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News "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" Will Play Chicago, London, Milwaukee and More "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me," the acclaimed documentary about the Tony Award-winning stage veteran, will be screened in Chicago, Milwaukee, London and California in the coming weeks.

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As previously reported, "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" will have its European premiere as part of the 57th BFI London Film Festival Oct. 18 and Oct. 20.

Additional screenings will take place at the Milwaukee Film Festival (Sept. 29); the Mill Valley Film Festival in Mill Valley, CA (Oct. 9 and 11); and the Chicago Film Festival (Oct. 18 and 20).

Documentary filmmaker Chiemi Karasawa ("Love, Etc"; Emmy-winning "The Betrayal") of Isotope Films directed the film that began capturing Stritch's public and personal life in February 2011. Tony and Academy Award nominee Alec Baldwin is executive producer of the film that received its world premiere last spring as part of the Tribeca Film Festival.

The documentary includes interviews with a host of theatre vets who have worked with Stritch, including At Liberty collaborator George C. Wolfe, Company and Show Boat director Hal Prince and Tony-winning actors Cherry Jones and Nathan Lane. Also featured are "30 Rock" creator Tina Fey, late actor James Gandolfini and John Turturro, among others.

Here's how the film is billed: "What does it mean to be a performing artist – first, last and always? Broadway legend Elaine Stritch can answer that. At 87, Stritch is still here, dominating the stage in her one woman cabaret act, torturing Alec Baldwin on "30 Rock," giving us her take on aging, her struggle with alcohol and diabetes, and the fear of leaving the follow spot behind. In stolen moments from her corner room at the Carlyle, and on breaks from her tour and work, candid reflections about her life are punctuated with rare archival footage, words from friends and photographs from her personal collection. By turns bold, hilarious and achingly poignant, the journey connects Stritch's present to her past, and an inspiring portrait of a one-of-a-kind survivor emerges." View the trailer for "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" below:

 
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