higher than the other. 396 00:23:02,903 --> 00:23:05,862 I was really insecure about this, 397 00:23:05,949 --> 00:23:09,649 but I had to learn to deal with it. 398 00:23:09,736 --> 00:23:13,870 Emphasize what you think is good, 399 00:23:13,957 --> 00:23:15,611 and what you don't like, change it. 400 00:23:15,698 --> 00:23:18,875 [upbeat music] 401 00:23:18,962 --> 00:23:21,878 -There was a sense that Liza needed to take 402 00:23:21,965 --> 00:23:23,489 all of this raw dance talent 403 00:23:23,576 --> 00:23:25,360 and channel it into something bigger, 404 00:23:25,447 --> 00:23:27,318 something greater that she was feeling. 405 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:29,495 So on the scene comes a dance legend 406 00:23:29,582 --> 00:23:33,412 who would channel her talents and change her life. 407 00:23:33,499 --> 00:23:35,109 -You know me. 408 00:23:35,196 --> 00:23:36,676 I directed the show's "Pippen" and "Chicago" 409 00:23:36,763 --> 00:23:38,721 and the films "Cabaret" and "Lenny," 410 00:23:38,808 --> 00:23:41,245 but still people don't know my face. 411 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:49,515 [lively drum beat music] 412 00:23:49,602 --> 00:23:51,473 -Bob Fosse started out dancing 413 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,128 as a young boy in his native Chicago. 414 00:23:54,215 --> 00:23:56,783 He moved to choreography on Broadway, 415 00:23:56,870 --> 00:23:59,916 becoming one of the biggest in the business. 416 00:24:00,003 --> 00:24:01,962 Later directing shows 417 00:24:02,049 --> 00:24:07,489 and then eventually inevitably to directing motion pictures. 418 00:24:07,576 --> 00:24:11,754 -Bob Fosse to work with was very precise and humorous. 419 00:24:13,539 --> 00:24:16,585 -He was a perfectionist in terms of the choreography. 420 00:24:16,672 --> 00:24:18,544 Do it one more time. 421 00:24:18,631 --> 00:24:25,028 You didn't do, you didn't, do, jip, boo. [chuckling] 422 00:24:25,115 --> 00:24:28,728 -A signature Bob Fosse move would be his hands, 423 00:24:28,815 --> 00:24:29,946 the hips, 424 00:24:31,948 --> 00:24:33,297 the tilt of the head. 425 00:24:36,039 --> 00:24:40,914 And it's the simplicity of the move that is so powerful. 426 00:24:41,001 --> 00:24:43,307 It's not the cartwheel, the split, 427 00:24:43,394 --> 00:24:45,135 and the jump and the bang, bang, bang. 428 00:24:45,222 --> 00:24:48,530 No, it's a quiet moments. 429 00:24:48,617 --> 00:24:50,576 Little things like a flick of a head, 430 00:24:52,186 --> 00:24:53,187 a look. 431 00:24:54,667 --> 00:24:56,320 These are Fosseisms. 432 00:25:00,150 --> 00:25:01,935 -I think we should mention somewhere in here 433 00:25:02,022 --> 00:25:04,633 about my audition for the Broadway show of "Cabaret" 434 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:05,721 and not getting it. 435 00:25:05,808 --> 00:25:08,898 -Ah, baby. 436 00:25:08,985 --> 00:25:11,031 -Originally when it was conceived for Broadway, 437 00:25:11,118 --> 00:25:12,598 I lost the role. 438 00:25:12,685 --> 00:25:14,077 It was something I always wanted to do. 439 00:25:14,164 --> 00:25:15,688 I always wanted to do Sally Bowles. 440 00:25:15,775 --> 00:25:18,038 And then when they made the film, 441 00:25:18,125 --> 00:25:20,693 I just petitioned for it, I fought for it. 442 00:25:20,780 --> 00:25:23,609 I wanted to sing it, that's all. 443 00:25:23,696 --> 00:25:26,655 Is that too simple an answer? 444 00:25:26,742 --> 00:25:28,222 So I finally got the role 445 00:25:28,309 --> 00:25:30,964 and Bob Fosse was gonna direct. 446 00:25:31,051 --> 00:25:32,705 Oh my God. 447 00:25:32,792 --> 00:25:36,056 We met at the Waldorf coffee shop. 448 00:25:36,143 --> 00:25:38,972 I must have made him nervous or something 449 00:25:39,059 --> 00:25:41,670 because he suddenly got vaguely defensive. 450 00:25:41,757 --> 00:25:46,109 He suddenly said, "How do you feel about going topless?" 451 00:25:46,196 --> 00:25:48,808 I said, "I won't do it." 452 00:25:48,895 --> 00:25:50,461 There's always a way around it. 453 00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:53,290 And he said, "All right, I was just wondering." 454 00:25:53,377 --> 00:25:54,857 Right away we clicked. 455 00:25:54,944 --> 00:25:57,120 He was some kind of sexy and wacko 456 00:25:57,207 --> 00:25:59,949 and had this great sense of humor. 457 00:26:00,036 --> 00:26:02,430 -When Liza talks about Fosse, she always says, 458 00:26:02,517 --> 00:26:03,779 "I'm a director's daughter. 459 00:26:03,866 --> 00:26:05,259 I understood how to deal with him." 460 00:26:05,346 --> 00:26:07,304 -The Liza-Fosse combination. 461 00:26:07,391 --> 00:26:13,702 I always felt that Liza knew how to get the most out of him. 462 00:26:13,789 --> 00:26:14,703 ♪ Money makes the world go around ♪ 463 00:26:14,790 --> 00:26:15,748 ♪ The world go around ♪ 464 00:26:15,835 --> 00:26:17,271 ♪ The world go around ♪ 465 00:26:17,358 --> 00:26:18,838 ♪ Money makes the world go around ♪ 466 00:26:18,925 --> 00:26:22,537 ♪ It makes the world go round ♪ 467 00:26:22,624 --> 00:26:25,409 -I was not a trained dancer. 468 00:26:25,496 --> 00:26:28,021 Liza was much more so, 469 00:26:28,108 --> 00:26:31,198 and she would always say, "It's gonna be fine. 470 00:26:31,285 --> 00:26:33,548 Ssh, don't say anything. 471 00:26:33,635 --> 00:26:38,422 Shut the fuck up." And I did. 472 00:26:38,509 --> 00:26:40,120 ♪ And you haven't any cold stove ♪ 473 00:26:40,207 --> 00:26:41,600 ♪ And you freeze in the winter ♪ 474 00:26:41,687 --> 00:26:42,731 ♪ And curse through the ceiling ♪ 475 00:26:42,818 --> 00:26:44,472 -Liza's feet were bleeding, 476 00:26:44,559 --> 00:26:47,562 so I went to Bob and said, "Her feet are bleeding. 477 00:26:47,649 --> 00:26:48,781 I don't think she can dance." 478 00:26:48,868 --> 00:26:50,739 And he said, "Yeah, she can. 479 00:26:50,826 --> 00:26:53,002 She's getting paid a lot of money and that's what she does." 480 00:26:53,089 --> 00:26:55,222 -Okay, can we do that once more? 481 00:26:55,309 --> 00:26:57,224 A few more lines than before. 482 00:26:57,311 --> 00:27:00,531 -She was totally in awe of him. 483 00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:02,142 She did whatever he wanted. 484 00:27:05,362 --> 00:27:08,104 -Something happened during the shooting of a scene 485 00:27:08,191 --> 00:27:10,106 and Fosse was blaming her 486 00:27:10,193 --> 00:27:13,109 and after the shoot was over, he said, 487 00:27:13,196 --> 00:27:16,112 "Liza, I wanna see you in my office right now." 488 00:27:16,199 --> 00:27:18,985 She said, "No, Bobby, we'll talk about it tomorrow." 489 00:27:19,072 --> 00:27:20,769 He said, "Right now." 490 00:27:20,856 --> 00:27:24,555 And she said, "No, Bobby, if I go in there now, 491 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:27,428 you're gonna say things to me that are gonna be so horrible 492 00:27:27,515 --> 00:27:31,606 that tomorrow morning you're gonna send me flowers. 493 00:27:31,693 --> 00:27:36,045 So we'll talk about it tomorrow." 494 00:27:36,132 --> 00:27:39,179 I think it's so revealing and so smart. 495 00:27:39,266 --> 00:27:42,312 [pensive music] 496 00:27:42,399 --> 00:27:44,445 -I remember going to rent the movie 497 00:27:44,532 --> 00:27:46,969 and being so in love with this chick 498 00:27:47,056 --> 00:27:48,754 that was playing Sally Bowles. 499 00:27:48,841 --> 00:27:50,712 I was just like, she's hot, she's sexy, she's weird. 500 00:27:50,799 --> 00:27:56,979 -She had that fierceness and also so much vulnerability. 501 00:27:57,066 --> 00:27:59,721 -Sally Bowles to me was a woman of life 502 00:27:59,808 --> 00:28:03,986 and yet a tragic expression of life 503 00:28:04,073 --> 00:28:07,990 and I think that Liza identified with the silent part 504 00:28:08,077 --> 00:28:10,514 of herself that the public didn't know 505 00:28:10,601 --> 00:28:14,301 and she had a chance to express it through Sally Bowles. 506 00:28:14,388 --> 00:28:17,521 -So I went to my dad and I said, 507 00:28:17,608 --> 00:28:19,393 "Well, do I have to dye my hair blonde 508 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:20,786 and pull out all my eyebrows?" 509 00:28:20,873 --> 00:28:22,918 And he said, "No, no, no darling." 510 00:28:23,005 --> 00:28:25,355 And he showed me Lya de Putti 511 00:28:25,442 --> 00:28:28,054 and he showed me Louise Brooks. 512 00:28:28,141 --> 00:28:29,925 And he said, "There's a way to do this 513 00:28:30,012 --> 00:28:31,840 and you'll figure it out." 514 00:28:31,927 --> 00:28:35,496 You have to be absolutely concentrate on what you're doing 515 00:28:35,583 --> 00:28:38,020 and who this person is 516 00:28:38,107 --> 00:28:41,110 and what happened to her to become this person. 517 00:28:41,197 --> 00:28:44,113 One day I went into this store 518 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,681 and this wonderful lady called Christina Smith 519 00:28:46,768 --> 00:28:49,292 was selling these enormous eyelashes, 520 00:28:49,379 --> 00:28:52,905 and I thought that would be good for her 521 00:28:52,992 --> 00:28:55,168 because she wants to look special. 522 00:28:55,255 --> 00:28:56,691 She's not trying to be beautiful. 523 00:28:56,778 --> 00:28:58,737 -I made those lashes by hand. 524 00:28:58,824 --> 00:29:02,566 They're long in the center and that lowers. 525 00:29:02,653 --> 00:29:04,351 Of course, she had naturally big eyes. 526 00:29:04,438 --> 00:29:06,135 I just enhanced them. 527 00:29:06,222 --> 00:29:08,311 -The Liza lashes are iconic on their own terms, 528 00:29:08,398 --> 00:29:10,531 but never more than as Sally Bowles 529 00:29:10,618 --> 00:29:12,141 where it seems like each lash 530 00:29:12,228 --> 00:29:15,666 has like a black pearl at the end or something. 531 00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:18,800 It adds to the hyperrealism of the movie. 532 00:29:19,845 --> 00:29:21,455 -She needed to be special. 533 00:29:21,542 --> 00:29:23,196 She needed to be special. 534 00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:26,199 -[Announcer] Sally Bowles! 535 00:29:26,286 --> 00:29:29,942 [audience applauding] [upbeat music] 536 00:29:30,029 --> 00:29:31,813 -When you think about Liza as a dancer 537 00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:35,991 before she worked with Fosse, she was girlish. 538 00:29:36,078 --> 00:29:38,733 If you look at footage of her on the Ed Sullivan Show- 539 00:29:38,820 --> 00:29:40,822 -Liza Minnelli. -She was clearly 540 00:29:40,909 --> 00:29:43,782 very talented, but she was kind of gangly 541 00:29:43,869 --> 00:29:45,305 and all over the place. 542 00:29:45,392 --> 00:29:48,743 Fosse brought a kind of discipline 543 00:29:48,830 --> 00:29:50,876 and focus to her dancing 544 00:29:50,963 --> 00:29:54,227 that made her just shine like a jewel. 545 00:29:54,314 --> 00:29:55,837 -I have a a back problem. 546 00:29:55,924 --> 00:29:57,491 Every time I pick anything up 547 00:29:57,578 --> 00:29:59,754 and have to be very kind of calm, 548 00:29:59,841 --> 00:30:02,061 it would go [imitating back vibrating] like this. 549 00:30:02,148 --> 00:30:03,410 They had to glue everything down 550 00:30:03,497 --> 00:30:05,412 for me so it wouldn't rattle. 551 00:30:05,499 --> 00:30:09,459 -Sometimes the muscles would tremble even from the rear. 552 00:30:09,546 --> 00:30:11,200 You know, she'd be acting very calm 553 00:30:11,287 --> 00:30:12,767 and you look at her rear... 554 00:30:12,854 --> 00:30:15,509 [all laughing] 555 00:30:16,858 --> 00:30:19,034 -Fosse was such fun to work with 556 00:30:19,121 --> 00:30:22,690 and a marvelous director, just knew what he wanted. 557 00:30:22,777 --> 00:30:24,692 Plus he knew what I could do. 558 00:30:24,779 --> 00:30:27,434 [upbeat music] 559 00:30:29,044 --> 00:30:32,091 -He was smart enough to recognize 560 00:30:32,178 --> 00:30:33,832 what a hard worker she was, 561 00:30:33,919 --> 00:30:36,747 how the talent just oozed from her. 562 00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:40,534 ♪ Have to understand the way I am, mein herr ♪ 563 00:30:40,621 --> 00:30:43,754 -He used the quirkiness of her body movements, 564 00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:46,714 the quirkiness of her torso to her advantage 565 00:30:46,801 --> 00:30:50,109 and presented her really in a new and fascinating way. 566 00:30:50,196 --> 00:30:55,244 ♪ Bye-bye my leiberherr ♪ 567 00:30:57,507 --> 00:31:02,382 ♪ Farewell my lieberherr ♪ 568 00:31:02,469 --> 00:31:06,473 ♪ It was a fine affair ♪ 569 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,084 ♪ But now it's over ♪ 570 00:31:09,171 --> 00:31:11,782 -She has this enormous amount of talent 571 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:13,175 that all you have to do is push a button 572 00:31:13,262 --> 00:31:14,611 or make a slight suggestion and she said, 573 00:31:14,698 --> 00:31:16,135 "Oh, I know, I know." 574 00:31:16,222 --> 00:31:18,050 Or she's overdoing something 575 00:31:18,137 --> 00:31:21,140 and I think sometimes Liza tends to be over emotional. 