Question: Who did the actual piano-playing for the movie? I'm sure it couldn't have been Michael Douglas.
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
1 question
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Scott Bakula, Eric Zuckerman
Continuity mistake: When Lee and Scott are in the hot tub, Lee's champagne glass is in his left hand, then it's in his right.
Liberace: I have an eye for new and refreshing talent.
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Trivia: Although they played mother and son in this film, Debbie Reynolds (born 1932) was only twelve years older than Michael Douglas (born 1944).
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Chosen answer: Michael Douglas was not playing the piano himself. Special effects were used to digitally graft Douglas' head onto the body of Philip Fortenberry, a Julliard-trained pianist who also once played at the now-closed Liberace Museum in Las Vegas.
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