Behind the Candelabra is set to hit HBO Sunday, May 26 but will premiere before at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Michael Douglas stars as musical genius Liberace in this biopic that unravels his tumultuous, secret love affair with Scott Thorson (Matt Damon).

Soderbergh has talked at length lately about his alleged retirement from making movies, insisting that he wants to transition onto the television platform full time. While I take Soderbergh’s retirement plan with a grain of salt, it will be interesting to see what he was able to accomplish with little to no studio influence.

Behind the Candelabra was picked up by HBO after other studios shied away from the film, referring to it as “too gay.” Sure, Liberace and this film may on the far-side of the drag-queen spectrum but it doesn’t look like Soderbergh is making a “gay film.” There may be a gay love affair at the center of it but to reduce it to those most base elements is retrograde thinking.

So take a look at the pompadour-haired, piano-key-dancing, all-frills-blasting full trailer below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ9OgbLCsUM

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