Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

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Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
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Directed by Laurent Bouzereau
Produced by
CinematographySean Hill
Travers Jacobs
Toby Thiermann
Steven Wacks
Edited byJason Summers
Music by Jeremy Turner
Production
companies
Distributed by HBO Max
Release dates
  • January 27, 2020 (2020-01-27)(Sundance)
  • May 5, 2020 (2020-05-05)(HBO Max)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind is a 2020 American documentary film about the life and career of actress Natalie Wood. It is directed by Laurent Bouzereau and produced by Nedland Media, Amblin Television, and HBO Documentary Films. Producers include Bouzereau, Manoah Bowman, and Wood's daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner. The film premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. [1] It also premiered on HBO Max on May 5, 2020, and is available to stream on Hulu and other streaming platforms. [2] It is rated TV-14.

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Appearances

Critical response

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind has a 78% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads, "Though it sheds little new light on the case, What Remains Behind paints a loving portrait of a starlet and mother gone too soon." [3]

Some reviewers, including those from The New Yorker , The Guardian and CNN, noted Wood's conflicted psyche and the paradox of her death. [4] [5] [6] Others, including Vanity Fair and the Los Angeles Times , felt the documentary's primary focus was to quell rumors that Wood's widower Robert Wagner was involved in her death. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

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