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"Natalie Wooden: What Stays Behind" premieres Tuesday, Could 5 at 9 p.m. ET/eight p.m. CT on HBO.
Natalie Wooden: What Stays Behind premieres Tuesday, Could 5 at 9 p.m. ET/eight p.m. CT on HBO. Wooden’s daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner, produced the documentary with the thought of specializing in her mom’s life and legacy – not simply her demise, which she believes has overshadowed all of Wooden’s outstanding accomplishments through the years.
“I really feel that this documentary is definitive documentary of her life you already know, and my e-book is the definitive deep dive into our relationship, however I additionally discuss in regards to the evening she died and the sheriff’s division reopening the case,” Gregson Wagner informed Deadline forward of the Could 5 premiere. “I get into that within the e-book as nicely, and I simply suppose this narrative of fiction that has been peddled, it’s time for that to cease now.”
Preserve studying for particulars on HBO’s Natalie Wooden: What Stays Behind:
Natalie Wooden Was Discovered Useless in 1981 & Her Case Was Reopened in 2011
GettyRobert Wagner and Natalie Wooden in London, England, 22nd June 1976.
Natalie Wooden was 43 years previous when she was discovered lifeless off of coast of Catalina Island on November 29, 1981. The evening earlier than her physique was discovered, Wooden had been consuming alcohol on a yacht together with her husband, Robert Wagner, actor Christopher Walken, and the boat’s employed captain, Dennis Davern. Wooden was discovered floating within the water a mile away the following morning; a small, inflatable dingy was additionally discovered beached close by.
Wooden’s demise was labeled as an “unintentional drowning” on the time, however the case was reopened by the Los Angeles County Sherriff’s Division in 2011 and her demise was modified to “drowning and different undetermined components.” Then in 2018, Wagner was named as an individual of curiosity as he was the final particular person to see her alive. The post-mortem decided Wooden had mysterious bruises on her physique and arms, in addition to an abrasion on her left cheek, which led investigators to imagine that foul play might have been concerned.
In response to The Guardian, Gregson Wagner doesn't imagine Robert Wagner killed her mom. Each Natasha and Robert proceed to take care of an analogous clarification to the one given in 1981 by the Los Angeles county medical expert, who described her demise as a “tragic accident whereas barely intoxicated.”
The Documentary Will Discover Wooden’s Life Via Residence Motion pictures, Letters, Diaries & Extra
The documentary first debuted throughout January’s Sundance Movie Pageant and explores Wooden’s quick however significant life by beforehand unseen interviews, residence motion pictures, diaries, letters and pictures. Gregson Wagner produced the documentary alongside writer Manoah Bowman, who wrote Natalie Wooden: Reflections on a Legendary Life. Laurent Bouzereau directed and co-produced the documentary, in line with HBO.
“I’m trying ahead to working with HBO, Amblin Tv and our director, Laurent Bouzereau, to create this unprecedented portrait of a lady who was an actress, a legend and finally, my mom,” Gregson Wagner mentioned in a press release.
The outline of the HBO documentary reads, “Natalie Wooden: What Stays Behind explores actor Natalie Wooden’s life and profession by the distinctive perspective of her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner, and others who knew her finest. The movie options beforehand unseen residence motion pictures, pictures, diaries, letters and artifacts, in addition to intimate interviews together with her pals, household, co-stars and colleagues; re-examining her private {and professional} triumphs and challenges, which have typically been overshadowed by her tragic demise at age 43.”
Natalie Wooden: What Stays Behind premieres Tuesday, Could 5 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO. Within the meantime, you'll find all the newest in TV protection and leisure information right here.
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