576 00:31:21,227 --> 00:31:22,968 You just have to say, "Liza, pull back a little." 577 00:31:23,055 --> 00:31:25,796 And it's just like some beautiful machine. 578 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:29,409 She just knows how much to pull back. 579 00:31:29,496 --> 00:31:33,239 ♪ The continent of Europe is so wide, mein herr ♪ 580 00:31:33,326 --> 00:31:37,243 ♪ Not only up and down, but side to side, mein herr ♪ 581 00:31:37,330 --> 00:31:39,898 -There's definitely the times when she lets the tidal wave 582 00:31:39,985 --> 00:31:43,771 flow and it's thrilling, but in this very controlled way. 583 00:31:43,858 --> 00:31:46,905 ♪ But I do what I can ♪ 584 00:31:46,992 --> 00:31:50,256 ♪ Inch by inch, step by step ♪ 585 00:31:50,343 --> 00:31:52,823 ♪ Mile by mile ♪ 586 00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:55,130 -When she gets to the like "man by man" 587 00:31:56,523 --> 00:31:59,874 and it's just so like lascivious. 588 00:31:59,961 --> 00:32:02,442 ♪ Man by man ♪ 589 00:32:05,836 --> 00:32:07,577 -I mean it's Liza doing 590 00:32:07,664 --> 00:32:09,536 what Liza does that no one else does 591 00:32:09,623 --> 00:32:12,974 and it's Liza doing it better than Liza has ever done. 592 00:32:13,061 --> 00:32:18,110 [upbeat music] [actors singing] 593 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:23,985 [audience applauding] 594 00:32:24,072 --> 00:32:26,814 -Divine decadence. I'm Sally Bowles. 595 00:32:26,901 --> 00:32:29,469 -You worry for her because she's making mistakes 596 00:32:29,556 --> 00:32:31,688 and making demands of herself 597 00:32:31,775 --> 00:32:34,778 and others that are going to just lead to a bad place. 598 00:32:34,865 --> 00:32:35,866 -Brian. 599 00:32:37,564 --> 00:32:38,913 I really do love you. 600 00:32:40,828 --> 00:32:42,134 -I think you do love me. 601 00:32:43,744 --> 00:32:45,702 -But you're never fed up with her. 602 00:32:45,789 --> 00:32:49,054 You never stop worrying about her and you never stop caring. 603 00:32:49,141 --> 00:32:53,275 ♪ What good is sitting alone in your room ♪ 604 00:32:53,362 --> 00:32:56,452 ♪ Come hear the music play ♪ 605 00:32:56,539 --> 00:32:58,237 [camera shutters clicking] 606 00:32:58,324 --> 00:33:01,327 -The film comes out, it's universally acclaimed 607 00:33:01,414 --> 00:33:04,634 as great art immediately, immediately, 608 00:33:04,721 --> 00:33:07,811 and the film becomes a tremendous box office success. 609 00:33:07,898 --> 00:33:09,596 ♪ The book and the gloom ♪ 610 00:33:09,683 --> 00:33:14,122 ♪ It's time for a holiday ♪ 611 00:33:14,209 --> 00:33:15,602 ♪ Life is a cabaret ♪ 612 00:33:15,689 --> 00:33:18,474 -Liza Minnelli. -[audience applauding] 613 00:33:18,561 --> 00:33:21,477 ♪ Come to the cabaret ♪ 614 00:33:21,564 --> 00:33:25,220 -I would like to thank Mr. Fosse 615 00:33:25,307 --> 00:33:28,180 and Fred Ebb and John Kander. 616 00:33:28,267 --> 00:33:30,095 Thank you for giving me this award. 617 00:33:30,182 --> 00:33:32,184 You've made me very happy. 618 00:33:32,271 --> 00:33:35,491 [Liza singing] 619 00:33:35,578 --> 00:33:39,974 -She was immediately then a huge star after "Cabaret." 620 00:33:40,061 --> 00:33:43,238 That was like everybody wanted to be with Liza. 621 00:33:43,325 --> 00:33:45,240 [upbeat music] 622 00:33:45,327 --> 00:33:48,765 Everybody wanted her at their parties. 623 00:33:48,852 --> 00:33:52,987 She was getting offered better and better movies, 624 00:33:53,074 --> 00:33:59,037 better boyfriends. ♪ Cabaret ♪ 625 00:33:59,124 --> 00:34:02,910 -It was a big deal. [audience applauding] 626 00:34:07,697 --> 00:34:10,352 [chimes music] 627 00:34:12,180 --> 00:34:15,488 -[Director] Let's talk about relationships, marriages. 628 00:34:15,575 --> 00:34:19,840 -Give me a gay break, will ya? [laughing] 629 00:34:19,927 --> 00:34:21,363 I'm sorry, cut that. 630 00:34:23,757 --> 00:34:25,672 Well, I feel wonderful about love 631 00:34:25,759 --> 00:34:32,418 because I wanted to be like it was in the songs, you know? 632 00:34:32,505 --> 00:34:35,856 -Okay, I think we should talk about men in our past lives. 633 00:34:35,943 --> 00:34:37,423 She's had a lot of men. 634 00:34:38,946 --> 00:34:41,079 -How about you? -Excuse me. 635 00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:42,906 -No, I had men that nobody knew about. 636 00:34:42,993 --> 00:34:45,170 I knew about all her men. 637 00:34:45,257 --> 00:34:47,259 -And some of them weren't men at all. 638 00:34:47,346 --> 00:34:51,263 [all laughing] 639 00:34:51,350 --> 00:34:52,829 -I have to be careful here 'cause Liza 640 00:34:52,916 --> 00:34:55,658 doesn't wanna talk a lot about her relationships. 641 00:34:55,745 --> 00:34:57,356 It's a very private thing for her, 642 00:34:57,443 --> 00:34:59,880 yet many of these liaisons were very public. 643 00:34:59,967 --> 00:35:02,578 -She was taught by her MGM parents 644 00:35:02,665 --> 00:35:07,061 how to make things sound fantastic. 645 00:35:07,148 --> 00:35:12,153 Liza will never go on camera and talk about the dirt. 646 00:35:13,894 --> 00:35:18,072 -I can only say that she wanted to consume 647 00:35:18,159 --> 00:35:19,856 the fullness of life. 648 00:35:19,943 --> 00:35:22,163 I don't think she has any regrets in that area. 649 00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:24,905 [upbeat music] 650 00:35:33,479 --> 00:35:35,394 -She loses all of her bearings 651 00:35:35,481 --> 00:35:38,092 and all of her judgment. 652 00:35:38,179 --> 00:35:41,269 This person, this is great, this is gonna be great. 653 00:35:41,356 --> 00:35:42,662 This is it. 654 00:35:42,749 --> 00:35:45,578 [upbeat music continues] 655 00:35:45,665 --> 00:35:49,495 -She gets very into people very quickly 656 00:35:49,582 --> 00:35:53,194 so she's had some really unique relationships 657 00:35:53,281 --> 00:35:55,109 lasting a short period of time. 658 00:35:55,196 --> 00:35:57,981 She throws herself into the relationship 659 00:35:58,068 --> 00:36:01,768 with the same passion that she throws herself into a song, 660 00:36:01,855 --> 00:36:03,161 but then just like in a song, 661 00:36:03,248 --> 00:36:05,032 you then go on to the next song. 662 00:36:05,119 --> 00:36:10,255 -My engagement to Desi Arnaz has, 663 00:36:10,342 --> 00:36:12,518 well, the relationship has been deteriorating for some time. 664 00:36:12,605 --> 00:36:16,652 There is no more engagement, that's all called off. 665 00:36:16,739 --> 00:36:20,917 I also met a man called Peter Sellers 666 00:36:22,528 --> 00:36:24,356 and fell in love with him 667 00:36:24,443 --> 00:36:26,271 and a very pleased to say that he fell in love 668 00:36:26,358 --> 00:36:28,186 with me too. [laughing] 669 00:36:28,273 --> 00:36:29,796 -When you do get married, 670 00:36:29,883 --> 00:36:31,319 you'll be the fourth Mrs. Peter Sellers. 671 00:36:31,406 --> 00:36:33,800 Does this thought bother you at all? 672 00:36:33,887 --> 00:36:36,455 -Oh no, four is my lucky number, my dear. 673 00:36:37,586 --> 00:36:39,327 -Liza has acknowledged 674 00:36:39,414 --> 00:36:42,069 that she didn't always make the greatest decisions 675 00:36:42,156 --> 00:36:45,420 in relationships and laughs about it 676 00:36:45,507 --> 00:36:49,642 because there was genuine love, deep love in every one 677 00:36:49,729 --> 00:36:52,384 of those relationships in different ways. 678 00:36:54,342 --> 00:36:56,605 -And she said, "I wanna take a picture just for us." 679 00:36:56,692 --> 00:36:58,259 I said, "Okay, sure." 680 00:36:58,346 --> 00:37:00,435 So we got off my shirt she took off her blouse 681 00:37:00,522 --> 00:37:02,394 and we took the shot. 682 00:37:02,481 --> 00:37:06,572 What the photo is saying is exactly what was in my mind. 683 00:37:07,703 --> 00:37:10,010 I got you. 684 00:37:10,097 --> 00:37:12,230 Then next thing I know, it was in "Newsweek." 685 00:37:12,317 --> 00:37:16,712 Next thing I know it's [laughing] all over the world. 686 00:37:19,019 --> 00:37:20,673 I'm sure a lot of society was shocked, 687 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,893 but it never entered our bubble. 688 00:37:23,980 --> 00:37:29,856 It was two people were sharing a moment in time. 689 00:37:29,943 --> 00:37:31,597 It didn't stop to say, 690 00:37:31,684 --> 00:37:33,251 well, what does that white guy think about it? 691 00:37:33,338 --> 00:37:35,209 Or what's that black guy going to think about it? 692 00:37:35,296 --> 00:37:36,993 We didn't care. 693 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:38,734 It was in our world. 694 00:37:43,391 --> 00:37:44,871 -No, you didn't. 695 00:37:57,797 --> 00:37:58,798 -Wow. 696 00:38:00,103 --> 00:38:01,104 Wow. 697 00:38:06,066 --> 00:38:07,067 Excuse me. 698 00:38:12,551 --> 00:38:14,117 I guess you'd call it love. 699 00:38:15,336 --> 00:38:16,555 I love Liza. 700 00:38:19,427 --> 00:38:20,385 That's my baby. 701 00:38:22,256 --> 00:38:25,346 -Some of these relationships didn't last as relationships, 702 00:38:25,433 --> 00:38:28,741 but many of them are long-lasting friendships 703 00:38:28,828 --> 00:38:29,785 over the years. 704 00:38:30,612 --> 00:38:33,572 ♪ Maybe this time ♪ 705 00:38:33,659 --> 00:38:37,271 ♪ For the first time ♪ 706 00:38:37,358 --> 00:38:40,753 ♪ Love won't hurry away ♪ 707 00:38:43,669 --> 00:38:45,105 -I tell you my favorite song 708 00:38:45,192 --> 00:38:46,846 that she sings is "Maybe this Time," 709 00:38:46,933 --> 00:38:50,545 and you felt when she was singing it, you know, 710 00:38:50,632 --> 00:38:54,941 you hoped that maybe this time would be the time 711 00:38:55,028 --> 00:38:57,465 because she sure deserved it. 712 00:38:57,552 --> 00:39:01,121 ♪ It's gotta happen ♪ 713 00:39:01,208 --> 00:39:04,342 ♪ Maybe sometime ♪ 714 00:39:04,429 --> 00:39:10,304 ♪ Maybe this time ♪ 715 00:39:10,391 --> 00:39:13,089 ♪ Maybe this time ♪ 716 00:39:19,618 --> 00:39:24,100 ♪ Real ♪ [grand music] 717 00:39:26,799 --> 00:39:30,019 [audience applauding] 718 00:39:30,106 --> 00:39:32,457 -Now been married twice with one divorce behind you, 719 00:39:32,544 --> 00:39:35,764 and yet I wonder how you really have survived 720 00:39:35,851 --> 00:39:39,028 and how you really cope. 721 00:39:39,115 --> 00:39:41,509 -I was expecting all the pretty things that I'd heard about 722 00:39:43,163 --> 00:39:44,556 and I got a lot of them. 723 00:39:44,643 --> 00:39:47,210 -One time Judy Garland was on stage 724 00:39:47,297 --> 00:39:49,038 and somebody yelled out, "Marry me," 725 00:39:49,125 --> 00:39:52,564 and Garland said, "Marry you? With my track record?" 726 00:39:52,651 --> 00:39:55,349 And that's kind of like Liza, the way she jokes. 727 00:39:55,436 --> 00:39:57,873 It's like, you know, my track record. 728 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,659 [intense music] 729 00:40:07,361 --> 00:40:10,712 -Peter Allen was so hilarious 730 00:40:10,799 --> 00:40:14,847 and so much fun to be with and he was so great on stage. 731 00:40:14,934 --> 00:40:17,110 -When Liza talks about Peter Allen to this day, 732 00:40:17,197 --> 00:40:20,200 she always talks about his talent, his incredible ability 733 00:40:20,287 --> 00:40:22,985 as a musician, as a composer. 734 00:40:23,072 --> 00:40:24,900 She was deeply in love with him 735 00:40:24,987 --> 00:40:27,686 and they in a certain way remained in love with each other 736 00:40:27,773 --> 00:40:29,209 for the rest of his life. 737 00:40:31,167 --> 00:40:34,954 -The happiest I saw her with somebody in her private life 738 00:40:35,041 --> 00:40:36,564 was with Peter Allen. 739 00:40:36,651 --> 00:40:38,914 But, you know, there were other elements. 740 00:40:40,873 --> 00:40:44,093 -She was truly devastated when she discovered Peter 741 00:40:44,180 --> 00:40:49,142 in a compromising situation with another man. 742 00:40:49,229 --> 00:40:50,230 And people always say, "How could she have not known?" 743 00:40:50,317 --> 00:40:51,361 She didn't know. 744 00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:53,189 I absolutely believe that. 745 00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:57,019 -I think that he felt restricted. 746 00:40:57,106 --> 00:40:59,152 He needed literally to come out. 747 00:41:04,157 --> 00:41:05,158 Oh, Jack. 748 00:41:06,681 --> 00:41:10,859 [people chattering in background] 749 00:41:10,946 --> 00:41:12,687 -When Liza married Jack Haley Jr, 750 00:41:12,774 --> 00:41:14,950 there was all this talk about the daughter of Dorothy 751 00:41:15,037 --> 00:41:17,170 marries the son of the Tin Man 752 00:41:17,257 --> 00:41:19,955 and they were a perfect match for each other in the sense 753 00:41:20,042 --> 00:41:22,175 that they both grew up in Hollywood 754 00:41:22,262 --> 00:41:25,787 and they had beautiful shorthand when they were together 755 00:41:25,874 --> 00:41:28,573 and had a great deal of fun. 756 00:41:28,660 --> 00:41:32,925 ♪ When love comes in and takes you for a spin ♪ 757 00:41:33,012 --> 00:41:35,449 [both speaking gibberish] 758 00:41:35,536 --> 00:41:38,539 -Larger than life, loved to have a good time, 759 00:41:38,626 --> 00:41:42,587 loved to hear wonderful stories, loved to gossip. 