Bright Lights , a new HBO documentary about the late Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher will release next week, Jan. 7, instead of it’s original mid-March premiere date. Fisher, best known as Leia in Star Wars, passed away Dec. 27 and her mother, Reynolds, also an accomplished actress, passed away the following day.
Bright Lights explores their up-and-down relationship which was at one point estranged and only recently mended, as seen by Reynolds’ last words: “I want to be with Carrie.”
The official Bright Lights synopsis reads:
The story of a family’s complicated love, this documentary is an intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty in all its eccentricity. Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, live in the same Beverly Hills compound. The 83-year-old grand dame still has a Las Vegas act, but performing is taking its toll. Carrie’s response is both hilarious and heart-rending. Featuring vintage family films that bring iconic old-world Hollywood to life, as well as extensive vérité footage, the film is directed by Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens.
Carrie Fisher's 2010 special Wishful Drinking is also available to stream on HBO GO and HBO Now. It airs on HBO on January 1 at 9 p.m.
