Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes

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Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes

Released Nov 15, 2024

1h 39m

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Bogart: Life Comes In Flashes is the first official feature documentary to explore the remarkable life and career of Hollywood legend Humphrey Bogart. For the first time ever, narrated in Bogart's own words and using previously unseen archives, letters, and interviews from those closest to him, the film definitively explores the impact of one of the most influential cinematic and cultural icons of all time. Set against the glitz and glamour of Jazz Age Broadway to the Golden Age of Hollywood, and framed around the five key women in his life -- his mother and four wives, including his final marriage to screen icon Lauren Bacall -- the film intricately weaves together his most important relationships against a backdrop of world events which defined Bogart's career trajectory. What emerges is a nuanced and revealing portrait of the man behind the myth -- a fresh and captivating perspective on the legacy of one of Hollywood's most revered stars.

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Neil Alcock

Empire Magazine

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

Rated: 3/5

Dec 10, 2024

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Jonathan Coe

New Statesman

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

Dec 6, 2024

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Perhaps more could have been said about his spirited postwar anti-McCarthyite stand... But this is a very entertaining account of an actor who appeared to ascend, singly, to a higher plane than all others of the Hollywood golden age.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 6, 2024

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

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

Jan 1, 2025

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John Carvill

The Arts Desk

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

Rated: 4/5

Dec 16, 2024

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

If you can get past that distracting voiceover, it’s a conventional but entertaining romp through Bogie’s life and career.

Dec 6, 2024

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Helen

Enjoyed the interviews and backstories of Bogie's life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/18/24

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Jill

Loved the movie! Narrated in Bogart's own words, with many new film clips and stories , it was thoroughly enjoyable and well done. Recommend it to any Bogart and classic film fan.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/17/24

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Linda

Loved the actual film footage and Bogarts history.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Tina M

This is a great movie and so well done.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Kathryn Ferguson

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Stephen H. Bogart

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Humphrey Bogart

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Lauren Bacall

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John Huston

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Katharine Hepburn

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Bogart: Life Comes In Flashes is the first official feature documentary to explore the remarkable life and career of Hollywood legend Humphrey Bogart. For the first time ever, narrated in Bogart's own words and using previously unseen archives, letters, and interviews from those closest to him, the film definitively explores the impact of one of the most influential cinematic and cultural icons of all time. Set against the glitz and glamour of Jazz Age Broadway to the Golden Age of Hollywood, and framed around the five key women in his life -- his mother and four wives, including his final marriage to screen icon Lauren Bacall -- the film intricately weaves together his most important relationships against a backdrop of world events which defined Bogart's career trajectory. What emerges is a nuanced and revealing portrait of the man behind the myth -- a fresh and captivating perspective on the legacy of one of Hollywood's most revered stars.

Director: Kathryn Ferguson
Producer: Eleanor Emptage
Distributor: Freestyle Digital Media
Production Co: Dog Star Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 15, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 39m

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