760 00:41:42,674 --> 00:41:46,199 He really, really loved my sister. 761 00:41:49,768 --> 00:41:51,683 -I mean, I love Jack and all, 762 00:41:51,770 --> 00:41:55,904 but I didn't think Jack was a good match for her, frankly. 763 00:42:00,474 --> 00:42:03,608 -In many ways, Mark Gero was Liza's most solid husband 764 00:42:03,695 --> 00:42:07,481 because Mark wasn't in show business. 765 00:42:07,568 --> 00:42:11,311 Mark was a sculptor and he was solid. 766 00:42:11,398 --> 00:42:13,269 He was a solid rock. 767 00:42:13,356 --> 00:42:17,099 -Mark was soulful in a way and Mark was quiet. 768 00:42:17,186 --> 00:42:22,191 I think that Mark was a form of stability that she needed. 769 00:42:23,149 --> 00:42:25,891 [playful music] 770 00:42:27,632 --> 00:42:28,894 -That last husband of hers, 771 00:42:28,981 --> 00:42:31,549 I was at the wedding, oh my God. 772 00:42:36,423 --> 00:42:38,947 -When Liza met David Gest, we were with her. 773 00:42:39,034 --> 00:42:41,602 It was during a period of time in Liza's life 774 00:42:41,689 --> 00:42:44,866 when she wasn't doing so well physically. 775 00:42:44,953 --> 00:42:46,564 She'd gained a lot of weight 776 00:42:46,651 --> 00:42:50,785 and David Gest charmed her and romanced her. 777 00:42:50,872 --> 00:42:54,702 David Gest had a gift of gab, nothing was real, 778 00:42:54,789 --> 00:42:58,619 and basically for a while, took over her life. 779 00:42:58,706 --> 00:43:02,231 He took everybody in her life out of her life. 780 00:43:02,318 --> 00:43:04,930 -I never, I did not know him. 781 00:43:05,017 --> 00:43:10,936 I didn't know him and so I don't have a lot to say about him 782 00:43:11,023 --> 00:43:12,807 'cause I didn't know him. 783 00:43:12,894 --> 00:43:15,941 -It ended when Liza went on tour and she came back 784 00:43:16,028 --> 00:43:19,335 and David Gest took everything out of the apartment, 785 00:43:19,422 --> 00:43:21,033 left her with a bed and a lamp. 786 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:22,948 There's a bed and one lamp. 787 00:43:23,035 --> 00:43:24,645 -Every picture was off the wall, everything was gone. 788 00:43:24,732 --> 00:43:26,081 -He took every picture, every piece of furniture, 789 00:43:26,168 --> 00:43:27,343 put it in storage. 790 00:43:27,430 --> 00:43:28,954 -Even her record albums. 791 00:43:29,041 --> 00:43:31,304 -Well, you know, he's not around anymore 792 00:43:31,391 --> 00:43:33,436 and I don't wanna speak ill of the dead. 793 00:43:33,523 --> 00:43:34,829 -Betty Davis said you should only speak 794 00:43:34,916 --> 00:43:36,396 good about the dead. 795 00:43:36,483 --> 00:43:38,050 Well David Gest is dead, good. 796 00:43:41,053 --> 00:43:43,664 [gentle music] 797 00:43:45,927 --> 00:43:49,801 -Ladies and gentlemen, not only the most talented 798 00:43:49,888 --> 00:43:53,456 and marvelous person I know, 799 00:43:53,543 --> 00:43:56,155 but my best and dearest friend, 800 00:43:56,242 --> 00:44:01,247 and if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be here, Mr. Fred Ebb. 801 00:44:01,943 --> 00:44:02,727 -Fred Ebb. 802 00:44:02,814 --> 00:44:05,251 [gentle music] 803 00:44:09,168 --> 00:44:11,431 -I think Fred really invented me. 804 00:44:11,518 --> 00:44:12,867 He really did. 805 00:44:12,954 --> 00:44:16,436 He knew me so well and so deeply. 806 00:44:16,523 --> 00:44:18,525 [audience applauding] 807 00:44:18,612 --> 00:44:21,180 [jazzy music] 808 00:44:24,879 --> 00:44:28,230 ♪ For every man there's a woman ♪ 809 00:44:28,317 --> 00:44:30,276 ♪ For every life there's a fan ♪ 810 00:44:30,363 --> 00:44:33,235 -Was she like everybody who starts, I think was, 811 00:44:33,322 --> 00:44:35,716 was imitating everybody and not, 812 00:44:37,065 --> 00:44:39,024 she needed a style of her own. 813 00:44:39,111 --> 00:44:41,287 So out of that came my opinion that she 814 00:44:41,374 --> 00:44:44,246 should just be who she is, which is terrific. 815 00:44:44,333 --> 00:44:45,639 -He was a complicated guy. 816 00:44:45,726 --> 00:44:47,380 He was wonderful. 817 00:44:47,467 --> 00:44:49,730 He was incredibly funny, he was acerbic. 818 00:44:49,817 --> 00:44:51,558 He could have very dark sense of humor 819 00:44:51,645 --> 00:44:53,603 and his alter ego was Liza. 820 00:44:55,301 --> 00:44:57,433 He helped to expand things in her 821 00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,784 that she didn't even see in herself. 822 00:44:59,871 --> 00:45:03,004 -And it really started with a song, the first piece 823 00:45:03,091 --> 00:45:06,312 of a special material that Freddy ever wrote for me 824 00:45:06,399 --> 00:45:08,227 with Johnny, John Kander. 825 00:45:08,314 --> 00:45:10,272 Of course it was "Liza with a Z." 826 00:45:10,359 --> 00:45:13,493 -I mean, he wanted to be Liza in a certain way. 827 00:45:13,580 --> 00:45:15,321 I mean, he wanted to be that persona. 828 00:45:15,408 --> 00:45:16,888 He wanted to be that performer 829 00:45:16,975 --> 00:45:19,107 and he was able to channel certain aspects 830 00:45:19,194 --> 00:45:21,153 of himself through her. 831 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:22,632 -Would you sing it? -Me? 832 00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:23,808 -Oh yeah. Freddy, everybody. 833 00:45:23,895 --> 00:45:25,331 -You sing it. -Yeah. 834 00:45:25,418 --> 00:45:27,507 [audience applauding] 835 00:45:27,594 --> 00:45:29,291 ♪ It's Liza with a Z, not Lisa with an S ♪ 836 00:45:29,378 --> 00:45:31,380 ♪ 'Cause Lisa with an S goes /s/, not /z/ ♪ 837 00:45:31,467 --> 00:45:33,382 ♪ It's Z instead of S, Li instead of Le ♪ 838 00:45:33,469 --> 00:45:35,428 ♪ Simple as can be, see Liza ♪ 839 00:45:35,515 --> 00:45:37,865 ♪ Now if my name were Ada ♪ 840 00:45:37,952 --> 00:45:41,042 ♪ I'd be Ada even backwards I'd be Ada ♪ 841 00:45:41,129 --> 00:45:42,740 ♪ Or if my name were Ruth ♪ 842 00:45:42,827 --> 00:45:44,437 ♪ Then I'd be Ruth because it's Ruth ♪ 843 00:45:44,524 --> 00:45:46,091 ♪ What can you do ♪ 844 00:45:46,178 --> 00:45:49,834 ♪ Or Sally or Margaret or Ginger Mofet ♪ 845 00:45:49,921 --> 00:45:51,661 ♪ But when you're a Liza ♪ 846 00:45:51,749 --> 00:45:53,751 ♪ You always have to say ♪ 847 00:45:53,838 --> 00:45:55,883 ♪ It's Liza with a Z, not Lisa with an S ♪ 848 00:45:55,970 --> 00:45:58,668 ♪ 'Cause Lisa with an S goes /s/, not /z/ ♪ 849 00:45:58,756 --> 00:45:59,800 [Liza laughing] 850 00:45:59,887 --> 00:46:02,542 [Liza singing] 851 00:46:04,413 --> 00:46:06,198 -It's a whole song about how people say your name wrong. 852 00:46:06,285 --> 00:46:08,417 -That's right, guys. [audience laughing] 853 00:46:08,504 --> 00:46:11,551 ♪ Or Minoli or Miniola or Mineli or Minelai ♪ 854 00:46:11,638 --> 00:46:15,163 ♪ So is it a wonder I very often cry, sing it ♪ 855 00:46:15,250 --> 00:46:19,211 [Fred singing] 856 00:46:19,298 --> 00:46:20,908 -[Liza] The way Freddy wrote his lyrics, 857 00:46:20,995 --> 00:46:23,302 it was like somebody talking to you. 858 00:46:23,389 --> 00:46:25,043 ♪ Liza Minnelli ♪ 859 00:46:25,130 --> 00:46:28,307 ♪ It's Italian, blame it on Papa ♪ 860 00:46:28,394 --> 00:46:31,223 -And I know how to do a lyric. 861 00:46:31,310 --> 00:46:33,399 The words are so important. 862 00:46:33,486 --> 00:46:35,357 [gentle music] 863 00:46:35,444 --> 00:46:39,405 -Fred and I were brought together, I guess it was 1962, 864 00:46:39,492 --> 00:46:42,930 by our publisher and our backgrounds were very different. 865 00:46:43,017 --> 00:46:46,107 I come from Kansas City and a family background 866 00:46:46,194 --> 00:46:48,283 which was considerably more placid. 867 00:46:48,370 --> 00:46:53,332 That being said, when Fred and I went in the room to write, 868 00:46:55,464 --> 00:47:00,513 we immediately became one person 869 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:02,863 and that was true really till the day he died. 870 00:47:02,950 --> 00:47:04,604 -[Host] Here are the composer and lyricist, 871 00:47:04,691 --> 00:47:08,216 John Kander and Fred Ebb. [audience applauding] 872 00:47:08,303 --> 00:47:09,914 -They were professional, 873 00:47:10,001 --> 00:47:11,872 but they were also godfathers kind of to her. 874 00:47:11,959 --> 00:47:16,268 I mean, they were really close and key in her creative life 875 00:47:16,355 --> 00:47:19,488 and therefore, you know, in in her heart and soul. 876 00:47:19,575 --> 00:47:22,535 [jazzy music] 877 00:47:22,622 --> 00:47:28,236 -Liza first came into our lives on a cloudy afternoon 878 00:47:28,323 --> 00:47:30,717 when we were working on the score 879 00:47:30,804 --> 00:47:32,023 for "Flora the Red Menace." 880 00:47:32,110 --> 00:47:34,764 We were very close to casting 881 00:47:34,852 --> 00:47:37,680 and that afternoon the doorbell rang 882 00:47:37,767 --> 00:47:40,292 and there was this person. 883 00:47:40,379 --> 00:47:44,905 -And I came in and said, 884 00:47:44,992 --> 00:47:46,472 "Do you have any songs that I could sing, please? 885 00:47:46,559 --> 00:47:48,387 So may I please sing some of your songs?" 886 00:47:48,474 --> 00:47:50,389 -That's right, I remember what you wore. 887 00:47:50,476 --> 00:47:53,261 -What did I wear? -Jeans, 888 00:47:53,348 --> 00:47:57,265 and an old ratty sort of turtleneck, a black turtleneck 889 00:47:57,352 --> 00:48:00,921 and it had a hole in it, which I stared at. 890 00:48:01,008 --> 00:48:02,140 [Liza laughing] 891 00:48:02,227 --> 00:48:03,489 And you were biting your nails 892 00:48:03,576 --> 00:48:05,143 and I said, "God, she's cute." 893 00:48:07,754 --> 00:48:10,800 -Just for fun, we went through all the songs in "Flora" 894 00:48:10,888 --> 00:48:14,239 and she nailed it instantly 895 00:48:14,326 --> 00:48:18,765 and she became right then and there the person 896 00:48:18,852 --> 00:48:22,551 that we wanted to play that part. 897 00:48:22,638 --> 00:48:28,470 She never stopped being a major player in both of our lives. 898 00:48:28,557 --> 00:48:33,606 ♪ Some peppy melody about rainbows blending ♪ 899 00:48:35,042 --> 00:48:38,306 -Liza had a lot to learn, 900 00:48:38,393 --> 00:48:40,830 but she had the thing that you can't teach. 901 00:48:43,137 --> 00:48:47,185 -She just gave her all to Freddy, 902 00:48:47,272 --> 00:48:52,103 and in doing so, she blossomed. 903 00:48:52,190 --> 00:48:55,236 -Well, he was also very parenting to Liza. 904 00:48:55,323 --> 00:48:56,977 And he would tell her if she did something wrong, 905 00:48:57,064 --> 00:48:58,979 he didn't hold back. 906 00:48:59,066 --> 00:49:01,286 He would say, "You can't do that." 907 00:49:01,373 --> 00:49:04,506 -My friend, my big brother. 908 00:49:04,593 --> 00:49:06,639 He bawled me out when I needed it, you know? 909 00:49:06,726 --> 00:49:08,032 And he told me how to sing a lyric 910 00:49:08,119 --> 00:49:09,685 so that it was believable. 911 00:49:09,772 --> 00:49:11,557 You could just be yourself. 912 00:49:12,688 --> 00:49:14,516 That's all you had to be. 913 00:49:14,603 --> 00:49:16,170 And Freddy taught me that. 914 00:49:16,257 --> 00:49:20,870 He said, "The minute you think you're acting, 915 00:49:20,958 --> 00:49:22,742 then people think you're acting." 916 00:49:22,829 --> 00:49:25,266 I said, "Yeah, you're right." 917 00:49:25,353 --> 00:49:27,486 -There's nothing about you that's unattainable 918 00:49:27,573 --> 00:49:30,924 which is why I think you're as great a star as you are. 919 00:49:31,011 --> 00:49:34,449 All those people care about you and your vulnerability 920 00:49:34,536 --> 00:49:38,062 and there's a humanity about you when you walk out. 921 00:49:38,149 --> 00:49:41,630 ♪ When you see me ♪ 922 00:49:41,717 --> 00:49:44,372 ♪ Hobbin nobbing on the top of the town ♪ 923 00:49:44,459 --> 00:49:46,461 ♪ My emeralds weighing me down ♪ 924 00:49:46,548 --> 00:49:51,336 -And I would do something and Freddy would put up his hand 925 00:49:51,423 --> 00:49:54,078 and they'd cut. 926 00:49:54,165 --> 00:49:56,428 And Freddy come over and whisper to me, 927 00:49:56,515 --> 00:49:58,212 "Hold your head up a little higher 928 00:49:58,299 --> 00:50:00,606 like you were saying something really important." 929 00:50:00,693 --> 00:50:04,479 I'd go, "Mm-hmm." [laughing] 930 00:50:04,566 --> 00:50:07,482 And then I'd hold my head up higher. 931 00:50:07,569 --> 00:50:10,877 -With Fred, it was a very close offstage relationship 932 00:50:10,964 --> 00:50:13,662 and a very close professional relationship 933 00:50:13,749 --> 00:50:16,230 and the two very much melded together. 934 00:50:17,492 --> 00:50:20,234 -So he would steer me away 935 00:50:20,321 --> 00:50:24,673 from talking about my mom too much. 936 00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:26,284 He said because when that happens, 937 00:50:26,371 --> 00:50:28,503 they think about her and not you. 938 00:50:30,636 --> 00:50:32,116 -[Reporter] Liza, I realized you must have learned 939 00:50:32,203 --> 00:50:35,249 a lot of things by watching your mother. 