Thank goodness Frank L. Anderson and Barry Poltermann decided to document actor and TV personality Charles Nelson Reilly's autobiographical one-man show. Relegated to pop-culture memory as the second-most flamboyantly gay man on 1960s and '70s television (following, of course, the aggressively camp Paul Lynde), Reilly's recollections mix showbiz glitter with vivid glimpses of a baroquely bizarre childhood and reveal a generosity of spirit beneath the knowingly sardonic facade he cultivated on game and talk shows.
Born in the Bronx in 1931, young Charles preferred staging puppet shows and taking refuge at the movies to playing sports. "Save it for the stage,...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
88 mins