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Woman Director | New York City
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7.1/10
IMDbActress | 2019 | Melissa
2019 | Melissa
2019 | Melissa
2019 | Richard E.
Adapted Screenplay | 2019
LGBTQ Film of the Year | 2019
Film Performance of the Year Supporting Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Actress | 2018 | Melissa
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Screenplay | 2018
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Screenplay | 2018
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Supporting Male | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material | 2018
Feature | 2018
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Actress | 2018 | Melissa
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2018
Top Ten Films | 2018
Best Movie by a Woman | 2018
Best Woman Director | 2019 | Marielle
Best Supporting Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Supporting Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Supporting Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Supporting Actor of the Year | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Supporting Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2019
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | 2019 | Melissa
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama | 2019 | Melissa
Best Supporting Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Leading Actress | 2019 | Melissa
Best Screenplay (Adapted) | 2019
Film | 2019
Best Actress International Competition | 2020 | Melissa
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | 2019 | Richard E.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | 2019 | Melissa
Best Actress | 2019 | Melissa
Best Woman Screenwriter | 2019 | Nicole
Bravest Performance | 2019 | Melissa
Outstanding Achievement in Casting Studio or Independent Feature Drama | 2019
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2019
Best Actress | 2019 | Melissa
Best Supporting Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2019
Best Actress | 2018 | Melissa
Best Supporting Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2019
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Supporting Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under Million Dollars | 2019 | Howard
Best Supporting Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | 2019 | Melissa
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2019
BritishIrish Actor of the Year For | 2019 | Richard E.
BritishIrish Actor of the Year | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Supporting Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Actress | 2019 | Melissa
Best Supporting Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Screenplay | 2019
Best Supporting Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Actress | 2019 | Melissa
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2019
Best Support Actor | 2019 | Richard E.
Best Actress | 2019 | Melissa
Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | 2019
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama | 2019 | Melissa
Outstanding Actress Feature Film | 2019 | Melissa
Outstanding Film Written by a Woman | 2019 | Nicole
Outstanding Feature Film | 2019
Outstanding Film Produced by a Woman | 2019 | Amy
Film of the Year | 2019
Director of the Year | 2019 | Marielle
Film Performance of the Year Actress | 2019 | Melissa
Best Movie for Grownups | 2019
Outstanding Film Limited Release | 2019
Blockbuster | 2019
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Lead Actress | 2018 | Melissa
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Screenplay | 2018
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2018
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2018
Best Female Director | 2018 | Marielle
Best Actress | 2018 | Melissa
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2018
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2018
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2018
Performance | 2018 | Melissa
2018 | Melissa
Best Comedic Actress | 2018 | Melissa
Best Picture | 2018
Best Actress | 2018 | Melissa
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Richard E.
Box Office Collection 8,586,944 USD
A pile of Lee Israel books ("Beyond the Magic", an unauthorized biography of Estée Lauder) are shown on sale at a bookstore for 75% off. Lauder was publishing her own memoirs and initially tried to pay Israel *not* to write her book, but she refused and rushed her book to publication. The autobiography was released in October 1985 and Israel's biography one month later. The book buying public chose to buy the Lauder autobiography rather than the Israel biography. Lee Israel later said she regretted not taking the money when it was first offered.
Although he portrays an alcoholic, Richard E. Grant is allergic to alcohol.
Melissa McCarthy's husband, Ben Falcone, was attached to the project before she was. He recommended her for the lead when another actor backed out.
Julianne Moore was originally cast to play Lee Israel when Nicole Holofcener was attached to direct her own screenplay. When the two had very different ideas about how Moore would bring the character of Lee Israel to life, Holofcener fired Moore and the production subsequently fell apart. These circumstances led the way for Marielle Heller to direct and Melissa McCarthy to star. Interestingly, the film marks the only film Moore has ever been fired from in her decades-long career.
Filmed over a 28-day period in Manhattan, New York.
"Marjorie: You can be an asshole if you're famous. You can't be unknown and be such a bitch, Lee."
"Lee Israel: I have been living in a state of enormous guilt and anxiety for the past year. Not because I felt like I was doing something wrong, but because I was always afraid of being found out. I can't specifically say that I regret my actions. I don't. I thoroughly enjoyed writing these letters, living in the world of Dorothy Parker and Noel Coward, pretending I was something I am not. In many ways, this has been the best time of my life. It's the only time recently I can remember being proud of the work I was doing. But it wasn't my work, was it? I was hiding behind these people, their names. Because if I'd actually put myself out there, done my own work, then I would be opening myself up to criticism. And I'm too much of a coward for all of that. I've lost my cat, the only soul that truly loved me, maybe ever. And I lost my friend, who might have been an idiot, but tolerated me, and was nice to have around. And I've realized that I'm not a real writer. In the end, it was not worth it."