The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
Turner Classic Movies

Description

Narrator Ian Holm chronicles a man who wasn't just one of Hollywood's elemental superstars of the 1930s and '40s. He was also equally famous as a real-life playboy who believed in living life to its fullest, whose rakish roles on the screen barely compared to his real life of zesty adventuring.

Tags

1940s, 1930s, Biography

Collected reviews and ratings

10 Amazon user reviews

This is an interesting and very informative, entertaining way to spend time learning about Errol Flynn. Aside from some penetrating comments from two of his ex-wives, there are some frank and very supportive comments on the real Errol Flynn from his most frequent co-star, Olivia de Havilland.
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10 digitallyobsessed.com | David Krauss

Enhanced by Flynn's own recorded musings, home movies, a rare screen test, and dozens of excerpts from both obscure and iconic films, the intimate portrait also features both contemporary and archival interviews with prominent Hollywood figures.
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9.0 DVD Verdict | Maurice Cobbs

There's no need to prove that Flynn was a star—and this documentary doesn't try. What makes this feature so enjoyable is the fact that it is so comfortable basking in the radiance of that star, without being so dazzled as to overlook the more unfortunate aspects of his nature.
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6.0 DVD Journal

For a Hollywood presence like Flynn, you can't centrifuge the biography from the filmography, so we get a summary of this Tasmanian devil's famously buoyant love and/or sex life, as well as his tempestuous relationships with Jack Warner and twelve-time director Michael Curtiz, and behind-the-scenes accounts his films.
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