By the 1990s, author Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy)--once renowned for her profiles of successful women--had fallen on hard financial times and was battling alcoholism and writer’s block. Lee’s desperate plan to forge letters and pass them off as being written by various deceased famous people eventually lands her and her friend and accomplice Jack (Richard E. Grant) in hot water with the FBI. Acclaimed biodrama, based on the real-life Israel’s memoir, also stars Jane Curtin, Dolly Wells, Anna Deavere Smith. 106 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Two-disc set.
By the 1990s, author Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy)--once renowned for her profiles of successful women--had fallen on hard financial times and was battling alcoholism and writer’s block. Lee’s desperate plan to forge letters and pass them off as being written by various deceased famous people eventually lands her and her friend and accomplice Jack (Richard E. Grant) in hot water with the FBI. Acclaimed biodrama, based on the real-life Israel’s memoir, also stars Jane Curtin, Dolly Wells, Anna Deavere Smith. 106 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Two-disc set.
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