This guy didn't simply play Liberace, he BECAME Liberace. Truly scary. He certainly deserved an Emmy for this, or some kind of recognition in the form of an award.
I have seen this a number of times and havent in a while and i always enjoy it again. Yes this actor is so very perfect in the role! There will never be another Liberace! Such a great entertainer!
Thank you Mr. Robinson for that fantastic performance. I must confess that not for one minute did I think I was watching anyone but Liberace. Thank you Mr. Bentley for bringing this film to us. Moreover, and more profound, thank you all who made this film possible. I am humbled and I remain at 80+ years old, Sentebay.
The Parasites that sucked him dry at the end is Horrific. But these types of people are everywhere and possibly in one's own family. Hopefully people learn a lesson from his life.
Always a great entertainer. My grandmother really made me aware of this great man, she loved him and his musical talent from when he first became popular
I am so glad I found this! Have been looking for this made-for-tv movie about Liberace for a long time. I thought Andrew Robinson did the best portrayal of Liberace I have seen. Detested the movie with Michael Douglas.
I already said this in another comment, but this is an absolutely scary performance. He's not playing Liberace, he BECAME LIBERACE. As a screenplay, this is inferior to "Behind the Candelabra", but this actor's portrayal of Liberace is far more accurate than Michael Douglas', no disrespect to him of course. I mean, this guy's delivery, tone and inflections are EXACTLY like Liberace's. It's absolutely amazing.
The comments I’m seeing here are, remarkably like the ones seen for Austin Butler in Elvis. Actors totally committed to their work, to the extent of absorbing the characters they portray. What a shame it is when great works of art don’t get the recognition they deserve. There are instances when films do get reborn, I hope people will continue to come and support this work.
Yes, the difference between Douglas and Robinson as Liberace is exactly the same as between Philip Seymour Hoffman and Toby Jones playing Truman Capote - I know Hoffman did win an Oscar for his performance but I always liked Toby Jones better, he simply IS Truman Capote while Hoffman just gives a very good interpretation. I think Robinson does not shy from the sexual ambiguity, while Douglas' version is more like a guy with an affected accent. He never gets to make us see his Liberace as a convincing homosexual, while Robinson does.
My grandmother loved Liberace. She watched him on TV all the time and that made me love him too. He played the piano like nobody else. I don't know if my grandmother thought about whether he was gay or not, I think she just loved to hear him play the piano and sing. He was a good kind man and tried to make people happy. I don't think it's anybody's business but his and God's whether he was gay or not but it would be a shame to let that one thing, cancel everything else out. He has another movie on YT that's worth seeing, "SINCERELY YOURS".
My mom and I saw Liberace in 1986 at NYC's Radio City Music Hall. He showed a short video on his Las Vegas mansion and all his rings. Andrew Robinson is great.
Andrew Robinson was excellent as Liberace he looks like him sounded exactly like him Andrew very underrated actor last 50 years great character actor Dirty Harry Cobra Mask
Very nice movie. Liberace is missed by many even unto this day. I hope and pray that he has made his peace with the Lord Jesus Christ before he died. RIP Liberace ! You brought happiness to many !
Always loved Libby! I saw him live at the West Palm Beach auditorium back in the 80's. We were sitting in the front row. When we were leaving I found a sequin on the floor which had popped off his outfit. I saved that tiny sequin for years until it finally disappeared. 😊
God bless his soul.🕊️ I remember him and his last time on Oprah. He, Rock Hudson, and so many Aids took away from us.💔 Taking away some precious people. God bless all their souls and we who are left behind...😓
After this tv movie..all I can remember him in was Shoot to Kill with Sidney Poitier and Tom Berenger..he had a few minutes..but the terror in his face in that scene truly you can see the liberace in that expression..
A great tribute to a great and unique human being. The ultimate Mr Showbusiness and trail blazer for so many that followed his example. There is only one original though and he is that one. Dearly missed. God Bless and rest in peace with the angels Lee.🌟
Hey! Glad to see someone put this movie up. I have a recording I’ve been restoring for ages, but your version has a few seconds from the intro I am missing. Do you have a raw file you could upload somewhere? I would really appreciate it. What interests you in this movie by the way? I have a friend who acted in it. Edit: I’d be happy to pay postage both ways just to run this tape on my equipment. I can clean up a lot of the defects.
I still don't think my mom thought he was gay.before She passed away. But she chose what she wanted to see. After all, I'm her gay son and she never knew. As far as I know. She probably chose not see it. A mother always knows. She even loved Boy George. Didn't think once he was gay. Just a fabulous dresser and singer. She had to have known. She just had to.
