Halston | |
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Genre | |
Created by | Sharr White |
Based on | Simply Halston by Steven Gaines |
Directed by | Daniel Minahan |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 5 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 44–53 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Release | May 14, 2021 |
Halston is an American biographical drama television miniseries based on the life of designer Halston, starring Ewan McGregor. Adapted from the 1991 book Simply Halston by Steven Gaines, the series was ordered by Netflix in September 2019 and premiered on May 14, 2021. [1] [2]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by [3] | Original release date [4] | |
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1 | "Becoming Halston" | Daniel Minahan [5] | Ian Brennan & Ryan Murphy and Sharr White | May 14, 2021 | |
Halston gains notoriety for the pillbox hat worn by Jackie Kennedy at the 1961 inauguration, then for the daring looks worn by Liza Minnelli in her 1972 concert film. | |||||
2 | "Versailles" | Daniel Minahan | Ian Brennan and Ted Malawer | May 14, 2021 | |
Halston and his team fly to Paris in 1973 to participate in the Battle of Versailles fashion show. | |||||
3 | "The Sweet Smell of Success" | Daniel Minahan | Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan and Tim Pinckney & Kristina Woo | May 14, 2021 | |
As business booms, expanding to luggage and other retail lines, Halston releases a signature fragrance for women in 1975. | |||||
4 | "The Party's Over" | Daniel Minahan | Ryan Murphy & Ian Brennan and Sharr White | May 14, 2021 | |
Wild nights at Studio 54 and an increasing cocaine habit take their toll on Halston. After alienating his collaborators, Halston accepts a deal designing affordable clothes for JCPenney in 1983. | |||||
5 | "Critics" | Daniel Minahan | Ian Brennan & Ryan Murphy and Ted Malawer | May 14, 2021 | |
Business demands wreak havoc in Halston's personal and professional affairs. His friendship with Martha Graham offers a chance to design costumes for Perséphone , earning Halston triumphant acclaim in 1987. |
In January 2019, it was announced that Legendary Television and Killer Films had put in development Simply Halston, a miniseries based on the life of Halston that would be based on the book of the same name by Steven Gaines, with Ewan McGregor set to star as Halston and the series to be written by Sharr White and directed by Daniel Minahan. [5]
In September 2019, Ryan Murphy revealed to Time that he had signed onto Halston as an executive producer and that the series had been ordered by Netflix under his overall deal at the company. [6] The series premiered on May 14, 2021. [1]
On February 18, 2020, Murphy announced on a since deleted Instagram post that in addition to McGregor starring, other cast members of Halston included Krysta Rodriguez as Liza Minnelli, Rory Culkin as Joel Schumacher, Rebecca Dayan as Elsa Peretti, Sullivan Jones as Ed Austin, David Pittu as Joe Eula, Gian Franco Rodriguez as Victor Hugo, [7] [8] and Maxim Swinton as Young Roy Halston. [9]
For the limited series, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 67% based on 54 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.30/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Ewan McGregor brings megawatt charisma to match Halston's vibrant recreation of a fashion era, but the series' glib treatment of the legendary designer's interior life yields a lot of style with little substance." [10] Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 50 out of 100 based on 20 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [11]
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