I Am Heath Ledger | |
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Written by | Hart Snider |
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Starring | Heath Ledger |
Music by | David Ramos |
Original language | English |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company | Network Entertainment |
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Release | 11 May 2017 |
I Am Heath Ledger is a 2017 Paramount Network documentary film about actor Heath Ledger, who died in 2008. Directed by Adrian Buitenhuis and Derik Murray, the film presents interviews with Ledger's family, friends and collaborators.[1]
Notably Michelle Williams, ex-partner of Ledger and mother of his daughter Matilda, was not in the film.
Ledger's family agreed to participate only after Williams "gave her blessing" and when Ledger's friend Matt Amato got involved in the project.[2]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an aggregate score of 86% based on 25 positive and 4 negative critic reviews. The websites consensus reads: " I Am Heath Ledger takes a poignant, absorbing look at the private life and process of a talented star doomed to meet a tragic end."[3]