7.2
Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name Lesley Lawson, whose career kickstarted in the 1960s. It features interviews with Twiggy and her husband Leigh Lawson, as well as commentary from Erin O’Connor, Paul McCartney, Lulu, Poppy Delavigne, Brooke Shields, Pattie Boyd and Zandra Rhodes.
Twiggy
Self
Leigh Lawson
Self
Carly Wiggins
Self
Michael Witney
Self (archival footage)
Justin de Villeneuve
Self (archival footage)
Joanna Lumley
Self
Tommy Tune
Self
Brooke Shields
Self
Sienna Miller
Self
Lulu
Self
Poppy Delevingne
Self
Stella McCartney
Self
Edward Enninful
Self
Dustin Hoffman
Self
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Self
David Puttnam
Self
Pattie Boyd
Self
Rankin
Bárbara Hulanicki
Paul McCartney
Self
Fran Drescher
Self
Zandra Rhodes
Miquita Oliver
Alexandra Shulman
Patsy Puttnam
Deirdre McSharry
Amy Wadge
Joy Crookes
James McMillan
Jonathan Yeo
Mindy Grossman
Suzy Menkes
Tim Hutton
Wayne Sleep
Ken Russell
(archival footage)
Bing Crosby
(archival footage)
David Bowie
(archival footage)
Bryan Ferry
(archival footage)
David Essex
(archival footage)
Woody Allen
Self (archival footage)
Christopher Gable
(archival footage)
Richard Quine
(archival footage)
David Frost
Self (archival footage)
Maya Strowger
Young Twiggy
Director
Sadie Frost
March 12, 2025
7
This reminded me a little of the “Quant” (2021) documentary as it took us on a career retrospective of a woman who did take the world by storm in the 1960s. Using an extensive array of archive and some contributors who avoided the pitfalls of adulation, we get not just a sense of just how successful she was, but of the scope of an industry that was brutal, fickle and lucrative - if you got the luck and stayed the course. She is an engaging lady who does have a look about her that reeks of appreciation. She knows that she was in the right place at the right time and has worked hard ever since to stay at the top of a global game that’s not for the feint hearted. Former fellow model Dame Joanna Lumley adds some insight into just how tough it was, and there is added input from more recent treaters of the catwalk, as well as a few industry insiders (though not, curiously, Dame Anna Wintour) to add a bit of soul to a story of a woman not without her ups and downs as she moved from modelling to acting - on film and on stage, most notably “The Boyfriend” in 1971; singing and she even had her own peak-time television series a bit like Lulu. She comes across as quite an humble and down to earth character and with ninety minutes of nostalgia from just about every media there is to augment this biography, it’s well worth watching and remembering the clothes we wore, the cars we drove and some of the films we watched and wished we hadn’t.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00