Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me (NR)
synopsis
On May 9, 1994, filmmaker Tessa Blake flew to Houston to receive a million-dollar trust fund from her father. Six months later, she went back with a movie camera. "Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me" is her portrait of an 88-year-old man with a trail of Texas Exes: Houston oil man, Hollywood playboy, hotshot lawyer and serial monogamist Tommy Blake. On a quirky and intimate journey, a daughter looks beyond myth, money, and society -- and all that hair -- in seeking the truth of her father.
details
Documentary
1 hr. 20 min.
Opened October 8th, 1999
cast
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synopsis
On May 9, 1994, filmmaker Tessa Blake flew to Houston to receive a million-dollar trust fund from her father. Six months later, she went back with a movie camera. "Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me" is her portrait of an 88-year-old man with a trail of Texas Exes: Houston oil man, Hollywood playboy, hotshot lawyer and serial monogamist Tommy Blake. On a quirky and intimate journey, a daughter looks beyond myth, money, and society -- and all that hair -- in seeking the truth of her father.
details
Documentary
1 hr. 20 min.
Opened October 8th, 1999
cast