
HBO has released a first teaser trailer for
Steven Soderbergh‘s upcoming
Behind the Candelabra.
Starring
Michael Douglas as the famously flamboyant musician –
Liberace, with
Matt Damon as his lover Scott Thorson, the film is based on the latter's autobiography about their secret five-year relationship that began in 1977.
Soderbergh is directing from a script penned by
Richard LaGravenese (Water for Elephants), based on Thorson's autobiography, Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace.
“Behind the Candelabra” also stars
Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe, Debbie Reynolds, Scott Bakula and
Paul Reiser and will premiere on HBO on Sunday night, May 26th, 2013.
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