It's from a video cassette, you can see some tracking lines. Just be grateful the uploader taped it from the TV once and decided to share it on TH-cam.
Is this the same actor who guest starred in Designing Women [ the third season - 1988-1989 ] as a male Lady June Belle? I remember his character's name was Rodger and he tried to pick up Suzanne, so he could have sex with her in one of the hotel rooms. The episode was about Charlene needing some extra money to pay off some Christmas bills, so she joins a perky cult, selling bathroom cleaning products called Lady June and the sales people were called Lady June Belles. By the way I do enjoy the movie. Thank You and God Bless - Jason.
As a huge Star Trek fan, and also a Liberace fan to a degree, i can't believe i never put it together that Garrick should have played Liberace. Turned out, he did, and i didn't even know it. I wonder if a better version of this film is out there...
Ever since I saw Andrew Robinson in Hellraiser, my thought was "wow, he looks a lot like Liberace!" Imagine my delight when I found out he played him in a biopic!
Song in this movie "the man that got away"...Judy Garland did this song better than absolutely anyone ever. No one can compare to her with the exception of Barbara Streisand.
Hahaha this actor portraying Lee sounds just like him... I’m laughing because you can definitely tell he is faking it as he tries to look as if he can play the piano..
This is an awful quality upload, but that aside, Andy Robinson was extraordinary playing Liberace's life and the totally believable psychotic in dirty Harry. Extraordinary!!
I liked Andy as Monty in cobra . His glare at Marion every time they crossed paths. The fact Reni Santoni was in that as another cop duo. Personally it fits in the Dirty Harry world . In America ...
They have that singer singing The Man that got Away 20 years too early.... Besides which, this is a total fabrication based on his total denial of his sexuality. It's sad he felt that he needed to hide...
Hate that Drug Dealer that caused so much trouble for Scott and Liberace 😢 Was Scott Already mixed up with drugs Before he met Liberace? Seem to recall that it happened After Scott began working for/had a relationship with Liberace ("Behind The Candelabra") ?
I will never understand homosexuality. Is it nature or is it nurture; can we ever really know? I used to detest these people thinking they were harming society, and its moral values. I have come a long way since then and have come to the realisation, that God loves all his children, even when we displease him, and we all have displeased him in one way or another. I am ashamed of the judgement I executed upon the gay community. I began reading books on famous people I admired, writers, musicians, poets only to also find out many of them were homosexual. I was stunned. It was then i realised I had no right to condemn them. Did I love their talents any less, the minds any less. Had my admiration of them diminished in any way. Was I fascinated by them any less. ???? The answer was NO. My heart was touched by their life stories and the struggles many of them had too. It was a valuable lesson for me, and I thank God for it. Liberace was a wonderful human being, kind, generous and really very humble at heart. He loved his mother and family, and he was of course an absolute super talent. Freddy Mercury was the same. May they rest in peace. Thank you so much for this film.
He was engaged to a gal and her father WOULDN'T let her. It married him in a heart beat. Gay and all..prefer straight tho....but....he was such a lovely and kind man.
I still think Michael Douglas did better. One of my fav movies. I have never seen this and am watching now, didn’t realize this actor was the Scorpio killer on Dirty Harry .
Wow! Andrew Robinson both looked and sounded just like the real deal! What amazing job he did in this role! I'm in awe of this performance!
Victor Garber portrayed him very well also in Liberace: Behind the Music.
Andrew Robinson played Liberace so much better than Michael Douglas. Absolutely nailed it!! Wow!
A talented actor, educator, and all-round great human being. He did an amazing job!
This guy didn't simply play Liberace, he BECAME Liberace. Truly scary. He certainly deserved an Emmy for this, or some kind of recognition in the form of an award.
Andrew Robinson is an INSANELY good actor 👏!! He LITERALLY becomes the character he plays.
I totally agree. He portrayed Liberace perfecty!! Applause 👏 👏👏👏
Agreed. Wow. This guy truly looks like Liberace it's insane.
I was looking for the Duglas movie but this looks better
Nobody asked you Monty
Andrew Robinson, a very talented actor. Liberace, one of a kind!
I have seen this a number of times and havent in a while and i always enjoy it again. Yes this actor is so very perfect in the role! There will never be another Liberace! Such a great entertainer!
Thank you Mr. Robinson for that fantastic performance. I must confess that not for one minute did I think I was watching anyone but Liberace.
Thank you Mr. Bentley for bringing this film to us. Moreover, and more profound, thank you all who made this film possible. I am humbled and I remain at 80+ years old, Sentebay.
He was truly a showman. nobody could replace him. it was very sad how he died.
