Monday, August 20, 2007

The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)

TCM produced documentary on the eventful life of swashbuckling lady's man Errol Flynn. A TV bio-pic about the man produced a number of years ago was titled "My Wicked, Wicked, Ways", so you just know his life story is going to be entertaining. Flynn was born in Tasmania, and worked as, among other things, a slave trader before becoming an actor. A lover of women, acting, sailing, and perhaps surprisingly writing, Flynn is a fascinating character whose life kind of parallels that of actor John Barrymore, whom he played in one of his last films. Ironically the parts about the actors films seemed to slow this documentary down, as his personal life and observations are generally more intriguing then his rather formula productions at Warner Brothers.

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