940 00:50:35,336 --> 00:50:36,946 -She was very proud of her mother, 941 00:50:37,034 --> 00:50:41,908 but it was such a complicated relationship. 942 00:50:43,692 --> 00:50:45,781 -Liza used to talk about being at the London Palladium 943 00:50:45,868 --> 00:50:47,740 with her mom in '64. 944 00:50:47,827 --> 00:50:49,698 That was a defining moment for her. 945 00:50:49,785 --> 00:50:53,006 [audience applauding] 946 00:50:54,573 --> 00:50:57,141 She came on stage and she started 947 00:50:57,228 --> 00:51:00,274 to get this extraordinary reaction from the audience. 948 00:51:00,361 --> 00:51:03,016 [Liza singing] 949 00:51:09,936 --> 00:51:13,157 [audience applauding] 950 00:51:17,291 --> 00:51:19,728 Her mom got pissed. 951 00:51:19,815 --> 00:51:22,905 [Liza and Judy singing] 952 00:51:22,992 --> 00:51:26,909 Judy's pushing the microphone up to Liza's face to show 953 00:51:26,996 --> 00:51:29,782 that she's the professional and Liza's the amateur. 954 00:51:30,870 --> 00:51:32,350 And suddenly Liza said, 955 00:51:32,437 --> 00:51:34,003 "My mother went from being my mother 956 00:51:34,091 --> 00:51:36,093 and turned into Judy Garland." 957 00:51:36,180 --> 00:51:39,139 That was a defining moment for Liza. 958 00:51:39,226 --> 00:51:43,404 -Fred understood being always compared to Judy 959 00:51:43,491 --> 00:51:44,884 made her feel terrible. 960 00:51:44,971 --> 00:51:46,842 -Give me your sketch of your mom. 961 00:51:46,929 --> 00:51:48,279 -Your mother. -Your mother. 962 00:51:48,366 --> 00:51:49,889 -Your mother. -Your wonderful mother. 963 00:51:49,976 --> 00:51:51,499 -If I could walk you down your mother's 964 00:51:51,586 --> 00:51:53,501 old yellow brick road, take you to the wizard, 965 00:51:53,588 --> 00:51:56,591 what would be the one wish for yourself that you'd make? 966 00:51:58,506 --> 00:51:59,290 -That you wouldn't ask me another question about my mother. 967 00:51:59,377 --> 00:52:02,423 [Liza laughing] 968 00:52:02,510 --> 00:52:04,077 [audience applauding] 969 00:52:04,164 --> 00:52:05,774 -I think it was the night of her club act 970 00:52:05,861 --> 00:52:07,298 that we did for her. 971 00:52:07,385 --> 00:52:11,824 [audience applauding] [grand music] 972 00:52:11,911 --> 00:52:16,307 Because I can remember Liza sitting in front of the mirror 973 00:52:16,394 --> 00:52:20,006 and she was terrified because Judy 974 00:52:20,093 --> 00:52:23,531 was coming out to the show 975 00:52:23,618 --> 00:52:29,972 and it was Liza at her most unhappy and insecure. 976 00:52:30,059 --> 00:52:36,414 And Judy is there telling Liza how wonderful she is, 977 00:52:36,501 --> 00:52:38,111 but also patting her on the legs saying, 978 00:52:38,198 --> 00:52:41,158 "This is what we've always wanted, isn't it baby?" 979 00:52:46,032 --> 00:52:49,949 And I cannot explain to you why that was the wrong thing 980 00:52:50,036 --> 00:52:55,084 to say, but it took the evening away from Liza. 981 00:52:56,347 --> 00:52:59,001 [somber music] 982 00:53:01,787 --> 00:53:04,442 -Fred helped her evolve from the daughter 983 00:53:04,529 --> 00:53:06,139 of Judy Garland legacy 984 00:53:06,226 --> 00:53:10,926 to the sequin amazing performer on her own. 985 00:53:11,013 --> 00:53:13,102 You can see the beginnings of all of that 986 00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:14,539 in "Liza with a Z." 987 00:53:14,626 --> 00:53:17,106 [horn music] 988 00:53:24,418 --> 00:53:28,074 -I was asked to do a television special and Fred Ebb said, 989 00:53:28,161 --> 00:53:33,253 "I wanna do the first concert for television. 990 00:53:33,340 --> 00:53:37,126 It's never been done before and I want Bobby to do it." 991 00:53:37,214 --> 00:53:39,041 -This is a concert in the medium of television, 992 00:53:39,128 --> 00:53:43,959 the small screen, which it could be dangerous, you know, 993 00:53:44,046 --> 00:53:47,093 in that some entertainers are not good on television 994 00:53:47,180 --> 00:53:48,921 because they're larger than life on stage. 995 00:53:49,008 --> 00:53:51,315 [audience applauding] 996 00:53:51,402 --> 00:53:54,143 -It was for one night, it's one shot only. 997 00:53:54,231 --> 00:53:58,191 It was amazing, it was nerve wracking. 998 00:53:58,278 --> 00:54:00,541 I walked out there like I didn't have a care in the world 999 00:54:00,628 --> 00:54:02,369 and I don't know where I got the bravado. 1000 00:54:02,456 --> 00:54:05,067 I don't know anything except that I was felt safe. 1001 00:54:05,154 --> 00:54:07,983 ♪ I gotcha, uh-huh ♪ 1002 00:54:08,070 --> 00:54:11,248 ♪ You thought I didn't see you now, didn't ya, uh-huh ♪ 1003 00:54:11,335 --> 00:54:14,816 ♪ You tried to sneak by me now, didn't ya, uh-huh ♪ 1004 00:54:14,903 --> 00:54:16,253 ♪ Now gimme what you promised to me ♪ 1005 00:54:16,340 --> 00:54:20,039 ♪ Give it to me, come on ♪ 1006 00:54:20,126 --> 00:54:22,128 -I thought it was absolutely phenomenal. 1007 00:54:22,215 --> 00:54:26,001 Definitely a new way of doing things. 1008 00:54:26,088 --> 00:54:28,700 [audience applauding] 1009 00:54:28,787 --> 00:54:30,832 ♪ Blackbird ♪ 1010 00:54:30,919 --> 00:54:34,009 -So the Liza in "Liza with a Z" certainly has elements 1011 00:54:34,096 --> 00:54:37,622 of the real Liza, but the Liza with the hat 1012 00:54:37,709 --> 00:54:41,800 and with the sequin and this certain kind of persona 1013 00:54:41,887 --> 00:54:45,804 is a character who is Liza, 1014 00:54:45,891 --> 00:54:48,763 but also is a different person. 1015 00:54:48,850 --> 00:54:53,420 ♪ Where somebody waits for me, Sugar's sweet ♪ 1016 00:54:53,507 --> 00:54:55,204 ♪ So is he ♪ 1017 00:54:55,292 --> 00:54:57,946 -What Fred Ebb did in collaboration with her 1018 00:54:58,033 --> 00:55:01,472 is to take anything that was unpolished 1019 00:55:01,559 --> 00:55:05,693 and awkward about Liza, Judy's daughter 1020 00:55:05,780 --> 00:55:07,826 trying to make it in show business, 1021 00:55:07,913 --> 00:55:12,961 and either polish it or embrace the vulnerabilities. 1022 00:55:14,049 --> 00:55:17,357 [playful music] 1023 00:55:17,444 --> 00:55:20,186 [hands tapping] 1024 00:55:23,842 --> 00:55:27,846 And she knew exactly how to mine that 1025 00:55:27,933 --> 00:55:29,413 for everything it's worth. 1026 00:55:29,500 --> 00:55:31,893 ♪ Fly little blackbird, bye ♪ 1027 00:55:31,980 --> 00:55:35,027 -When she worked with Fred Ebb, 1028 00:55:35,114 --> 00:55:37,377 he rehearsed her where every single speech 1029 00:55:37,464 --> 00:55:40,641 and every single thing she said on stage was rehearsed, 1030 00:55:40,728 --> 00:55:43,992 even though it sounded incredibly spontaneous. 1031 00:55:44,079 --> 00:55:46,995 -The one time that I got a little snippy, 1032 00:55:47,082 --> 00:55:50,172 I was sitting around, I said, "I don't wanna do that, 1033 00:55:50,259 --> 00:55:52,087 I don't wanna do this tonight," or something like that. 1034 00:55:52,174 --> 00:55:55,352 And Fred Ebb said, "Liza, just remember, 1035 00:55:55,439 --> 00:55:57,702 you're a figment of my imagination." 1036 00:55:57,789 --> 00:55:59,530 And it just so happens that I told a couple of friends 1037 00:55:59,617 --> 00:56:01,575 of mine this truly terrific, absolutely true story. 1038 00:56:01,662 --> 00:56:03,055 And it just so happened 1039 00:56:03,142 --> 00:56:04,926 these friends of mine are songwriters. 1040 00:56:05,013 --> 00:56:10,628 -Any singer knows you got to tell the story 1041 00:56:10,715 --> 00:56:12,238 in your singing. 1042 00:56:12,325 --> 00:56:14,719 ♪ Gather around I got a story to tell ♪ 1043 00:56:14,806 --> 00:56:19,158 ♪ About a Manhattan lady that I know very well ♪ 1044 00:56:19,245 --> 00:56:21,290 ♪ She lives at 5 Riverside ♪ 1045 00:56:21,378 --> 00:56:23,292 ♪ Her name is Shirley Divor ♪ 1046 00:56:23,380 --> 00:56:25,251 ♪ And she traveled round the world ♪ 1047 00:56:25,338 --> 00:56:27,427 ♪ To meet the guy next door ♪ 1048 00:56:27,514 --> 00:56:29,168 -She's done up in Halston, 1049 00:56:29,255 --> 00:56:31,779 who's not just making her look fabulous, 1050 00:56:31,866 --> 00:56:33,694 but making her look iconic. 1051 00:56:33,781 --> 00:56:36,828 I mean really capturing what will be Liza's look 1052 00:56:36,915 --> 00:56:38,351 for the rest of her life. 1053 00:56:38,438 --> 00:56:42,181 ♪ Ring that bell ♪ [grand music] 1054 00:56:47,012 --> 00:56:50,537 [audience applauding, cheering] 1055 00:56:50,624 --> 00:56:53,888 -Liza proved with "Liza with a Z" 1056 00:56:53,975 --> 00:56:57,109 that she was equally iconic on the small screen. 1057 00:56:59,328 --> 00:57:01,983 And she did that with Fred Ebb. 1058 00:57:02,070 --> 00:57:07,119 [grand music] [audience applauding] 1059 00:57:15,127 --> 00:57:17,782 -[Liza] It was like living in the inside of a diamond. 1060 00:57:17,869 --> 00:57:20,175 We won the Emmy for "Liza with a Z," 1061 00:57:20,262 --> 00:57:22,482 the Oscar for "Cabaret." 1062 00:57:22,569 --> 00:57:24,571 It was a very good year. 1063 00:57:24,658 --> 00:57:27,052 [audience applauding] 1064 00:57:27,139 --> 00:57:30,098 [lively piano music] 1065 00:57:30,185 --> 00:57:32,100 [audience applauding] 1066 00:57:32,187 --> 00:57:33,580 ["New York, New York"] 1067 00:57:33,667 --> 00:57:37,018 ♪ Start spreading the news ♪ 1068 00:57:37,105 --> 00:57:41,066 ♪ I'm leaving today ♪ 1069 00:57:41,153 --> 00:57:45,113 ♪ I wanna be a part of it ♪ 1070 00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:49,683 ♪ New York, New York ♪ 1071 00:57:49,770 --> 00:57:53,861 ♪ These vagabond shoes ♪ 1072 00:57:53,948 --> 00:57:57,082 ♪ Are longing to stray ♪ 1073 00:57:57,169 --> 00:57:59,998 -Liza chose to make a film called "New York, New York," 1074 00:58:00,085 --> 00:58:01,956 which is a more traditional musical 1075 00:58:02,043 --> 00:58:05,873 that is an homage to the 1940s, directed by Martin Scorsese, 1076 00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:07,962 co-starring Robert De Niro. 1077 00:58:08,049 --> 00:58:14,055 ♪ Cream of the crop at the top of the heap ♪ 1078 00:58:14,142 --> 00:58:16,928 ♪ Those little town blues ♪ 1079 00:58:23,064 --> 00:58:25,153 -And it was De Niro who heard the first version 1080 00:58:25,240 --> 00:58:26,981 of "New York, New York" that Kander and Ebb wrote 1081 00:58:27,068 --> 00:58:28,679 and said, "Nah, I don't like that. 1082 00:58:28,766 --> 00:58:30,942 Go back and write something else." 1083 00:58:31,029 --> 00:58:33,684 And can I tell you how pissed John Kander 1084 00:58:33,771 --> 00:58:35,903 and Fred Ebb were that Robert De Niro 1085 00:58:35,990 --> 00:58:38,384 is telling them they have to write another song? 1086 00:58:38,471 --> 00:58:41,822 And out of anger, they wrote this second song 1087 00:58:41,909 --> 00:58:45,260 that became the iconic "New York, New York" that we know. 1088 00:58:46,697 --> 00:58:49,482 -In case you don't know this, folks, 1089 00:58:49,569 --> 00:58:53,225 this little girl did this song before anybody did this song. 1090 00:58:53,312 --> 00:58:55,096 It's true, she really did. [audience applauding] 1091 00:58:55,183 --> 00:58:56,881 And I had to stick my nose in it. 1092 00:58:57,795 --> 00:59:00,449 [upbeat music] 1093 00:59:36,790 --> 00:59:40,707 [chimes music] 1094 00:59:40,794 --> 00:59:42,753 Jack and I got stuck in here once. 1095 00:59:42,840 --> 00:59:44,842 -[Speaker] Looks like one of those outer space things. 1096 00:59:44,929 --> 00:59:47,801 -What? Stand on that? 1097 00:59:47,888 --> 00:59:50,587 Like I always get off an airplane like that, huh? 1098 00:59:50,674 --> 00:59:53,502 Oh my God, we're somewhere, let's put it that way. 1099 00:59:53,590 --> 00:59:54,895 -[Reporter] Hey, Lisa, Lisa. 1100 00:59:54,982 --> 00:59:58,029 -It's Liza, you guys, it's Liza. 1101 00:59:58,116 --> 01:00:00,727 [upbeat music] 1102 01:00:02,555 --> 01:00:05,602 -When she went to Europe in the 1970s after "Cabaret," 1103 01:00:05,689 --> 01:00:07,125 after "Liza with a Z," 1104 01:00:08,692 --> 01:00:13,174 she was so busy working so hard and did so much, 1105 01:00:13,261 --> 01:00:15,133 people couldn't get enough of her. 1106 01:00:18,310 --> 01:00:20,399 -[Reporter] Liza Minnelli, queen of the glitter 1107 01:00:20,486 --> 01:00:23,620 and the glamour of the Hollywood, New York, European world. 1108 01:00:23,707 --> 01:00:25,360 Wherever she goes, 1109 01:00:25,447 --> 01:00:28,276 there are people smiling, flash bulbs popping. 1110 01:00:28,363 --> 01:00:30,583 [people chattering] 1111 01:00:30,670 --> 01:00:32,585 A certifiable superstar. 1112 01:00:37,111 --> 01:00:39,461 [Liza panting] 1113 01:00:39,548 --> 01:00:42,029 And still the gossip people persist. 1114 01:00:42,116 --> 01:00:45,119 [people chattering] 1115 01:00:46,860 --> 01:00:48,949 -Oh no, we can't. -Over there, over there. 