The Parasites that sucked him dry at the end is Horrific. But these types of people are everywhere and possibly in one's own family. Hopefully people learn a lesson from his life.
How about the 15-year-old boy he was living with at the end? Was that not also sad?
After 35 years l am thrilled to be able to view this movie again,. One of my all time favorites,. n fr
ared l might never find it again
Always a great entertainer. My grandmother really made me aware of this great man, she loved him and his musical talent from when he first became popular
I am so glad I found this! Have been looking for this made-for-tv movie about Liberace for a long time. I thought Andrew Robinson did the best portrayal of Liberace I have seen. Detested the movie with Michael Douglas.
Victor Garber played Liberace in another t.v. movie.
Never seen the Michael Douglas one either but I couldn't get through this for very long at all. Cringeworthy.
You didn't like that movie because of too much reality I imagine
@@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE I have too
@@timtibbetts4193 The one with Michael Douglas was great, riveting and true to life. I was mesmerized.
I'll have to find some time and rewatch this - Loved Andy Robinson esp as Garak and Scorpio
Don’t forget Monty from Cobra
“He’s the psycho !”
Ok sure Scorpio, I mean Monty
Liberace was so entertaining a lovely man he enjoyed his luxurious lifestyle
He was fantastic
I already said this in another comment, but this is an absolutely scary performance. He's not playing Liberace, he BECAME LIBERACE. As a screenplay, this is inferior to "Behind the Candelabra", but this actor's portrayal of Liberace is far more accurate than Michael Douglas', no disrespect to him of course. I mean, this guy's delivery, tone and inflections are EXACTLY like Liberace's. It's absolutely amazing.
💯 percent.
The comments I’m seeing here are, remarkably like the ones seen for Austin Butler in Elvis. Actors totally committed to their work, to the extent of absorbing the characters they portray. What a shame it is when great works of art don’t get the recognition they deserve. There are instances when films do get reborn, I hope people will continue to come and support this work.
Yes, the difference between Douglas and Robinson as Liberace is exactly the same as between Philip Seymour Hoffman and Toby Jones playing Truman Capote - I know Hoffman did win an Oscar for his performance but I always liked Toby Jones better, he simply IS Truman Capote while Hoffman just gives a very good interpretation. I think Robinson does not shy from the sexual ambiguity, while Douglas' version is more like a guy with an affected accent. He never gets to make us see his Liberace as a convincing homosexual, while Robinson does.
My grandmother loved Liberace. She watched him on TV all the time and that made me love him too. He played the piano like nobody else. I don't know if my grandmother thought about whether he was gay or not, I think she just loved to hear him play the piano and sing. He was a good kind man and tried to make people happy. I don't think it's anybody's business but his and God's whether he was gay or not but it would be a shame to let that one thing, cancel everything else out. He has another movie on YT that's worth seeing, "SINCERELY YOURS".
My mom and I saw Liberace in 1986 at NYC's Radio City Music Hall. He showed a short video on his Las Vegas mansion and all his rings. Andrew Robinson is great.
Saw this as I child. Loved it. This actor is brilliant
Andrew Robinson was phenomenal as Liberace he really fit the role
I agree he played a great part but I kept thinking he looked like the British comedian, Benny Hill in this movie.
Andrew Robinson was excellent as Liberace he looks like him sounded exactly like him Andrew very underrated actor last 50 years great character actor Dirty Harry Cobra Mask
At some angles he looks like Jack Palance.
Garak!😹
Just found this right now. I thought Michael Douglas was great, but Andy Robinson nailed it perfectly !
Andrew Robinson is such a great (character) actor and I really can’t think of anyone better suited to playing this lead role.
He's incredible.
@Jeepman89 Michael Douglas was great, but this guy basically became Liberace reincarnated.
@Jeepman89 I agree with you there. Behind the Candelabra is a vastly superior film. I can't see myself watching this one anywhere near as much.
Such a shame they never released this on dvd....one of my favorite movies. Robinson is great here.
Very nice movie. Liberace is missed by many even unto this day. I hope and pray that he has made his peace with the Lord Jesus Christ before he died. RIP Liberace ! You brought happiness to many !
Highly unlikely. Great man, but Lee by all accounts was an unrepentant homosexual and was Roman Catholic.
Always loved Libby! I saw him live at the West Palm Beach auditorium back in the 80's. We were sitting in the front row. When we were leaving I found a sequin on the floor which had popped off his outfit. I saved that tiny sequin for years until it finally disappeared. 😊
Thank you. I've been wanting to watch this film for a long time. 🙏
I had been looking for this movie everywhere and was unable to find it, thank you so much !
Remind me of Paul Edward Lynde from Hollywood Squares he would have made a great Liberace his voice so similar.
