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Girl next door, sex kitten, activist, fitness tycoon: Oscar-winner Jane Fonda has lived a life marked by controversy, tragedy and transformation, and she's done it all in the public eye. Directed and produced by award-winning documentarian Susan Lacy, Jane Fonda in Five Acts, an intimate look at her singular journey, debuts later in 2018, exclusively on HBO.
Jane Fonda has been vilified as “Hanoi Jane,” lusted after as “Barbarella” and heralded as a beacon of the women’s movement. This film goes to the heart of who she really is, a blend of deep vulnerability, magnetism, naiveté and bravery, revealing a life transformed over time. The documentary draws on 21 hours of interviews with Fonda, who speaks candidly and frankly about her life and her missteps. She explores the pain of her mother's suicide, her father’s emotional unavailability, 30 years of an eating disorder and three marriages to highly visible, yet diametrically opposed, men. Jane Fonda in Five Acts also includes interviews with family and friends, as well as rare home movies and verité footage of the 80-year-old Fonda’s busy life today at, as she puts it, “the beginning of my last act.”
Original Release
09/24/2018
US Release
09/24/2018
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jane Fonda | Self |
| Richard Nixon | Self |
| Robert Redford | Self - Actor |
| Nathalie Vadim | Self - Stepdaughter |
| Sydney Pollack | Self - Director |
| Alan J. Pakula | Self - Director |
| Country Joe McDonald | Self - Musician |
| Tom Hayden | Self - Organizer, Politician, Author |
| Dick Cavett | Self - Television Personality |
| H.R. Haldeman | Self |
Directors
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jane Fonda | Self |
| Richard Nixon | Self |
| Robert Redford | Self - Actor |
| Nathalie Vadim | Self - Stepdaughter |
| Sydney Pollack | Self - Director |
| Alan J. Pakula | Self - Director |
| Country Joe McDonald | Self - Musician |
| Tom Hayden | Self - Organizer, Politician, Author |
| Dick Cavett | Self - Television Personality |
| H.R. Haldeman | Self |
| Fletcher Thompson | Self - Congressman |
| Abbie Hoffman | Self - Activist |
| Troy Garity | Self - Son |
| Paula Weinstein | Self - Producer |
| Lily Tomlin | Self - Actor |
| Mary Luana Williams | Self - Daughter |
| Ted Turner | Self - Media Mogul, Philanthropist |
| Sam Waterston | Self - Actor |
| Malcolm Vadim | Self - Grandson |
| Viva Vadim | Self - Granddaughter |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Susan Lacy | Producer |
| Jessica Levin | Producer |
| Emma Pildes | Producer |
| Rupeshi Shah | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | Nominated |