1116 01:00:49,036 --> 01:00:51,952 -Let me go, Freddy. [people chattering] 1117 01:00:52,039 --> 01:00:55,260 -Liza has always said, "I was born, they took a picture," 1118 01:00:55,347 --> 01:00:58,655 so she understood how to deal with the press 1119 01:00:58,742 --> 01:01:00,308 from a very early age. 1120 01:01:02,833 --> 01:01:05,487 It's one of the loveliest thoughts 1121 01:01:05,574 --> 01:01:07,838 any woman could ever hold. 1122 01:01:07,925 --> 01:01:12,451 I'm not, but I hope with all my heart that I will be soon. 1123 01:01:12,538 --> 01:01:15,019 -Let me go in front here. 1124 01:01:15,106 --> 01:01:16,890 -Why don't you just wait a minute. 1125 01:01:21,503 --> 01:01:24,593 -Well, there's different degrees of ugliness, isn't there? 1126 01:01:26,465 --> 01:01:27,466 And 1127 01:01:30,687 --> 01:01:32,253 I don't really care. 1128 01:01:32,340 --> 01:01:34,299 You know, when I'm on stage, I just do my job. 1129 01:01:34,386 --> 01:01:38,129 -Liz Minnelli has lived her life so much in public. 1130 01:01:38,216 --> 01:01:40,827 The burden of that must be profound. 1131 01:01:40,914 --> 01:01:43,569 There's the demand she must show up as Liza Minnelli. 1132 01:01:43,656 --> 01:01:45,919 -I am really thrilled that they're all here. 1133 01:01:47,268 --> 01:01:48,835 It's a little bit scary though. 1134 01:01:50,837 --> 01:01:53,753 -I remember talking to her after a party 1135 01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:56,190 that she had been to and I said, "How was the party?" 1136 01:01:56,277 --> 01:01:59,280 And she said, "Oh, it was okay. They wanted her." 1137 01:01:59,367 --> 01:02:00,717 And I said, "What do you mean?" 1138 01:02:00,804 --> 01:02:02,370 She said, "You know, the sequin girl. 1139 01:02:02,457 --> 01:02:04,329 I just wanted to be, you know, 1140 01:02:04,416 --> 01:02:08,115 the nice lady at the dinner table and they wanted her." 1141 01:02:08,202 --> 01:02:11,249 [people chattering] 1142 01:02:14,992 --> 01:02:18,735 -After the press, the photographs, the concerts, 1143 01:02:18,822 --> 01:02:22,782 the rehearsals, being on stage is her safety zone. 1144 01:02:22,869 --> 01:02:24,828 She is most comfortable there. 1145 01:02:26,133 --> 01:02:29,658 [Liza singing] 1146 01:02:29,746 --> 01:02:32,792 ♪ And as for me, ha ♪ 1147 01:02:35,534 --> 01:02:38,755 [audience applauding] 1148 01:02:45,109 --> 01:02:48,460 -Jesus, man, I wonder if they like it. 1149 01:02:48,547 --> 01:02:50,810 -Are they still yelling? -They're still screaming. 1150 01:02:50,897 --> 01:02:53,073 -Isn't that swell? 1151 01:02:53,160 --> 01:02:54,901 -There's nobody leaving the theater at all. 1152 01:02:54,988 --> 01:02:56,642 -[Speaker] They are just standing there, stomping. 1153 01:02:56,729 --> 01:02:59,558 You gotta go out and listen. 1154 01:03:02,126 --> 01:03:04,955 -Liza needs the audience to love her. 1155 01:03:05,042 --> 01:03:08,088 [audience cheering] 1156 01:03:13,877 --> 01:03:17,750 Maybe in someone else's hands that would be offputting, 1157 01:03:17,837 --> 01:03:21,319 but with Liza, it's that need 1158 01:03:21,406 --> 01:03:24,801 and that herculean effort to make the connection with us. 1159 01:03:24,888 --> 01:03:29,066 ♪ I need your love ♪ 1160 01:03:29,153 --> 01:03:33,070 ♪ That's true, yes, I do ♪ 1161 01:03:33,157 --> 01:03:34,941 ♪ Indeed, I do ♪ 1162 01:03:35,028 --> 01:03:37,117 ♪ You know I do ♪ 1163 01:03:37,204 --> 01:03:38,336 -[Liza] How long have you been out there? 1164 01:03:38,423 --> 01:03:40,251 -Six hours. -Six hours? 1165 01:03:41,687 --> 01:03:44,429 ♪ What I cry for ♪ 1166 01:03:44,516 --> 01:03:48,912 ♪ You know you got that kind of lovin' ♪ 1167 01:03:48,999 --> 01:03:52,611 ♪ That I starve for ♪ 1168 01:03:52,698 --> 01:03:57,746 ♪ You know you made me ♪ 1169 01:04:01,707 --> 01:04:06,799 ♪ Love ♪ 1170 01:04:08,235 --> 01:04:10,934 ♪ You ♪ 1171 01:04:11,021 --> 01:04:13,762 [audience applauding] 1172 01:04:13,850 --> 01:04:16,678 [dramatic music] 1173 01:04:22,859 --> 01:04:25,383 [chimes music] 1174 01:04:25,470 --> 01:04:28,603 [gentle piano music] 1175 01:04:34,261 --> 01:04:40,180 -Liza deeply, deeply cares about friends. 1176 01:04:40,267 --> 01:04:42,661 If you need something, she is there for you on a level 1177 01:04:42,748 --> 01:04:44,402 that is rare. 1178 01:04:48,014 --> 01:04:52,410 She flew from Rome for two days to Los Angeles 1179 01:04:52,497 --> 01:04:55,021 to record a duet with me on one of my early albums 1180 01:04:55,108 --> 01:04:56,980 because she wanted to be there for me. 1181 01:04:57,067 --> 01:04:59,591 -[Liza] We're backstage at the Muni. 1182 01:04:59,678 --> 01:05:01,158 I'm going to see Michael. 1183 01:05:01,245 --> 01:05:03,638 Hans Christian Anderson. It's so exciting. 1184 01:05:03,725 --> 01:05:05,597 And this is a closeup, I promise you. 1185 01:05:05,684 --> 01:05:08,078 -It was something that was difficult 1186 01:05:08,165 --> 01:05:13,344 and it was at great financial expense, 1187 01:05:13,431 --> 01:05:15,346 but she was there because that's what a friend does. 1188 01:05:15,433 --> 01:05:18,653 It's that sort of thing that she will do anything 1189 01:05:18,740 --> 01:05:20,568 for you if you need it. 1190 01:05:20,655 --> 01:05:23,789 [gentle piano music] 1191 01:05:29,186 --> 01:05:34,800 I met Liza Minnelli through her godfather, Ira Gershwin. 1192 01:05:34,887 --> 01:05:36,584 When I met Liza, 1193 01:05:36,671 --> 01:05:38,586 it was very much like meeting a long lost cousin 1194 01:05:38,673 --> 01:05:40,980 or a sibling or a family member. 1195 01:05:41,067 --> 01:05:45,028 [gentle piano music continues] 1196 01:05:49,858 --> 01:05:52,949 I remember when we met at her father's house, she said, 1197 01:05:53,036 --> 01:05:55,560 "You know, from now on we're joined at the hip." 1198 01:05:55,647 --> 01:05:58,606 -[Liza] This is fabulous, oh, honey. 1199 01:05:58,693 --> 01:06:03,176 -I think if the public sees Liza as a barrel 1200 01:06:03,263 --> 01:06:07,050 of sequins and glamour, they've got her wrong. 1201 01:06:07,137 --> 01:06:10,662 Her friends, or the thing that those friends get right, 1202 01:06:10,749 --> 01:06:15,493 is Liza's vulnerability, her kindness, 1203 01:06:15,580 --> 01:06:20,411 and her desire for you to be friends with her. 1204 01:06:20,498 --> 01:06:22,891 -Liza, can make you feel like 1205 01:06:22,979 --> 01:06:25,068 the most important person in the world. 1206 01:06:25,155 --> 01:06:27,984 Her gaze is so fixed on you. 1207 01:06:28,071 --> 01:06:31,204 I don't know if it's her need to be loved, 1208 01:06:31,291 --> 01:06:35,643 but it's shocking 'cause that's an unusual quality 1209 01:06:35,730 --> 01:06:37,994 in somebody in show business. 1210 01:06:38,081 --> 01:06:42,650 [upbeat music] 1211 01:06:42,737 --> 01:06:44,826 -[Announcer] "Chicago," starring Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera, 1212 01:06:44,913 --> 01:06:48,830 and Jerry Orbach, directed by Bob Fosse. 1213 01:06:48,917 --> 01:06:51,964 -In "Chicago," Gwen Verdon had to 1214 01:06:52,051 --> 01:06:56,360 take a six week leave of absence to have some surgery 1215 01:06:56,447 --> 01:07:02,801 and it looked as if maybe the show might have to close. 1216 01:07:02,888 --> 01:07:04,455 -And everything's going well, how are you? 1217 01:07:04,542 --> 01:07:07,893 And Fred said, "We're in terrible trouble." 1218 01:07:07,980 --> 01:07:09,721 I said, "I'll fill in for her." 1219 01:07:09,808 --> 01:07:13,072 -And it was the first time in Broadway history 1220 01:07:13,159 --> 01:07:17,729 that a major superstar acted as a substitute 1221 01:07:17,816 --> 01:07:20,471 for a another star that left. 1222 01:07:20,558 --> 01:07:22,386 -They actually discovered her and said, "You're a star. 1223 01:07:22,473 --> 01:07:24,475 You can't be a substitute. You can't be an understudy." 1224 01:07:24,562 --> 01:07:25,911 And she says, "I wanna do it. I wanna save the show." 1225 01:07:25,998 --> 01:07:27,478 And she did, she saved the show. 1226 01:07:27,565 --> 01:07:29,741 -The people who wrote that show 1227 01:07:29,828 --> 01:07:31,177 are Fred Ebb and John Kander. 1228 01:07:31,264 --> 01:07:33,049 And as you know, they're my best friends 1229 01:07:33,136 --> 01:07:36,574 and Fred Ebb has guided my career since I've been 17. 1230 01:07:36,661 --> 01:07:40,969 It's really saying, "If you need somebody, I'm there." 1231 01:07:41,057 --> 01:07:44,973 -Liza learned that entire part in one week, 1232 01:07:45,061 --> 01:07:47,498 and I'm telling you one week. 1233 01:07:49,152 --> 01:07:52,111 -But she said, "You don't say my name. 1234 01:07:52,198 --> 01:07:53,765 I don't want publicity about that. 1235 01:07:53,852 --> 01:07:55,288 I want word of mouth. 1236 01:07:55,375 --> 01:07:56,507 And when people go into the theater, 1237 01:07:56,594 --> 01:07:58,161 I just want an announcement." 1238 01:07:58,248 --> 01:08:00,772 -I'm sorry, tonight the role of Roxy Hart, 1239 01:08:00,859 --> 01:08:06,865 usually played by Gwen Verdon, audience, "Oh.." 1240 01:08:06,952 --> 01:08:08,519 Will be played by Liza Minnelli. 1241 01:08:08,910 --> 01:08:11,348 Roars of excitement. 1242 01:08:11,435 --> 01:08:15,352 And Liza was fucking brilliant in the part. 1243 01:08:15,439 --> 01:08:18,094 [upbeat music] 1244 01:08:21,619 --> 01:08:23,229 What motivated her to do it, 1245 01:08:23,316 --> 01:08:27,755 I can only say is like the best part of Liza. 1246 01:08:27,842 --> 01:08:32,108 I think she did it as a favor and she saved the show. 1247 01:08:34,675 --> 01:08:37,896 [audience applauding] 1248 01:08:39,724 --> 01:08:41,378 -And the only reason she would do that 1249 01:08:41,465 --> 01:08:44,337 is because it was for her friends. 1250 01:08:44,424 --> 01:08:47,079 [upbeat music] 1251 01:08:48,689 --> 01:08:51,910 -When we met Liza, I was a dentist in New York. 1252 01:08:51,997 --> 01:08:54,260 Arlene was a housewife. 1253 01:08:54,347 --> 01:08:56,915 It was a dinner party at Elaine's restaurant 1254 01:08:57,002 --> 01:08:58,395 and we just hit it off. 1255 01:08:58,482 --> 01:09:01,267 It was a great chemistry, I would say. 1256 01:09:02,660 --> 01:09:03,748 -We just had a connection that we felt 1257 01:09:03,835 --> 01:09:05,315 great being with each other 1258 01:09:05,402 --> 01:09:07,055 and the conversation just kept flowing. 1259 01:09:07,143 --> 01:09:10,320 -49 years later, we're still best friends with her. 1260 01:09:12,539 --> 01:09:16,630 When she meets somebody, she is so warm to them 1261 01:09:16,717 --> 01:09:20,982 and friendly that people will meet her once or twice 1262 01:09:21,069 --> 01:09:24,290 and come away feeling she's their best friend. 1263 01:09:27,032 --> 01:09:28,381 -It's so real. I mean, she doesn't think 1264 01:09:28,468 --> 01:09:30,340 of herself as being a star. 1265 01:09:30,427 --> 01:09:32,733 She thinks of herself as the people around me made me a star 1266 01:09:32,820 --> 01:09:33,995 because I picked talented people. 1267 01:09:34,082 --> 01:09:35,693 She's really modest that way. 1268 01:09:36,824 --> 01:09:39,784 [computer ringing] 1269 01:09:41,264 --> 01:09:45,485 -Hi, Liza, it's me. -Baby! 1270 01:09:45,572 --> 01:09:47,487 -I hear you had a party last night. 1271 01:09:47,574 --> 01:09:49,141 I wish I could have been there, 1272 01:09:49,228 --> 01:09:51,056 but I'm in Connecticut still, as you know. 1273 01:09:51,143 --> 01:09:53,798 -Oh no, but when you come out here, you're living here. 1274 01:09:53,885 --> 01:09:56,061 -I will be there. I will stay with you, of course. 1275 01:09:56,148 --> 01:09:57,671 It'll be like old times. 1276 01:09:57,758 --> 01:09:59,891 -We've been joined at the hips forever. 1277 01:09:59,978 --> 01:10:02,154 -We were in the same preschool, 1278 01:10:02,241 --> 01:10:05,462 but we really came together again as friends 1279 01:10:05,549 --> 01:10:07,159 when we were about 15. 1280 01:10:07,246 --> 01:10:11,337 [upbeat music] 1281 01:10:11,424 --> 01:10:14,645 We were in this photo shoot for "17 Magazine." 1282 01:10:14,732 --> 01:10:17,952 After the photo shoot, I was exhausted 1283 01:10:18,039 --> 01:10:21,565 and wanted to go get an ice cream cone or something. 1284 01:10:21,652 --> 01:10:23,697 Liza was going to her dance class. 1285 01:10:23,784 --> 01:10:28,049 She knew at 15 that this is what she wanted to do. 1286 01:10:28,136 --> 01:10:30,008 She wanted to sing, she wanted to dance. 1287 01:10:30,095 --> 01:10:33,838 She was gonna be a great actor. 1288 01:10:33,925 --> 01:10:37,102 Movie stars at the time, they didn't look like Liza, 1289 01:10:37,189 --> 01:10:40,410 but she never doubted that this is what she was gonna do. 1290 01:10:40,497 --> 01:10:42,499 She was goal-oriented. 1291 01:10:42,586 --> 01:10:45,328 [upbeat music continues] 1292 01:10:45,415 --> 01:10:48,287 I know a lot of people who've been through a lot of stuff 1293 01:10:48,374 --> 01:10:51,595 and people get cynical, people get angry, 1294 01:10:51,682 --> 01:10:58,166 but Liza's the same pure person inside. 1295 01:10:58,254 --> 01:11:00,386 I've not heard her say bad things about anyone, 1296 01:11:00,473 --> 01:11:01,996 not in any gratuitous way. 1297 01:11:02,083 --> 01:11:05,913 She trusts way beyond what is rational. 