From IMDB:
It tracks Halston as he leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that’s synonymous with luxury, sex, status and fame, literally defining the era.
From Netflix you can stream the 5 episodes of this series. Each episode lasts between 44 and 53 minutes.
You need not be one bit interested in fashion to enjoy this acting tour de force. Ewen McGregor at 50 years of age puts on one of the best performances of his long career. Just take a look at his resume.
If there is a theme here, it is the often typical “rise and fall” of a public personality (e.g. Senator McCarthy, Jeffrey Epstein, hopefully Donald Trump). We can only trust that the details are true to life. Before this film I personally never heard of Halston, but I do vaguely remember Jackie Kennedy’s pill box hat.
Notice the actor Bill Pullman who plays the business man David Mahoney. He played Harry Ambrose in the creepy three season series called The Sinner which was reviewed earlier in this blog and strongly recommended.
Hopefully you will not find McGregor’s pitch perfect effete portrayal and the explicitly strong gay theme too off-putting. Just admire the acting.