Barrymore

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Christopher Plummer
Barrymore

Érik Canuel
Director

Érik Canuel
Screenwriter

Kevin Albrecht
Executive Producer

Steve Kalafer
Executive Producer

Peter LeDonne
Executive Producer

Christopher Plummer
Executive Producer

Gene Saks
Executive Producer

Michel Corriveau
Original Music

Bernard Couture
Cinematographer

Jean-François Bergeron
Film Editor

Cameron Porteous
Production Design

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Critic Reviews for Barrymore

Audience Reviews for Barrymore

• Jan 29, 2015

  Once upon a time, there was a great actor named John Barrymore(Christopher Plummer) who while specializing in the classics, also appeared in quite a few early sound films of Hollywood. By 1942, when this one person show was set, he was not the same person, years of alcohol abuse having damaged him beyond repair, ironically leaving him not unlike the character he played in "Dinner at Eight," a washed up actor who thinks he is still relevant. In Barrymore's case, it involves a last chance audition for Richard III. But he cannot even remember the magical words every actor has drilled into him, instead going off on tangents about his famous siblings. None of which is really that interesting or scintillating but the wonderful Christopher Plummer does what he can with such limited material. And that's got to be at least worth a look, right?
  Walter M Super Reviewer
• Oct 10, 2012

  I was a little slow off the mark otherwise I would have been in the audience when they filmed Christopher Plummer doing his John Barrymore. Thank goodness HBO decided to pick it up and air it. A great theatrical performance is captured and kudos to Director Erik Canuel who offers appropriate off-stage moments that don't detract from the piece.
  

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