God bless his soul.🕊️ I remember him and his last time on Oprah. He, Rock Hudson, and so many Aids took away from us.💔 Taking away some precious people. God bless all their souls and we who are left behind...😓
After this tv movie..all I can remember him in was Shoot to Kill with Sidney Poitier and Tom Berenger..he had a few minutes..but the terror in his face in that scene truly you can see the liberace in that expression..
BLESS YOU! 😭😭 I’ve been looking for this for a long time!
This was one of the best movies on Liberace, The man was amazing
A great tribute to a great and unique human being. The ultimate Mr Showbusiness and trail blazer for so many that followed his example. There is only one original though and he is that one. Dearly missed. God Bless and rest in peace with the angels Lee.🌟
Yes indeed thank you I've been trying to find this movie for a long time
So glad to see this version here!
Great Film! Andrew Robinson play young Liberace very good and Michael Douglas play old Liberace good too!
This was brilliant. He played Liberace much better than Michael Douglas did.
master Liberace was a genius one of a kind human being.... with love and respect from Vietnam.
This was a great documentary. TY for sharing it. God Bless You & stay safe.
Garak on the holo deck
Wow. It's great to see Andy. I've always known him as playing the bad guy against Clint. He's amazing the way he became Lee.😊
Hey! Glad to see someone put this movie up. I have a recording I’ve been restoring for ages, but your version has a few seconds from the intro I am missing. Do you have a raw file you could upload somewhere? I would really appreciate it.
What interests you in this movie by the way? I have a friend who acted in it.
Edit: I’d be happy to pay postage both ways just to run this tape on my equipment. I can clean up a lot of the defects.
I still don't think my mom thought he was gay.before
She passed away. But she chose what she wanted to see. After all, I'm her gay son and she never knew. As far as I know. She probably chose not see it. A mother always knows.
She even loved Boy George. Didn't think once he was gay. Just a fabulous dresser and singer. She had to have known. She just had to.
Was your mom homophobic?
He’s got the voice down!
I love Liberace. He is GREAT. GREAT like a tiger.💛
Great actor!!!! I loved the movie because of him... Andrew robinson
Andrew Robinson is only 3 years older than Michael Douglas, interesting to see how we would have done in Behind the Candelabra.
Thank you Zach Bentley ~ for the upload //// Bravo ~~~ 10/1/2021 ~~~
I love Andrew Robinson!!!
need a HD version!
This blurville edition is great? Lovely scratches all over the place
Andrew Robinson pulled Liberace off better than Lee himself. WOW, what a stellar performance.
better than Lee himself?
Yes l agree but.. any actor is better than Michael horrible douglas
Now that I think of it, Garak is sort of what you would get if Liberace and the Scorpio Killer raised a child together...
While running a lizard farm.
wow wat amazin actor.well done you did him and us proud ..
LIBERACE GOD BLESS
Robinson also featured in hellraiser. Wonderful as Garak on Star Trek DS9
The father! I was scanning the comments to see if anyone mentioned that.
@@deadgirl5805 u mean Step Father?
And scorpio in dirty Harry.😊
They didn't really showcase the relationship between Liberace & Scott Thorson in this.
He never played without his pinky ring, which is missing in the shot.
Andy Robinson as Liberace? Quite a departure from his usual heavy roles.
Wish this was better picture quality!
It's from a video cassette, you can see some tracking lines. Just be grateful the uploader taped it from the TV once and decided to share it on TH-cam.
Liberace Vs Scorpio.
Make my day Andy
Rue Mclanahan as his mom 😍
Is this the same actor who guest starred in Designing Women [ the third season - 1988-1989 ] as a male Lady June Belle? I remember his character's name was Rodger and he tried to pick up Suzanne, so he could have sex with her in one of the hotel rooms. The episode was about Charlene needing some extra money to pay off some Christmas bills, so she joins a perky cult, selling bathroom cleaning products called Lady June and the sales people were called Lady June Belles. By the way I do enjoy the movie. Thank You and God Bless - Jason.
I really like him so much better than Michael Douglas. This seems so much more genuine.
One of Milwaukee's Stars!!!
Thank you
As a huge Star Trek fan, and also a Liberace fan to a degree, i can't believe i never put it together that Garrick should have played Liberace. Turned out, he did, and i didn't even know it. I wonder if a better version of this film is out there...
John: I'm afraid liberace has followed oscar wilde's footsteps.
I remember watching this the night it aired.
Great film!, what was the song at the end?
