Factual error: At Liberace's funeral, when the priest concludes his prayer, the congregation responds, "And with your Spirit." This response has only been part of the English-language Catholic Mass since 2011. In 1987, the response would have been "And also with you."
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
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Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Scott Bakula, Eric Zuckerman
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Liberace: I love to give the people a good time.
Trivia: Although they played mother and son in this film, Debbie Reynolds (born 1932) was only twelve years older than Michael Douglas (born 1944).
Question: Who did the actual piano-playing for the movie? I'm sure it couldn't have been Michael Douglas.
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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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