Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

Bright Lights
Directed by
Produced by
  • Alexis Bloom
  • Todd Fisher
  • Julie Nives
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by
  • Penelope Falk
  • Sheila Shiraz
Music byWill Bates
Production
companies
Distributed byHBO
Release dates
  • May 14, 2016 (2016-05-14) (Cannes)
  • January 7, 2017 (2017-01-07) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (on-screen title is simply Bright Lights) is a 2016 documentary about the relationship between entertainer Debbie Reynolds (in her final film appearance) and her daughter, actress and writer Carrie Fisher.[1] It premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and on January 7, 2017, on HBO.[2][3]

A few weeks before the film's premiere broadcast, both Fisher and Reynolds died. On December 23, Fisher went into cardiac arrest and succumbed four days later on December 27, while Reynolds had a severe stroke from which she died on the following day, December 28.[4]

  1. ^ "Carrie Fisher reflects on mother Debbie Reynolds' legacy in HBO doc Bright Lights". Entertainment Weekly. May 23, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (December 28, 2016). "Inside Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher's Upcoming HBO Documentary: 'It's a Love Story'". Variety. Retrieved December 29, 2016. HBO will carefully consider the appropriate timing given the tragic developments
  3. ^ de Morales, Lisa (December 30, 2016). "HBO Moves 'Bright Lights' Debut In Wake of Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds Deaths". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  4. ^ Wong, Julia (December 29, 2016). "Debbie Reynolds dies one day after daughter Carrie Fisher". The Guardian. London. Retrieved December 29, 2016.