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A24 Releases Trailer For Nathan Fielder And Lance Oppenheim’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
Full trailer released; film documents 34 days before Holmes enters prison. Nathan Fielder lives with Holmes and interrogates her husband in the film.
Most outlets align on Fielder’s close-in questioning.
9 of 10 outlets skipped it: fielder was helped by a hidden A-list actress to recreate off-camera exchanges.
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The Hollywood Reporter
“provides the billionaire turned convicted fraudster a platform to share her side of the Theranos story.”Read the original ↗
Variety
“Leaving much to be discovered, the minute-long teaser showed Fielder and Holmes staring intensely into each other’s eyes”Read the original ↗
THR stresses narrative platform; Variety keeps emphasis on suspense and discovery.
Trailer, prison, and doubt
A24 released the first official trailer for Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything," which promises an intimate look at Holmes, the former Theranos founder who was found guilty in 2022 on four counts of fraud and conspiracy.
“Holmes tells Fielder, "I don't have anything to hide."”
Fielder moves in with Holmes and her family in the weeks before she reported to prison to serve an 11-year sentence in May 2023, and the trailer shows him pressing Holmes on how she became a convicted felon.
Holmes tells Fielder, "I don't have anything to hide," while the trailer also includes Holmes replying, "I wish I knew, you know? I don't know. I don't feel like I understand that."
The documentary was filmed in secret, Holmes reported to federal prison on May 30, 2023, and A24 kept the project under wraps for over three years before its surprise premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in early September.
A24's logline frames the film as a "mind-bending, three-year journey into the abyss," and the trailer gives viewers a glimpse of Holmes's relationship with her husband Billy Evans.
Holmes and Evans on trial
Fielder questions Evans in the trailer, and Evans replies, "100%, but what did she have to gain from me?" when Fielder asks, "Weren't you worried that she was, sort of, scamming you?" Evans also tells Fielder, "I think that there's, like, a lot of different levels of wealth," after Fielder counters with, "Well, isn't your family rich?" Holmes and Evans had their first child in August 2021, and Holmes revealed she was pregnant with her second child in a 2023 court filing as her legal team sought to delay her incarceration.
The trailer depicts Fielder asking Evans, "You've never been suspicious that she's ever lied to you?" and Evans responds, "No, never," as Holmes insists she has nothing to hide. A24's trailer rollout arrives ahead of the film's October 16 release, and Deadline's Pete Hammond says the movie "blows the lid off the story" in a review that also references the film's 174-minute running time.
What the film is built on
The documentary follows Holmes before and after she went to prison for an 11-year sentence for defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos, and it shows Holmes insisting she has nothing to hide while Fielder remains skeptical.
“"It's because I don't have anything to hide."”
A24's synopsis describes the film as beginning "Thirty-four days before entering prison" when Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document every one of her movements, and it says the project becomes "a mind-bending three-year journey toward the abyss."
The trailer also includes Holmes telling Fielder, "I think this is the right moment to tell this story before I'm no longer here," as a single tear falls from her eye.
The film's release date is set for October 16, and the trailer's early festival run includes a surprise premiere at the Telluride Film Festival and a spot in the New York Film Fest Spotlight Lineup debuting on Sept. 30.
Rolling Stone describes Fielder as asking Holmes, "Does any part of you worry about me being here 24/7?" and Holmes replying, "It's because I don't have anything to hide," as the documentary turns into a confrontation over what Holmes will and will not reveal.