#WHITNEY HOUSTON LIFETIME MOVIE 2015 FULL#

The director maintained, however, that the tragedy of HoustonвЂ™s story will not be the focus of the film. вЂњWe have access to never-before-seen footage of Whitney that charts her whole life, from her beginnings singing in her churchвЂ™s gospel choir to the day of her tragic death at the age of 48,вЂќ Macdonald said.

#WHITNEY HOUSTON LIFETIME MOVIE 2015 FULL#

Macdonald told The Hollywood Reporter that his film would take a detailed look into HoustonвЂ™s full story, unlike the Angela BassettвЂ“directed 2015 Lifetime movie, Whitney, which purposefully left out many of the controversial portions of the artistвЂ™s life. The documentary, which is reportedly aiming to find backers at this yearвЂ™s Cannes Film Festival, will feature interviews with several of HoustonвЂ™s friends and family, including Clive Davis, who is credited with making her into an international superstar. The film will be directed by Kevin Macdonald, who helmed The Last King of Scotland and Marley, and won an Academy Award in 2000 for One Day in September, which examined the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. And for those who will always love Houston, вЂњWhitneyвЂќ provides a reminder why, while shedding a narrow spotlight on a couple who spent most of their lives under the distorting glare of a big blinding one.A new Whitney Houston documentary, the first officially approved by her estate, is now in the works and will explore the highs and lows of the late singerвЂ™s life. Still, after the once-over-lightly treatment given in 2014 to other performers who died too soon - Aaliyah and Brittany Murphy - as well as вЂњThe Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story,вЂќ LifetimeвЂ™s fact-based movies hadnвЂ™t set the bar all that high in terms of expectations.

ThereвЂ™s also a touch of shorthand in the depiction of Brown, what with the storyвЂ™s вЂњA Star Is BornвЂќ-like aspects as her career soars while his operates on a more mortal plane.

Ultimately, вЂњWhitneyвЂќ only tells half the story - offering glimpses of HoustonвЂ™s drug use and BrownвЂ™s bad behavior, but stopping short of her tragic end in 2012. DaCosta, meanwhile, captures HoustonвЂ™s vulnerability while still being able to rock an assortment of fabulous outfits in a musical montage sequence, with Deborah Cox providing the vocals in a manner that unerringly captures the singerвЂ™s trademark belt. Working from a script by Shem Bitterman, Bassett manages to make both of her leads relatively sympathetic, and to keep the story moving even when not a lot is happening. Houston,вЂќ and HoustonвЂ™s record mogul Clive Davis (an unrecognizable Mark Rolston) invites Bobby in to talk - not to sign him to the label, as Bobby hopes, but rather to help prod his wife to getting back to work, and cashing in on her post-вЂњBodyguardвЂќ mega-stardom. And the duoвЂ™s love for each other is further tested by her overwhelming stardom, to the point where a former fling dismissively refers to Brown as вЂњMr. Her family, however, responds to the news of their engagement with a decided chill, put off in part by the children Brown has already fathered with other women.

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