Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Film poster
Directed byChiemi Karasawa
Produced byChiemi Karasawa
Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
StarringElaine Stritch
CinematographyShane Sigler
Joshua Z. Weinstein
Rod Lamborn
Edited byKjerstin Rossi
Pax Wassermann
Music byKristopher Bowers
Distributed bySundance Selects
Release dates
  • April 19, 2013 (2013-04-19) (Tribeca Film Festival)
  • February 20, 2014 (2014-02-20) (United States)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$288,896[1]

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Chiemi Karasawa about the life and career of Elaine Stritch.[2] Alec Baldwin and Broadway producer Cheryl Wiesenfeld served as executive producers on the film. Karasawa and crew began filming Stritch in 2011, following her life at age 86.[3] The film's theatrical release in February 2014[2] preceded Stritch's death that July.[4]

  1. ^ "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 April 2014. Domestic Total as of Apr. 13, 2014
  2. ^ a b Holden, Stephen (20 February 2014). "Recalling Velvet, Pretzels and Beer, She's Still Here". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me". Rolling Stone. February 21, 2014.
  4. ^ Weber, Bruce (18 July 2014). "Elaine Stritch, Broadway's Enduring Dame, Dies at 89". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 September 2014.