Mike Nichols: A Life

Mike Nichols: A Life

Mike Nichols: A Life

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In 1966, stage director Mike Nichols journeys from Broadway to Hollywood to make his first film, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, depicting his high-stakes collaboration with the leads, married couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

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