Hollywood outcast, best-selling author and chronicler of the rich and famous, Dominick Dunne is one of the world's leading journalists and society commentators. This is his story.
Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Dominick Dunne has become known the world over for his vociferous championing of the rights of the victim in high-profile murder cases. His powerful commentaries have made compelling reading in Vanity Fair for a quarter of a century. Now, aged 82, Dunne is covering his last murder trial for Vanity Fair - the trial of music producer Phil Spector - and reflects upon his past as a decorated World War II veteran, his rise and spectacular collapse as a Hollywood producer, and his rebirth as the writer we know today. Dunne's mind offers a fascinating insight into the American psyche and its obsession with fame.
Featuring Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, Tina Brown, Joan Didion and New York Post gossip columnist Liz Smith as well as legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans, the film uncovers what lies beneath a life.
With extraordinary access to Dunne's world, including never-before-seen home video footage, Dominick Dunne tells his own story - the full story - in his own words.
Special Agent Matti
I didn't know of Dominick Dunne before I say this film but watching it made me wonder why. He's one of those people who are, apparently, so famous for so long that they become a household name. (Obviously, I've been living in the wrong houses.) Dominick didn't change the world but he did change a few minds and that's a good thing. If you like interview-based documentaries then Celebrity: Dominick Dunne is a nice little treat for you.
The Dominick Dunne biography movie Celebrity: Dominick Dunne is directed by Kirsty de Garis, Tim Jolley and stars Graydon Carter, Liz Smith, Robert Evans.
M (Drug themes)
85 minutes (1:25 hours)
Film: 23 October 2008