1298 01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:10,657 There is a purity of heart that's unmistakable. 1299 01:11:10,744 --> 01:11:11,832 -Bye, darling. 1300 01:11:20,145 --> 01:11:24,323 [upbeat music in background] 1301 01:11:24,410 --> 01:11:27,283 -So I'm out with my wife, Michael Feinstein, 1302 01:11:27,370 --> 01:11:30,198 Mitzi Gaynor, and Liza fucking Minnelli. 1303 01:11:30,286 --> 01:11:32,157 Michael goes, "Let's play a song." 1304 01:11:32,244 --> 01:11:35,856 And so he plays one and I sing a tune. 1305 01:11:35,943 --> 01:11:38,685 [group singing] 1306 01:11:42,646 --> 01:11:46,258 And then it was Liza's turn. 1307 01:11:48,216 --> 01:11:50,784 This is like incredible, I'm sitting with this icon 1308 01:11:50,871 --> 01:11:53,613 and it was beautiful what she sang. 1309 01:11:53,700 --> 01:11:56,312 [Liza singing] 1310 01:11:58,705 --> 01:12:01,491 At the end of the night, she's grabbing everybody 1311 01:12:01,578 --> 01:12:03,493 and just saying, you know, this was, I can't do, 1312 01:12:03,580 --> 01:12:05,103 I'm not gonna do a Liza impersonation, 1313 01:12:05,190 --> 01:12:06,800 don't make me do that. But she, you know, 1314 01:12:06,887 --> 01:12:08,715 she's grabbing everybody and goes, "This was great. 1315 01:12:08,802 --> 01:12:14,895 This is great. This is the gang now, this is the gang." 1316 01:12:14,982 --> 01:12:17,333 And when she left I was like, "I'm in the gang now? 1317 01:12:17,420 --> 01:12:18,986 It's amazing." And then I went, 1318 01:12:19,073 --> 01:12:21,467 "How many people has she said that to?" 1319 01:12:21,554 --> 01:12:24,862 I just like the idea that she just made us feel so special. 1320 01:12:24,949 --> 01:12:29,736 I so enjoyed that sentiment of this was a good hang. 1321 01:12:37,701 --> 01:12:39,137 -It's gonna take a miracle. 1322 01:12:40,834 --> 01:12:42,314 Tina. -Yeah? 1323 01:12:42,401 --> 01:12:44,142 -Gotta perform a miracle on my fache. 1324 01:12:45,578 --> 01:12:47,101 -Liza and I became very close friends 1325 01:12:47,188 --> 01:12:50,844 because my husband and I went on tour with her 1326 01:12:50,931 --> 01:12:54,195 and of course they did many movies with her 1327 01:12:54,282 --> 01:12:56,197 and you couldn't help with Liza. 1328 01:12:56,284 --> 01:13:00,027 You became very close with her. 1329 01:13:00,114 --> 01:13:03,857 Liza always liked to surround herself with her friends. 1330 01:13:03,944 --> 01:13:06,382 Liza wouldn't do the show unless they hired me. 1331 01:13:06,469 --> 01:13:09,297 I wasn't in the union, they didn't let me in. 1332 01:13:10,995 --> 01:13:13,432 They didn't have women makeup artists 1333 01:13:13,519 --> 01:13:15,695 so Liza stood up for me 1334 01:13:15,782 --> 01:13:18,524 and I was one of the first women makeup artists ever. 1335 01:13:18,611 --> 01:13:21,135 She was very loyal to her friends 1336 01:13:21,222 --> 01:13:22,746 and they were loyal to her. 1337 01:13:22,833 --> 01:13:25,313 -Are you committed now to settling down? 1338 01:13:25,401 --> 01:13:27,794 -Yes. -Well, tell me about it. 1339 01:13:27,881 --> 01:13:29,666 -I desperately want a family. 1340 01:13:32,016 --> 01:13:33,017 I... 1341 01:13:36,194 --> 01:13:38,196 I really want a family. 1342 01:13:41,025 --> 01:13:43,636 [somber music] 1343 01:13:48,336 --> 01:13:52,384 -We have been with Liza at all of her emotional setbacks, 1344 01:13:52,471 --> 01:13:53,820 like miscarriages. 1345 01:13:56,649 --> 01:13:58,042 -[Arlene] She was all in, 1346 01:13:58,129 --> 01:14:00,000 she was all prepared, it was very sad. 1347 01:14:01,262 --> 01:14:02,699 -Can't hear you, what'd you say? 1348 01:14:02,786 --> 01:14:04,701 -[Allan] If she had to pick one thing 1349 01:14:04,788 --> 01:14:06,703 that she's disappointed in her life 1350 01:14:06,790 --> 01:14:09,532 and that's not being a mother. 1351 01:14:09,619 --> 01:14:10,968 She would've been a great mother. 1352 01:14:11,055 --> 01:14:12,056 -[Arlene] She would've been terrific. 1353 01:14:13,710 --> 01:14:15,233 -She has so much to give. 1354 01:14:15,320 --> 01:14:18,192 -She's always had a lot of love to give. 1355 01:14:18,279 --> 01:14:20,978 -[Allan] She's been so wonderful with our children. 1356 01:14:21,065 --> 01:14:24,634 We have a picture when our daughter was three years old 1357 01:14:24,721 --> 01:14:27,506 around a Christmas tree, Liza hugging her, 1358 01:14:27,593 --> 01:14:34,078 and then 35 years later when our daughter had a 3-year-old, 1359 01:14:34,165 --> 01:14:35,688 we have a picture around that same Christmas tree. 1360 01:14:35,775 --> 01:14:37,647 -Three generation's, the same picture. 1361 01:14:38,212 --> 01:14:40,127 She taught our daughter when she was about six years old 1362 01:14:40,214 --> 01:14:43,174 how to sing "Liza with a Z" quickly and sing every lyric. 1363 01:14:43,261 --> 01:14:44,784 Our daughter was so proud to sing it 1364 01:14:44,871 --> 01:14:47,178 and sang it all over the place and for everybody. 1365 01:14:47,265 --> 01:14:49,093 -She would've been an incredible mother 1366 01:14:49,180 --> 01:14:53,880 and life wasn't perfect. -Right. 1367 01:14:53,967 --> 01:14:57,536 -But she moved on and she's become part of our family. 1368 01:14:59,364 --> 01:15:02,802 I think that's part of our attraction for her, 1369 01:15:02,889 --> 01:15:05,457 that we've kept this bond. 1370 01:15:05,544 --> 01:15:09,156 We're sort of the family she didn't have. 1371 01:15:09,243 --> 01:15:11,724 -Even though she wasn't able to have children of her own, 1372 01:15:11,811 --> 01:15:14,640 she seems to have created her own family 1373 01:15:14,727 --> 01:15:16,947 through all the children who came into her life 1374 01:15:17,034 --> 01:15:18,949 and all the godchildren. 1375 01:15:20,733 --> 01:15:23,736 -I mean, she's godmother to my twins who are 50 now. 1376 01:15:23,823 --> 01:15:26,391 I mean, and she's never missed a birthday, anything. 1377 01:15:26,478 --> 01:15:28,959 -She's a godmother to one of my sons. 1378 01:15:29,046 --> 01:15:30,874 I was pregnant on tour with her. 1379 01:15:32,005 --> 01:15:35,008 Liza was so protective of me 1380 01:15:35,095 --> 01:15:37,620 and I ended up in the hospital after I had him 1381 01:15:37,707 --> 01:15:39,447 and she was there all the time 1382 01:15:39,535 --> 01:15:42,233 and she brought Sammy Davis the tap dance for me. 1383 01:15:42,320 --> 01:15:46,759 [upbeat music] 1384 01:15:46,846 --> 01:15:49,153 I think she feels safe with people that take care of her. 1385 01:15:49,240 --> 01:15:52,504 And she still calls me like two or three times a week 1386 01:15:52,591 --> 01:15:54,027 just to talk. 1387 01:15:54,114 --> 01:15:56,421 I have children, she doesn't. 1388 01:15:56,508 --> 01:15:59,685 I think she gets lonely. 1389 01:15:59,772 --> 01:16:04,037 She doesn't say that, but I feel that, but I would too. 1390 01:16:04,124 --> 01:16:07,824 I don't know what else to say that I just love her so much. 1391 01:16:08,694 --> 01:16:10,609 It makes me cry 1392 01:16:10,696 --> 01:16:15,222 'cause I just think that she did a lot for all of us 1393 01:16:15,309 --> 01:16:17,964 and at a time when things aren't good, 1394 01:16:18,051 --> 01:16:19,400 she always came through. 1395 01:16:28,932 --> 01:16:31,587 [chimes music] 1396 01:16:32,675 --> 01:16:35,329 [upbeat music] 1397 01:16:42,989 --> 01:16:45,949 -My father started as a costume designer, 1398 01:16:46,036 --> 01:16:51,998 so when I was little I was surrounded by fashion. 1399 01:16:52,085 --> 01:16:54,305 But the truth is, as a teenager, 1400 01:16:54,392 --> 01:16:56,481 I didn't care much about clothes. 1401 01:16:56,568 --> 01:16:59,223 No, 'cause I dressed like everybody else, mini skirts 1402 01:16:59,310 --> 01:17:01,791 and this, that and the other, and all the wrong things 1403 01:17:01,878 --> 01:17:04,489 at that point. 1404 01:17:04,576 --> 01:17:08,014 Once I started doing more one-woman shows and concerts, 1405 01:17:08,101 --> 01:17:12,584 I saw how fashion could be part of the stories 1406 01:17:12,671 --> 01:17:16,849 that I would tell in the songs. 1407 01:17:16,936 --> 01:17:20,374 I knew I needed a new look that I could call my own, 1408 01:17:20,461 --> 01:17:25,118 one that would reflects me and connect with the audience. 1409 01:17:25,205 --> 01:17:28,687 Halston I met through Kay Thompson. 1410 01:17:31,472 --> 01:17:33,474 -They were at Bergdorf Goodman. 1411 01:17:33,561 --> 01:17:35,389 Liza sees a dress on a mannequin 1412 01:17:35,476 --> 01:17:37,043 and says, 'Oh my God, look at the cut. 1413 01:17:37,130 --> 01:17:38,741 Look at the style of that dress." 1414 01:17:38,828 --> 01:17:40,656 She said, "That is brilliant. Who did that?" 1415 01:17:40,743 --> 01:17:44,442 And Kay Thompson said, "It's Halston, let me introduce you." 1416 01:17:44,529 --> 01:17:47,227 And she takes Liza upstairs and introduces her to Halston. 1417 01:17:47,314 --> 01:17:51,884 -For me, being around Halston was as if I were around 1418 01:17:51,971 --> 01:17:58,586 a religious entity, a pope, a king, a god. 1419 01:17:58,674 --> 01:18:00,588 -[Announcer] The most successful single individual 1420 01:18:00,676 --> 01:18:02,765 in the history of American fashion. 1421 01:18:07,900 --> 01:18:10,773 [energetic music] 1422 01:18:13,253 --> 01:18:15,821 -I think what influences design most 1423 01:18:15,908 --> 01:18:17,780 is the people that you dress 1424 01:18:17,867 --> 01:18:19,869 and they tell you pretty much what they want 1425 01:18:19,956 --> 01:18:21,697 and what they need. 1426 01:18:21,784 --> 01:18:24,961 Know yourself, know what suits your purposes 1427 01:18:25,048 --> 01:18:27,703 to make you more attractive and more comfortable. 1428 01:18:27,790 --> 01:18:30,314 -When we speak about the '70s style, 1429 01:18:30,401 --> 01:18:33,883 American fashion coming into its own, 1430 01:18:36,146 --> 01:18:39,149 Halston is at the forefront of that. 1431 01:18:39,236 --> 01:18:40,759 He grew up in the Midwest 1432 01:18:40,846 --> 01:18:42,718 and he started his career by making hats. 1433 01:18:42,805 --> 01:18:44,371 He became famous when he designed 1434 01:18:44,458 --> 01:18:47,984 Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat. 1435 01:18:48,071 --> 01:18:51,552 Soon though, he moved on to design clothing. 1436 01:18:51,639 --> 01:18:53,511 -The beauty of Halston was 1437 01:18:53,598 --> 01:18:57,080 that it was architecturally amazing and it functioned. 1438 01:18:57,167 --> 01:18:58,559 -[Halston] In other words, 1439 01:18:58,646 --> 01:19:00,257 I think people have to work harder 1440 01:19:00,344 --> 01:19:02,433 so they need clothes for those different occasions. 1441 01:19:02,520 --> 01:19:04,217 -Clean, simple. 1442 01:19:04,304 --> 01:19:08,439 It's even more complicated when you have simple. 1443 01:19:08,526 --> 01:19:12,138 When I first came to work for Halston, it was taught to me 1444 01:19:12,225 --> 01:19:15,011 that fabric needs to talk to you. 1445 01:19:15,098 --> 01:19:17,013 How does a fabric talk to you? 1446 01:19:17,100 --> 01:19:19,189 [gentle music] 1447 01:19:19,276 --> 01:19:22,801 We would literally take fabric and put it on a mannequin 1448 01:19:22,888 --> 01:19:27,501 and sometimes look at it for three days and things appear 1449 01:19:27,588 --> 01:19:32,289 when you keep looking at them, it starts talking to you. 1450 01:19:32,376 --> 01:19:35,771 And in a sense, it'll tell you what it wants to do. 1451 01:19:35,858 --> 01:19:37,642 The cuts are simple 1452 01:19:37,729 --> 01:19:41,298 because the fabric is left to do what it wants to do 1453 01:19:41,385 --> 01:19:43,256 and that was the genius of Halston. 1454 01:19:45,041 --> 01:19:49,262 -Halston was a very down to earth, practical, 1455 01:19:49,349 --> 01:19:54,006 funny man, which I have not seen depicted recently. 1456 01:19:54,093 --> 01:19:57,923 Underneath all of the darling this and darling that, 1457 01:19:58,010 --> 01:20:01,535 there was a real wonderful guy who found his way 1458 01:20:01,622 --> 01:20:03,450 to create his own paradise 1459 01:20:03,537 --> 01:20:06,105 and he was able to do that with Liza. 1460 01:20:06,192 --> 01:20:09,065 -I met Halston when I was 19 1461 01:20:09,152 --> 01:20:11,241 and I had no idea how to look, 1462 01:20:11,328 --> 01:20:14,984 you know, it affects not just how you dress, 1463 01:20:15,071 --> 01:20:18,639 but how you feel, how you perform. 1464 01:20:18,726 --> 01:20:22,034 He was the first one that gave me confidence. 1465 01:20:22,121 --> 01:20:27,997 I had the eye to know what was good 1466 01:20:28,084 --> 01:20:30,564 and what wasn't that great, but he knew what to do. 1467 01:20:30,651 --> 01:20:32,697 -When she met Halston, 1468 01:20:32,784 --> 01:20:37,267 he gave her an entire sense of self. 1469 01:20:37,354 --> 01:20:40,270 -Halston was able to take what she considered 1470 01:20:40,357 --> 01:20:43,099 to be negatives about her body and her self-image 1471 01:20:43,186 --> 01:20:44,840 and turn them into positives. 