Irwin Winkler's musical vision of composer Cole Porter's life and loves, from a script by Jay Cocks, is very clear about what it isn't. It's not a whitewashed biopic like NIGHT AND DAY (1946), which so twisted the facts that audiences left theaters believing Porter was a rugged straight arrow married to the selfless nurse who treated his war wounds, rather than a cosseted, bisexual rich kid who met his wealthy socialite bride at a swanky Paris soiree. Winkler and Cocks go so far as to have their Porter (Kevin Kline) declare, "If I can survive this movie, I can survive anything," but having dismissed NIGHT AND DAY's decorous evasions, the filmmakers re-imagine Porter'...
Released:
2004
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
125 mins