The new teaser trailer for the biopicJudy was released on Friday, featuring Rene Zellweger as Hollywood icon Judy Garland.
The film takes place in winter 1968, six months before Garlands untimely death; the singer and actress arrives in London to perform a five-week sold-out run at famed nightclub The Talk of the Town. In 2012, a Broadway play titled End of the Rainbow, starring British actress Tracie Bennett as Garland, covered similar territory and attempted to tap into the Garland worship that still persists among many gay men. Judy Davis alsoplayed the star in the 2001 telefilm,Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, and it also tapped into many of the campy elements of her diva tantrums.
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This film which will feature a version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow delves into Garlands behind-the-scenes battles with management, her relationships with musicians and fans, and the unfolding family drama that provided the backdrop to these London performances. Garland died in London in June 1969 and her funeral on June 27, 1969 is often cited as a connection to what sparked the Stonewall Riots in New York City 50 years ago.
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