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Released
2013 · FILM

Behind the Candelabra

World-famous pianist Liberace battles to preserve his glittering empire and hidden romance while his ambitious young lover threatens to expose the scandal that could shatter both their lives.

“Too much of a good thing is wonderful.”

Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
Written by
Richard Lagravenese, Scott Thorson
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
118 min
BiographyDramaMusic
Streaming on
  • HBO Max

Synopsis

Based on the autobiographical novel, the story explores the intense six-year relationship between Liberace and his younger lover, Scott Thorson.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Steven SoderberghDesigned by Howard Cummings

Box Office

2013 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.7× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$15.6M

Budget$23.0M
Worldwide gross$15.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Liberacede
  • Liberace - Zu viel des Guten ist wundervollde
  • Liberace - Zuviel des Guten ist wundervollde
  • Ma vie avec Liberacefr
  • Dietro i candelabriit

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