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All the books by Scott Thorson adapted to cinema and television
Scott Thorson is known for being the author of the book Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace, first published in 1988, which was adapted to cinema by Steven Soderbergh in 2013.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace
Scott Thorson, Alex Thorleifson, 1988
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Steven Soderbergh, 2013
In 1977, 18-year-old Scott Thorson, who works as an animal trainer for films, meets Bob Black, a Hollywood producer, in a gay bar in Los Angeles. Black introduces Thorson to Liberace, who takes an immediate liking to the handsome younger man. Liberace invites the two backstage and then to his luxurious home in Las Vegas.