1472 01:20:44,927 --> 01:20:46,711 She had scoliosis. 1473 01:20:46,798 --> 01:20:49,496 She felt that her body was not symmetrically perfect, 1474 01:20:49,583 --> 01:20:53,283 all these things that she was insecure about, he used. 1475 01:20:55,111 --> 01:20:58,897 -Technically, Halston paid very acute attention 1476 01:20:58,984 --> 01:21:01,378 to Liza's clothes. 1477 01:21:01,465 --> 01:21:03,554 Halston was the one who said to Liza, 1478 01:21:03,641 --> 01:21:06,383 "Since you're perspiring so much on stage, 1479 01:21:06,470 --> 01:21:10,343 let's make all of your wardrobe in sequins." 1480 01:21:10,430 --> 01:21:12,650 So with the sparkle, you can't see 1481 01:21:12,737 --> 01:21:15,827 where the perspiration starts and stops. 1482 01:21:15,914 --> 01:21:20,136 And also because Liza's weight would often fluctuate, 1483 01:21:20,223 --> 01:21:22,573 Halston would often make two and three 1484 01:21:22,660 --> 01:21:29,101 or sometimes four of the same garment in different sizes 1485 01:21:29,188 --> 01:21:31,669 so he would be prepared with her current figure. 1486 01:21:33,192 --> 01:21:37,675 Liza went from a pretty little girl 1487 01:21:37,762 --> 01:21:39,590 representing mainstream fashion 1488 01:21:42,158 --> 01:21:45,770 overnight to the chicest girl in the world. 1489 01:21:48,425 --> 01:21:50,993 -The adoration that Liza and Halston had for each other 1490 01:21:51,080 --> 01:21:53,952 was always palpable when I was in the room with them. 1491 01:21:54,039 --> 01:21:58,783 They had this deep, deep love and shared the humor 1492 01:21:58,870 --> 01:22:00,611 and the irony of life together. 1493 01:22:00,698 --> 01:22:03,353 [gentle music] 1494 01:22:04,963 --> 01:22:08,358 -I never performed, gave a party 1495 01:22:10,229 --> 01:22:15,887 or made any real major important decisions in my life 1496 01:22:15,974 --> 01:22:18,368 without my friend, Halston. 1497 01:22:20,892 --> 01:22:22,763 When we were together, it was heaven. 1498 01:22:23,460 --> 01:22:24,548 You know. 1499 01:22:24,722 --> 01:22:27,203 I'm so lucky and I know that. 1500 01:22:30,249 --> 01:22:32,599 -When Liza and Halston were together, 1501 01:22:32,686 --> 01:22:34,558 it's like nobody else was in the room. 1502 01:22:34,645 --> 01:22:36,168 They were so comfortable with each other. 1503 01:22:36,255 --> 01:22:39,171 They would hug and kiss and cuddle 1504 01:22:39,258 --> 01:22:41,347 and just cling to each other in a way 1505 01:22:41,434 --> 01:22:44,176 that was so beautiful. 1506 01:22:44,263 --> 01:22:47,005 -When Liza would arrive at Halston's office, 1507 01:22:47,092 --> 01:22:50,400 she brought that zest, the two of them, 1508 01:22:50,487 --> 01:22:52,532 they had nicknames for one another, 1509 01:22:52,619 --> 01:22:55,753 usually perverse nicknames. 1510 01:22:55,840 --> 01:22:58,451 It was a brother and sister relationship. 1511 01:22:58,538 --> 01:23:01,585 It was also very paternal on his side. 1512 01:23:01,672 --> 01:23:03,543 They brought each other to life. 1513 01:23:03,630 --> 01:23:05,502 -And having lunch with Halston and her, 1514 01:23:05,589 --> 01:23:08,331 we would have conversations of the next show she's doing 1515 01:23:08,418 --> 01:23:09,985 and what are we gonna design, 1516 01:23:10,072 --> 01:23:11,551 and there were nights that we would all go 1517 01:23:11,638 --> 01:23:12,988 to Studio 54 together. 1518 01:23:13,075 --> 01:23:15,425 ♪ Freak out ♪ 1519 01:23:17,427 --> 01:23:20,212 -Studio 54 is probably the Mount Olympus 1520 01:23:20,299 --> 01:23:21,344 of the disco world. 1521 01:23:21,431 --> 01:23:24,390 ♪ Freak out ♪ 1522 01:23:24,477 --> 01:23:27,132 -It was like the circus pulled into town. 1523 01:23:28,525 --> 01:23:30,135 -They're the inspirational people. 1524 01:23:33,660 --> 01:23:35,401 -Did that involve a lot of things? 1525 01:23:35,488 --> 01:23:39,275 Yeah, that's been documented. 1526 01:23:39,362 --> 01:23:45,063 -I mean, you had quaaludes, you had poppers, cocaine. 1527 01:23:45,150 --> 01:23:47,413 -Hold it, it wasn't that wacko. 1528 01:23:47,500 --> 01:23:52,462 And as far as drugs was concerned, nobody did drugs. 1529 01:23:54,246 --> 01:23:55,726 They just didn't. 1530 01:23:57,989 --> 01:24:01,210 -Liza is reluctant to talk about Studio 54 1531 01:24:01,297 --> 01:24:06,128 because everybody focuses on the excess and the basement 1532 01:24:06,215 --> 01:24:07,781 and the debauchery and all that. 1533 01:24:07,868 --> 01:24:14,310 For her, studio 54 was a cultural thing. 1534 01:24:14,397 --> 01:24:15,789 -What happened with Studio 54 is Halston 1535 01:24:15,876 --> 01:24:19,228 used to give these wonderful parties 1536 01:24:19,315 --> 01:24:21,360 and around 11 or 12 o'clock at night, 1537 01:24:21,447 --> 01:24:23,232 he didn't know how to get rid of people. 1538 01:24:23,319 --> 01:24:26,452 He would say to his guests, let's all go to Studio 54 1539 01:24:26,539 --> 01:24:29,629 to get 'em out of the apartment. 1540 01:24:29,716 --> 01:24:31,892 -I would just let the doormen know. 1541 01:24:31,979 --> 01:24:34,156 So they would just be alerted to them 1542 01:24:34,243 --> 01:24:37,246 because it was a sea of people. 1543 01:24:37,333 --> 01:24:39,204 You can't even believe the whole block 1544 01:24:39,291 --> 01:24:40,945 sometimes were filled. 1545 01:24:41,032 --> 01:24:44,079 [people chattering] 1546 01:24:45,950 --> 01:24:47,647 And then they would go 1547 01:24:47,734 --> 01:24:50,215 and escort them in if they needed to, 1548 01:24:52,348 --> 01:24:53,784 and the seas would part. 1549 01:24:55,090 --> 01:24:57,701 [upbeat music] 1550 01:25:02,053 --> 01:25:04,229 -They would have some banquettes in the center 1551 01:25:04,316 --> 01:25:10,279 of the dance floor and Halston would hold court with Liza 1552 01:25:10,366 --> 01:25:12,803 and Andy Warhol, Bianca Jagger. 1553 01:25:14,326 --> 01:25:16,459 -Liza used to love rum and coke. 1554 01:25:16,546 --> 01:25:17,677 Halston used to smoke. 1555 01:25:17,764 --> 01:25:19,636 She used to smoke cigarettes. 1556 01:25:19,723 --> 01:25:21,942 But all I remember is being with Halston and being with Liza 1557 01:25:22,029 --> 01:25:25,903 and all of us having the best happy times. 1558 01:25:25,990 --> 01:25:28,645 [upbeat music] 1559 01:25:29,907 --> 01:25:31,038 -He wasn't just a friend 1560 01:25:31,126 --> 01:25:33,780 and a party buddy at Studio 54. 1561 01:25:33,867 --> 01:25:36,914 They were each other's muse. 1562 01:25:37,001 --> 01:25:39,046 -You think of what Halston got from Liza 1563 01:25:39,134 --> 01:25:41,005 and what Liza got from Halston 1564 01:25:41,092 --> 01:25:45,140 and obviously Studio 54, talk about genius branding. 1565 01:25:46,663 --> 01:25:52,408 -Liza became so much of the female figure 1566 01:25:52,495 --> 01:25:54,236 that allowed women to see 1567 01:25:54,323 --> 01:25:57,282 how extraordinarily wondrous Halston was. 1568 01:25:57,369 --> 01:25:59,154 Liza was a blueprint for Halston, 1569 01:25:59,241 --> 01:26:01,199 Halston was a blueprint for Liza. 1570 01:26:01,286 --> 01:26:05,160 -The mythology of Studio 54 depends upon its associations 1571 01:26:05,247 --> 01:26:08,206 to cultural icons who themselves were seen 1572 01:26:08,293 --> 01:26:09,860 as figures of excess, 1573 01:26:09,947 --> 01:26:11,862 and Liza Minnelli, the company of Halston, 1574 01:26:11,949 --> 01:26:13,516 is in some sense one 1575 01:26:13,603 --> 01:26:15,257 of the most sequined figures for that era. 1576 01:26:15,344 --> 01:26:17,389 -Can I say one more thing? 1577 01:26:17,476 --> 01:26:19,304 The very first collection 1578 01:26:19,391 --> 01:26:23,047 that Halston showed at the Olympic Tower was mind boggling. 1579 01:26:23,134 --> 01:26:25,702 [grand music] 1580 01:26:27,138 --> 01:26:30,794 [camera shutters clicking] 1581 01:26:32,361 --> 01:26:33,797 Liza closed the show. 1582 01:26:33,884 --> 01:26:36,278 She came out on the runway 1583 01:26:36,365 --> 01:26:39,629 with the most extraordinary black crepe back satin dress 1584 01:26:39,716 --> 01:26:42,458 with nude shoulders. 1585 01:26:42,545 --> 01:26:45,461 And she walked the runway carrying one rose. 1586 01:26:45,548 --> 01:26:47,027 At the end of the runway, 1587 01:26:47,114 --> 01:26:50,161 she presented it to Elizabeth Taylor. 1588 01:26:50,248 --> 01:26:52,294 Halston came out and they came down together. 1589 01:26:54,165 --> 01:26:57,081 To watch them, was so touching. 1590 01:26:57,168 --> 01:27:00,998 They worked together, they were in love together, 1591 01:27:01,085 --> 01:27:05,089 and they represented a moment that is unmatched 1592 01:27:05,176 --> 01:27:07,134 in American fashion history. 1593 01:27:14,664 --> 01:27:17,232 [chimes music] 1594 01:27:18,276 --> 01:27:20,931 [gentle music] 1595 01:27:26,719 --> 01:27:28,199 -[Reporter] Legendary actress and singer 1596 01:27:28,286 --> 01:27:30,723 Liza Minnelli has checked into rehab. 1597 01:27:30,810 --> 01:27:32,638 -[Reporter] The veteran entertainer is getting treatment 1598 01:27:32,725 --> 01:27:35,728 for a substance abuse issue at a Malibu facility. 1599 01:27:35,815 --> 01:27:37,643 -[Reporter] A much publicized personal battle 1600 01:27:37,730 --> 01:27:39,906 against tranquilizer addiction. 1601 01:27:39,993 --> 01:27:42,779 -[Reporter] A disease that she says nearly killed her. 1602 01:27:46,217 --> 01:27:50,613 -Honestly, how lucky I was to have gone through 1603 01:27:50,700 --> 01:27:54,704 all of the bad stuff that I've gone through 1604 01:27:56,488 --> 01:28:00,927 because it prepared me for the rest of my life. 1605 01:28:01,014 --> 01:28:05,802 It made me understand a little bit more about myself. 1606 01:28:07,282 --> 01:28:10,502 -Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you. 1607 01:28:10,589 --> 01:28:11,329 -We're gonna sell out this evening. 1608 01:28:11,416 --> 01:28:12,635 -Oh, fabulous. 1609 01:28:12,722 --> 01:28:15,507 -The enormity of Liza's success 1610 01:28:15,594 --> 01:28:18,641 certainly was a factor with the incredible pressures 1611 01:28:18,728 --> 01:28:20,556 of life and of show business 1612 01:28:20,643 --> 01:28:24,908 and becoming a commodity for so many people 1613 01:28:24,995 --> 01:28:28,433 that she's supporting financially took its toll. 1614 01:28:30,043 --> 01:28:32,611 -How you doing? -Terrific. 1615 01:28:32,698 --> 01:28:33,830 -Hmm? -Fine. 1616 01:28:36,963 --> 01:28:40,010 I was the kind of person that never fell down. 1617 01:28:40,097 --> 01:28:41,838 I never missed work. 1618 01:28:41,925 --> 01:28:44,319 I never did any of the things that you think of 1619 01:28:44,406 --> 01:28:46,190 when you think of somebody being a real mess, 1620 01:28:46,277 --> 01:28:49,236 but inside, I felt so weird. 1621 01:28:49,324 --> 01:28:52,152 I was taking Valium, prescription drugs, 1622 01:28:52,239 --> 01:28:55,721 but I really didn't feel like I had a drug problem. 1623 01:28:55,808 --> 01:28:59,377 And I'd drink silly drinks like rum and coke. 1624 01:28:59,464 --> 01:29:02,859 I started to notice 1625 01:29:02,946 --> 01:29:05,209 that drinking made me feel better for a minute. 1626 01:29:07,342 --> 01:29:09,387 It's really that simple. 1627 01:29:09,474 --> 01:29:13,522 And then of course, it turned on me like it always does. 1628 01:29:14,914 --> 01:29:16,568 And people who have been through 1629 01:29:18,004 --> 01:29:19,876 all the things I'm thinking about, 1630 01:29:19,963 --> 01:29:23,227 know what I'm talking about. 1631 01:29:26,230 --> 01:29:29,581 -I never got drunk anywhere. [laughing] 1632 01:29:32,105 --> 01:29:33,368 I would like to have, but I can't. 1633 01:29:33,455 --> 01:29:36,327 It makes my stomach sick. 1634 01:29:36,414 --> 01:29:39,504 I know in the '70s, I used to tell interviewers 1635 01:29:39,591 --> 01:29:45,162 that I was terrified of drugs and didn't even take aspirin. 1636 01:29:45,249 --> 01:29:48,252 Well, kids, that's called denial. 1637 01:29:48,339 --> 01:29:52,169 I didn't want anyone to know that I was less than perfect, 1638 01:29:52,256 --> 01:29:54,432 that I was under stress. 1639 01:29:54,519 --> 01:29:57,000 I always wanted to be the hero. 1640 01:29:57,087 --> 01:29:59,742 [somber music] 1641 01:30:07,184 --> 01:30:11,449 -She has this incredible strength that I'm gonna do this. 1642 01:30:11,536 --> 01:30:13,495 I can do this, and at the same time, 1643 01:30:13,582 --> 01:30:16,280 she has this vulnerability, 1644 01:30:16,367 --> 01:30:19,936 she has nervousness, she has fear. 1645 01:30:20,023 --> 01:30:24,810 -The dark stuff, the drug stuff, whatever it was, 1646 01:30:24,897 --> 01:30:30,729 she thought that being alive 1647 01:30:30,816 --> 01:30:35,038 and open and playful and sexy and all of those things, 1648 01:30:37,432 --> 01:30:42,088 she inherited some of that from her mom. 1649 01:30:42,175 --> 01:30:44,569 -When Liza became more vulnerable 1650 01:30:44,656 --> 01:30:47,833 and at times in her life, I was surprised 1651 01:30:47,920 --> 01:30:50,401 because she better than anyone knew 1652 01:30:50,488 --> 01:30:55,275 and had vowed, you know, never to be anything less 1653 01:30:55,362 --> 01:30:58,104 than the totally sharp, responsible person. 