Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (HBO Documentary)

(2020)

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Synopsis

From Amblin Television and director Laurent Bouzereau (Five Came Back, Don’t Say No Until I Finish Talking) comes an HBO documentary that looks at one of Hollywood’s greatest stars, Natalie Wood, whose remarkable life and career are often overshadowed by the circumstances surrounding her tragic death off the coast of Catalina Island at age 43. Her extensive circle of family and friends, including daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner, has not forgotten the remarkable life she led and the legacy she left behind. In this intimate and revealing documentary, Gregson Wagner explores the public life and private persona of her mother through personal interviews with her friends and family, including husband Robert J. Wagner, talking on-camera about Wood’s death directly with his step-daughter for the first time. Excerpts from Wood’s filmography from age 5 to 43, which includes Miracle on 34th Street, Rebel Without a Cause, Splendor in the Grass and West Side Story, are matched with extensive family photos, documents, diaries, never-before-seen home movies, audio recordings, and archival material. Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind paints a rich portrait of one of Hollywood’s greatest actresses, a woman deeply deeply committed to her family and friends, whose professional choices were boldly forward-thinking at the time.

Cast

Natasha Gregson Wagner