2013, 118 minutes
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Based on Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace, a memoir by Scott Thorson and Alex Thorleifson, published in 1988.
Focusing on his time in Las Vegas from 1977 to 1982, world-famous pianist Liberace (Michael Douglas) takes much-younger Scott Thorson (Matt Damon) as a lover, but the relationship deteriorates when other lovers and substances take over. Soderbergh recreates the glittering private world of Liberace, the flamboyant, phenomenally successful entertainer whose extravagant costumes, trademark candelabra, and elaborate stage shows made him the most bankable entertainer of his time, while reminding viewers how different attitudes were at the time as Liberace had to keep his personal life secret.