1654 01:31:00,977 --> 01:31:05,372 -But I was very worried 1655 01:31:05,460 --> 01:31:11,335 'cause I thought she was making some wrong moves personally 1656 01:31:11,422 --> 01:31:14,512 and I loved her and she was like my baby sister. 1657 01:31:15,861 --> 01:31:17,384 -Watching my mom, 1658 01:31:17,472 --> 01:31:22,172 I swore on my life that I would never take drugs 1659 01:31:22,259 --> 01:31:26,002 until I realized I was doing it. 1660 01:31:26,089 --> 01:31:27,699 You know, being Judy Garland's daughter 1661 01:31:27,786 --> 01:31:29,919 is not a lot of laughs. 1662 01:31:30,006 --> 01:31:34,837 ♪ Life is just a bowl of cherries ♪ 1663 01:31:34,924 --> 01:31:37,317 ♪ Some take it serious ♪ 1664 01:31:37,404 --> 01:31:40,451 ♪ Life's too mysterious ♪ 1665 01:31:40,538 --> 01:31:42,366 ♪ You work, you say ♪ 1666 01:31:42,453 --> 01:31:44,673 -So we hear stories of what it was like to grow up 1667 01:31:44,760 --> 01:31:48,459 with a mother who was both so unbelievably talented, 1668 01:31:48,546 --> 01:31:50,940 but also who's had, you know, her demons, 1669 01:31:51,027 --> 01:31:53,159 struggled with alcohol and drug addiction. 1670 01:31:53,246 --> 01:31:55,031 And Liza Minnelli tells stories 1671 01:31:55,118 --> 01:31:57,033 of her mother locking herself in the bathroom 1672 01:31:57,120 --> 01:31:59,557 and threatening to commit suicide. 1673 01:31:59,644 --> 01:32:01,646 -Her mother was a person 1674 01:32:01,733 --> 01:32:04,257 who deeply, deeply loved her daughter. 1675 01:32:04,344 --> 01:32:08,174 She famously said, "I'm giving up drugs and pills 1676 01:32:08,261 --> 01:32:10,612 and I'm going to be a good mother for my daughter." 1677 01:32:10,699 --> 01:32:14,137 But she couldn't sustain that because she was addicted. 1678 01:32:14,224 --> 01:32:17,227 ♪ It's just a bowl of cherries ♪ 1679 01:32:17,314 --> 01:32:21,187 ♪ So live and laugh at it all ♪ 1680 01:32:23,407 --> 01:32:25,496 -She became incredibly protective 1681 01:32:25,583 --> 01:32:27,977 of her mother at a very early age 1682 01:32:28,064 --> 01:32:30,022 because she understood her mother. 1683 01:32:30,109 --> 01:32:32,155 -She's taught me a great deal. 1684 01:32:32,242 --> 01:32:33,678 -[Interviewer] Have you learned anything from her mistakes 1685 01:32:33,765 --> 01:32:35,506 as well as from her achievements? 1686 01:32:36,551 --> 01:32:38,204 -Yes, I have. 1687 01:32:38,291 --> 01:32:39,989 Most of the mistakes that have been made 1688 01:32:40,076 --> 01:32:43,993 that I've been around have not been her fault. 1689 01:32:44,080 --> 01:32:47,823 ♪ So live and you laugh at it all ♪ 1690 01:32:53,829 --> 01:32:56,614 -The relationship was complicated, 1691 01:32:56,701 --> 01:33:03,490 and yet when she sees her mom on TV, she melts. 1692 01:33:03,578 --> 01:33:07,799 She just admires that talent and that person and that soul. 1693 01:33:10,802 --> 01:33:15,285 -Fred Ebb really taught me about sobriety 1694 01:33:16,547 --> 01:33:20,899 because he started to notice 1695 01:33:20,986 --> 01:33:24,120 that I was getting a little fuzzy on stage. 1696 01:33:24,207 --> 01:33:27,123 I was doing too much. 1697 01:33:27,210 --> 01:33:29,255 And somebody would say, "Have a drink. 1698 01:33:29,342 --> 01:33:31,867 It'll make you feel better." 1699 01:33:31,954 --> 01:33:36,001 So I took advantage of that. [laughing] 1700 01:33:36,088 --> 01:33:38,787 [intense music] 1701 01:33:50,755 --> 01:33:54,454 -Liza knew that she came from certain genes 1702 01:33:54,541 --> 01:33:57,893 which are addictive and she needed help. 1703 01:33:57,980 --> 01:34:01,548 [intense music continues] 1704 01:34:12,951 --> 01:34:14,649 -When Liza Minnelli went to the Betty Ford Clinic, 1705 01:34:14,736 --> 01:34:16,520 this was in the newspapers, 1706 01:34:16,607 --> 01:34:18,348 but one of the things that's distinctive 1707 01:34:18,435 --> 01:34:20,872 about her relationship to having been in some sense 1708 01:34:20,959 --> 01:34:23,440 outed as a celebrity with a substance abuse problem 1709 01:34:23,527 --> 01:34:26,008 is that she didn't run away from that. 1710 01:34:26,095 --> 01:34:28,053 She wasn't closeted about her struggles 1711 01:34:28,140 --> 01:34:30,839 in a way that so many other celebrities had been. 1712 01:34:30,926 --> 01:34:32,362 -I think that there are a lot of people 1713 01:34:32,449 --> 01:34:34,103 who don't know that they had a problem 1714 01:34:34,190 --> 01:34:36,279 like I didn't know until I got so physically weak. 1715 01:34:36,366 --> 01:34:38,585 All prescription drugs are the same. 1716 01:34:38,673 --> 01:34:40,544 They're insidious. 1717 01:34:40,631 --> 01:34:42,764 And at first they do do what you take them to do with it. 1718 01:34:42,851 --> 01:34:44,809 They hold a very busy life together. 1719 01:34:44,896 --> 01:34:46,376 But then if you don't stop taking them, 1720 01:34:46,463 --> 01:34:47,769 you just keep merrily going on thinking 1721 01:34:47,856 --> 01:34:49,814 that they can't hurt you. 1722 01:34:49,901 --> 01:34:51,729 Eventually become toxic. 1723 01:34:51,816 --> 01:34:53,426 -And I think that was very brave of Liza to do 1724 01:34:53,513 --> 01:34:56,908 and I think it was welcomed despite the shock 1725 01:34:56,995 --> 01:35:03,001 because I think people were happy to see her not following 1726 01:35:03,088 --> 01:35:04,263 that footstep of her mother's, 1727 01:35:04,350 --> 01:35:06,265 as in just being a hopeless case. 1728 01:35:06,352 --> 01:35:08,659 -But it took a lot of guts for you to decide to go public 1729 01:35:08,746 --> 01:35:11,401 because you put yourself in the inevitable position 1730 01:35:11,488 --> 01:35:13,185 of them saying, "Well, she's gonna follow 1731 01:35:13,272 --> 01:35:15,318 truly in her mother's footsteps." 1732 01:35:15,405 --> 01:35:16,362 -I really believe 1733 01:35:19,975 --> 01:35:24,762 in saying when something's wrong and fixing it. 1734 01:35:24,849 --> 01:35:26,503 Again, it didn't have anything to do with my mother. 1735 01:35:26,590 --> 01:35:32,901 -She spoke so frankly about alcoholism 1736 01:35:32,988 --> 01:35:34,467 and about addiction that I thought 1737 01:35:34,554 --> 01:35:38,254 was the most courageous thing she had ever done. 1738 01:35:38,341 --> 01:35:39,951 -There's thousands of people out there 1739 01:35:40,038 --> 01:35:41,823 who are having the same problem. 1740 01:35:41,910 --> 01:35:43,781 The knowledge that you're not alone 1741 01:35:45,261 --> 01:35:47,263 is the first step to getting better. 1742 01:35:47,350 --> 01:35:50,657 -She became a champion of AA 1743 01:35:50,745 --> 01:35:52,921 and other treatment programs, 1744 01:35:53,008 --> 01:35:57,186 and even though she had continued struggles 1745 01:35:57,273 --> 01:36:01,103 for different reasons through a number of years, 1746 01:36:01,190 --> 01:36:02,452 she never gave up. 1747 01:36:02,539 --> 01:36:04,497 -She's a survivor. 1748 01:36:04,584 --> 01:36:08,588 She's come through all that with her heart and soul intact. 1749 01:36:17,946 --> 01:36:19,730 [people chattering] 1750 01:36:19,817 --> 01:36:20,775 -Liza. -Hello. 1751 01:36:23,516 --> 01:36:27,738 Hello. [people clapping] 1752 01:36:27,825 --> 01:36:30,915 -It's my agent, you don't have to applaud. 1753 01:36:32,787 --> 01:36:34,701 -So, in aftermath of her mother's death, 1754 01:36:34,789 --> 01:36:39,228 a long decade of the '70s, Oscar, Emmy, Tony, 1755 01:36:39,315 --> 01:36:41,839 a fixture in the cultural scene in newspapers 1756 01:36:41,926 --> 01:36:44,233 and tabloids, this would be an extraordinary record 1757 01:36:44,320 --> 01:36:45,669 of achievement over an entire career, 1758 01:36:45,756 --> 01:36:48,846 let alone stuffed into a decade. 1759 01:36:48,933 --> 01:36:50,282 -Imagine that. -You were one 1760 01:36:50,369 --> 01:36:51,501 of the [indistinct]. -Thank you. 1761 01:36:51,588 --> 01:36:52,807 I'm glad you liked it. 1762 01:36:52,894 --> 01:36:54,721 -She did it. 1763 01:36:54,809 --> 01:36:57,028 This young girl who was born into show business royalty 1764 01:36:57,115 --> 01:37:00,205 had to invent herself who had these challenges. 1765 01:37:00,292 --> 01:37:02,207 She knew what she needed. 1766 01:37:02,294 --> 01:37:07,822 She built this loyal, loving family of friends and mentors 1767 01:37:07,909 --> 01:37:08,997 and followed this sort of intuition 1768 01:37:09,084 --> 01:37:11,782 to become this iconic person. 1769 01:37:11,869 --> 01:37:13,001 -Listen! 1770 01:37:13,088 --> 01:37:16,134 [people chattering] 1771 01:37:18,310 --> 01:37:20,182 To the band that made me feel like the best 1772 01:37:20,269 --> 01:37:22,358 band singer in the world, 1773 01:37:22,445 --> 01:37:24,795 I can't tell you what it's like singing in front of you. 1774 01:37:24,882 --> 01:37:29,408 -She could have died like her mother. She hasn't. 1775 01:37:29,495 --> 01:37:31,149 -[Speaker] We'd like to thank the orchestra 1776 01:37:31,236 --> 01:37:32,934 that worked with us. -People respond to that. 1777 01:37:33,021 --> 01:37:34,544 I think they see the vulnerability. 1778 01:37:34,631 --> 01:37:36,111 -[Speaker] Really do think you were terrific, 1779 01:37:36,198 --> 01:37:37,721 probably the best orchestra they have. 1780 01:37:37,808 --> 01:37:39,462 -They see somebody not unlike themselves, 1781 01:37:39,549 --> 01:37:43,683 who knows rejection, sorrow, and loss, 1782 01:37:43,770 --> 01:37:47,818 and they see her courage to get up on a stage 1783 01:37:47,905 --> 01:37:51,126 and put those sequins on. 1784 01:37:51,213 --> 01:37:55,478 She's brave, she pushes on, you know? 1785 01:37:55,565 --> 01:37:58,524 -Yay! [all clapping] 1786 01:37:58,611 --> 01:37:59,830 -[Liza] Thank you, you're so terrific. 1787 01:37:59,917 --> 01:38:02,528 [all clapping] 1788 01:38:05,488 --> 01:38:09,405 -[Speaker] Well said. [all clapping] 1789 01:38:09,492 --> 01:38:12,103 [gentle music] 1790 01:38:15,150 --> 01:38:18,196 [audience cheering] 1791 01:38:26,944 --> 01:38:29,991 [audience chanting] 1792 01:38:37,824 --> 01:38:40,915 [audience cheering] 1793 01:38:49,836 --> 01:38:51,577 -Let's try one, what the hell. 1794 01:38:51,664 --> 01:38:54,798 [gentle piano music] 1795 01:39:03,807 --> 01:39:09,856 ♪ Sometimes you're happy and sometimes you're sad ♪ 1796 01:39:09,944 --> 01:39:14,774 ♪ But the world goes round ♪ 1797 01:39:16,037 --> 01:39:18,953 ♪ And sometimes you lose ♪ 1798 01:39:19,040 --> 01:39:22,086 ♪ Every nickel you had ♪ 1799 01:39:22,173 --> 01:39:27,178 ♪ But the world goes round ♪ 1800 01:39:29,572 --> 01:39:35,839 ♪ Sometimes your dreams get broken in pieces ♪ 1801 01:39:35,926 --> 01:39:40,452 ♪ But that doesn't matter at all ♪ 1802 01:39:42,672 --> 01:39:45,675 ♪ Take it from me ♪ 1803 01:39:45,762 --> 01:39:48,460 ♪ There's still gonna be ♪ 1804 01:39:48,547 --> 01:39:53,422 ♪ A summer, a winter, a spring and a fall ♪ 1805 01:40:01,604 --> 01:40:07,610 ♪ Oh once a friend starts treating you bad ♪ 1806 01:40:07,697 --> 01:40:12,832 ♪ For the world goes round ♪ 1807 01:40:12,919 --> 01:40:17,098 ♪ And sometimes your heart breaks ♪ 1808 01:40:17,185 --> 01:40:22,233 ♪ With a deafening sound ♪ 1809 01:40:25,367 --> 01:40:31,373 ♪ Somebody loses and somebody wins ♪ 1810 01:40:31,460 --> 01:40:34,332 ♪ And one day it's kicks ♪ 1811 01:40:34,419 --> 01:40:37,292 ♪ And it's kicks in the shins ♪ 1812 01:40:37,379 --> 01:40:40,469 ♪ But the planet spins ♪ 1813 01:40:40,556 --> 01:40:42,906 ♪ And the world goes round and round ♪ 1814 01:40:42,993 --> 01:40:43,994 [man] Can you think of a star who's managed 1815 01:40:44,081 --> 01:40:46,257 to equal a famous parent? 1816 01:40:46,344 --> 01:40:48,999 Well, one who did is Liza Minnelli, 1817 01:40:49,086 --> 01:40:51,480 the daughter of a superstar, Judy Garland. 1818 01:40:51,567 --> 01:40:52,655 -It's Lonely at the top. 1819 01:40:52,742 --> 01:40:53,830 -And Academy Award-winning 1820 01:40:53,917 --> 01:40:57,007 film director Vincente Minnelli. 1821 01:40:57,094 --> 01:40:58,661 Liza has become a superstar on her own. 1822 01:40:59,618 --> 01:41:01,664 ♪ Round ♪ 1823 01:41:02,578 --> 01:41:05,102 [grand music] 1824 01:41:13,632 --> 01:41:17,027 [upbeat drumbeat music] 1825 01:41:26,819 --> 01:41:31,041 [upbeat drumbeat music continues] 1826 01:41:40,529 --> 01:41:44,750 [upbeat drumbeat music continues] 1827 01:41:54,064 --> 01:41:58,242 [upbeat drumbeat music continues] 1828 01:42:07,338 --> 01:42:11,560 [upbeat drumbeat music continues] 1829 01:42:21,309 --> 01:42:25,487 [upbeat drumbeat music continues] 1830 01:42:35,323 --> 01:42:39,544 [upbeat drumbeat music continues] 1831 01:43:35,687 --> 01:43:39,169 -No? All right. -Put a mark on her face. 1832 01:43:41,998 --> 01:43:44,827 -Aw. -CB that was marvelous. 1833 01:43:44,914 --> 01:43:46,959 -Did you like that? 1834 01:43:47,046 --> 01:43:48,526 Now, let's take it again from the top. 1835 01:43:49,571 --> 01:43:50,833 [device beeping]