Excellent
Too much of a good thing isn't wonderful. Too much of a good thing can ruin you
Wonderful
The guy who played him . Was on the first DIRTY HARRY move lol
Ever since I saw Andrew Robinson in Hellraiser, my thought was "wow, he looks a lot like Liberace!" Imagine my delight when I found out he played him in a biopic!
FANTASTIC I JUST LOVES IT...
Song in this movie "the man that got away"...Judy Garland did this song better than absolutely anyone ever. No one can compare to her with the exception of Barbara Streisand.
I'm trying hard to forget that Andrew Robinson played the "Scorpio" killer in the first "Dirty Harry" 😕
Doesn't matter, since it's Victor Garber who's playing Liberace in this.
@@laurabatteyit’s Andy Robinson , the heck you talking about victor garber?
It says Andy’s name at start credits.
The actor playing Liberace played the bad guy in Dirty Harry movie he played it so good I haven’t liked him since
Did you write to him at least to resolve your issues?
thumbnail looks like young Vince McMahon
Hahaha this actor portraying Lee sounds just like him... I’m laughing because you can definitely tell he is faking it as he tries to look as if he can play the piano..
They made him out to be a Wonderful man, WHY?? Because he was! 🥰🥰 Jamie was good for him!
where see this in high resolution?
Robinson did a much better job than Michael Douglas as Liberace! My only issue is that he looked far too young as Lee in the 80s.
This is an awful quality upload, but that aside, Andy Robinson was extraordinary playing Liberace's life and the totally believable psychotic in dirty Harry. Extraordinary!!
You can't blame the quality of the upload - it's a 35 year-old transfer from a video tape.
I liked Andy as Monty in cobra .
His glare at Marion every time they crossed paths.
The fact Reni Santoni was in that as another cop duo.
Personally it fits in the Dirty Harry world .
In America ...
Elim Garak in deep cover indeed.
Too bad ppl don't remember him
Do you want to move back to Palm Springs? No.... I want to live in Las Vegas! So... you like the simple life!
They have that singer singing The Man that got Away 20 years too early.... Besides which, this is a total fabrication based on his total denial of his sexuality. It's sad he felt that he needed to hide...
I'm actually not surprised he hid his sexuality as he seemed to be mostly attracted to young teenage boys.
So, is THIS car a Buick he's driving there? 38:23
Sure skipped a lot of the Scott drama.
I bloody KNEW Garek was hiding something like this with all that 'I'm a simple tailor who lives for clothes folderol!' Headcanon accepted......😂
He wasn't a spy at all, he was hiding a second career as a flamboyant stage pianist! I knew it!
Andrew Robinson does a good job in the role of Liberace, but the film contains quite a lot of fiction ...
Hate that Drug Dealer that caused so much trouble for Scott and Liberace 😢 Was Scott Already mixed up with drugs Before he met Liberace? Seem to recall that it happened After Scott began working for/had a relationship with Liberace ("Behind The Candelabra") ?
I will never understand homosexuality. Is it nature or is it nurture; can we ever really know? I used to detest these people thinking they were harming society, and its moral values. I have come a long way since then and have come to the realisation, that God loves all his children, even when we displease him, and we all have displeased him in one way or another. I am ashamed of the judgement I executed upon the gay community.
I began reading books on famous people I admired, writers, musicians, poets only to also find out many of them were homosexual. I was stunned.
It was then i realised I had no right to condemn them.
Did I love their talents any less, the minds any less. Had my admiration of them diminished in any way. Was I fascinated by them any less. ???? The answer was NO.
My heart was touched by their life stories and the struggles many of them had too. It was a valuable lesson for me, and I thank God for it.
Liberace was a wonderful human being, kind, generous and really very humble at heart. He loved his mother and family, and he was of course an absolute super talent. Freddy Mercury was the same.
May they rest in peace.
Thank you so much for this film.
really sweet comment :)) i'm a gay trans man and it makes me smile knowing that people can change and accept us :)
The actor was a villian in a dirty Harry movie
Don’t bother watching it on smart tv unless you want the entire street to hear it the sounds crap
Oh cmon Liberace wasn’t kissing gals lol
He was engaged to a gal and her father WOULDN'T let her. It married him in a heart beat. Gay and all..prefer straight tho....but....he was such a lovely and kind man.
46:22 That's what Liberace said!
I still think Michael Douglas did better. One of my fav movies. I have never seen this and am watching now, didn’t realize this actor was the Scorpio killer on Dirty Harry .
The sound quality on this down load movie rip is very poor.
hush up and just be grateful that its here.
It sure is...
Scorpio playing Liberace?!
This man will never be another. DEBORAH C. MANCINI HE HAD A GOD LIKE SPIRIT.
Is this meant to be a comedy? In no universe was Liberace straight.😂