Fans of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher will see a moving glimpse of their unique mother-daughter relationship in the new HBO documentary Bright Lights - a heartbreaking, funny portrayal of a fierce, familial love that weathered the darkest of storms. Addiction, adultery, fame, despair - Bright Lights has it all, because, of course, so did Reynolds and Fisher.
The film, which debuted at last year's Cannes Film Festival, was originally set to premiere on the cable network in March, but following the stars' deaths last week - Fisher at age 60, Reynolds one day later at age 84 - Bright Lights will air on HBO this weekend.
"This documentary is an intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty in all its eccentricity," HBO said in a statement about the film, which HBO Documentary Films president Sheila Nevins previously called a "love story" between the two women. "Carrie wanted to make Bright Lights for Debbie and Debbie wanted to make it for Carrie," Nevins told Variety.