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Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Poster
Directed byLaurent Bouzereau
Produced by
CinematographySean Hill
Travers Jacobs
Toby Thiermann
Steven Wacks
Edited byJason Summers
Music byJeremy Turner
Production
companies
Distributed byHBO Max
Release dates
  • January 27, 2020 (2020-01-27) (Sundance)
  • May 5, 2020 (2020-05-05) (HBO Max)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind is a 2020 American documentary film about the life and career of actress Natalie Wood. It is directed by Laurent Bouzereau and produced by Nedland Media, Amblin Television, and HBO Documentary Films. Producers include Bouzereau, Manoah Bowman, and Wood's daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner. The film premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.[1] It also premiered on HBO Max on May 5, 2020, and is available to stream on Hulu and other streaming platforms.[2] It is rated TV-14.

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Critical response

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Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind has a 78% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads, "Though it sheds little new light on the case, What Remains Behind paints a loving portrait of a starlet and mother gone too soon."[3]

Some reviewers, including those from The New Yorker, The Guardian and CNN, noted Wood's conflicted psyche and the paradox of her death.[4][5][6] Others, including Vanity Fair and the Los Angeles Times, felt the documentary's primary focus was to quell rumors that Wood's widower Robert Wagner was involved in her death.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind". Sundance Film Festival. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  2. ^ "Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind". HBO. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)", Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango, retrieved October 30, 2021
  4. ^ Schulman, Michael (May 5, 2020). "HBO's New Natalie Wood Documentary Doesn't Have the Answers". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  5. ^ Horton, Adrian (May 4, 2020). "'A short but vibrant life': revisiting the life and death of Natalie Wood". The Guardian. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  6. ^ Lowry, Brian (May 4, 2020). "'Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind' celebrates her life". CNN. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  7. ^ Lopez, Kristen (May 5, 2020). "'Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind' Review: Documentary Wants to Tell All but Feels Too Controlled". IndieWire. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  8. ^ Zacharek, Stephanie (May 5, 2020). "Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind Illuminates an Elusive Star". Time. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  9. ^ Ali, Lorraine (May 5, 2020). "Natalie Wood's death is still big business. In a new film, her family fights back". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  10. ^ Hallemann, Caroline (April 7, 2020). "Watch the Trailer for HBO's Natalie Wood Documentary, 'Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind'". Town & Country. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  11. ^ Yahr, Emily (May 6, 2020). "Five takeaways from HBO's Natalie Wood film, which slams rumors that Robert Wagner was involved in her death". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  12. ^ Miller, Julie (April 30, 2020). "Why Natalie Wood's Daughter Is Confronting Robert Wagner About Wood's Death". Vanity Fair. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
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