It is the universal story of how - like Kate - we must be true to ourselves, not the forces that shape us. Tucker said: “I so wanted to make this, because it is a film for the outcasts, the misfits, the girls and boys uncomfortable in their own skin, who don’t conform with traditional expectations. Welcome to MsMojo and today were counting down our picks for the Top 10 Katharine Hepburn performances. Hepburn remains the actress with the most Academy Award wins of all time. The documentary aims to shine a light on the difficult reality of life for Hepburn, the fiercely private star of films including 1938’s Bringing Up Baby, 1951’s The African Queen and 1940’s The Philadelphia Story. Call Me Kate is produced by Nick Taussig of Salon Pictures, the production outfit behind McQueen, Audrey and Killing Escobar. Tucker’s previous credits include Sundance premiere Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist. The film has pre-sold to Netflix for the US and Canada, Sky in the UK and Italy and Lucky Dogs in Scandinavia, and is slated for a spring 2023 release, to mark the 20th anniversary of Hepburn’s death.

Abacus has taken over from Embankment, which initially boarded sales in 2020. Admired and beloved by movie audiences for over sixty years, four-time Academy Award-winner. Katharine Houghton Hepburn ( June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned over six decades. London-based Abacus Media Rights is handling worldwide sales with financing from Head Gear Films. Buy a used copy of Me : Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn. Woman of the Year (1942) If Adams Rib (see number 4, below) takes the gold medal among Hepburns on-screen pairings with Spencer Tracy, George Stevens’ Woman of the Year is a close silver. The documentary combines new and archive footage, with the shoot taking place in the US in Connecticut and New York, and in London. : Me: Stories of My Life (9780670839742) by Katharine Hepburn and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at. UK production outfit Salon Pictures has commenced principal photography on Lorna Tucker’s feature documentary Call Me Kate, chronicling the life of US actress Katharine ‘Kate’ Hepburn.

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