May 26, 2013 · Behind the Candelabra: Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Eric Zuckerman, Eddie Jemison. A chronicle of the tempestuous six-year romance between megastar singer Liberace and his young lover Scott Thorson.

In 1977, 18-year-old Scott Thorson (Matt Damon), who is working as an animal trainer on a movie set, meets Bob Black (Scott Bakula), a Hollywood producer, in a gay bar in Los Angeles. At Black's urging, he leaves his adopted home and foster parents Joe and Rose (Garrett M. Brown and Jane Morris) and goes off in search of better-paying work.

hair stylist: Matt Damon Stephen Kelley ... makeup effects: Liberace (as Stephen M. Kelley) Jamie Kelman ... makeup effects: Frances / prostethic designer: Debbie Reynolds Linda Klein ... plastic surgery consultant Todd Kleitsch ... makeup artist: Michael Douglas Marie Larkin ...

Matt Damon appears at his youngest as Liberace's lover Scott, in an equally conflicted, complex performance.

After recently watching the Michael Douglas / Matt Damon TV movie "Behind The Candleabra" which took a lurid look behind the scenes of the flamboyant piano-entertainer's life and public image, I was intrigued to watch this original 1972 documentary on the real Liberace, by the celebrated producer of music-related films, Tony Palmer.

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We’ve been talking about this Liberace biopic for years now which stars Kirk Douglas as the flamboyant star and Matt Damon as his lover, but finally it seems like it might come together. Just not where you were expecting.

Scott Bakula is set to join Matt Damon in the Steven Soderbergh-directed project starring Michael Douglas stars as Liberace, reports Variety. Damon is in as Scott Thorson, his live-in lover who wrote the memoir on-which the HBO offering is based.

Scott Thorson, the former lover of Liberace and a key witness in the trial for the 1981 killings known as the Wonderland Massacre, died in Los Angeles on Aug. 16. He was 65 and was a patient at a Los Angeles healthcare facility.

Dan Aykroyd has reportedly signed up to play Liberace's manager Seymour Heller in new TV movie biopic Behind The Candelabra. The Ghostbusters star will join Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as gay toyboy Scott Thorson in the film about the flamboyant pianist, according to Variety.