The Kid Stays in the Picture

Robert Evans' rise from second-string actor (who really was discovered while lounging by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel) to head of one of Hollywood's biggest movie studios is told from the viewpoint of Evans himself in this documentary, adapted from his autobiography (and featuring Evans' own ...more

Since Robert Evans' fingerprints were all over everything he touched during a meteoric rise through Hollywood, it's no surprise that the film version of his autobiography was both narrated and thoroughly controlled by the colorful egomaniac. As a result, The Kid Stays in the Picture relegates directors Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein (On the Ropes) to the role of window dressers, not the probing interpreters they might have been if filming an unauthorized piece, a la Nicholas Broomfield's Kurt ...more