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Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary to open in UK and Ireland on 20 November

A24 will release "You Can See Everything", Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, in UK and Irish cinemas on 20 November, after a US opening on 16 October.

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Mixed · 2"You Can See Everything", a documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, will open in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 20 November. Mixed · 2The film opens in US theatres on 16 October, after a surprise screening at the Telluride Film Festival in September and a showing at the New York Film Festival. Centre · 1A24's synopsis says that 34 days before she was sent to prison, Holmes invited a "skeptical film crew to document her every move", and that the project became a "mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss".

Mixed · 2Holmes was convicted of defrauding Theranos investors and sentenced to 11 years and three months in federal prison, which Radio Times says she is serving in Texas; she reported in May 2023. Mixed · 2Fielder moved into the home Holmes shares with her partner, Billy Evans, and their two young children. Radio Times says the trailer shows him asking Evans whether he worried Holmes was "scamming" him, and Evans answering "100%" but asking what she had to gain. Left · 1At a New York Film Festival Q&A, Fielder said Oppenheim recalled that Holmes had approached A24 about someone documenting her final days before prison. He said he found her at times "so genuine" while knowing "she's a liar".

Centre · 1Fielder said neither Holmes nor Evans has seen the film. Citing The Hollywood Reporter, Radio Times quotes him as saying Evans tried to exert control over the process as they finished it, and that communication broke down. Centre · 1Radio Times also reports that the film shows Evans discussing plans to pursue a new version of Theranos's blood-testing technology, and that the trailer shows Holmes in tears and maintaining her innocence.

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Variety treats the story as a release-date announcement for a "highly anticipated" film with awards buzz, leaning on Fielder's festival Q&A comments.
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Festival acclaim, Oscar buzz, how the project came about and Fielder's account of meeting Holmes.
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Does not mention the breakdown in communication with Evans or that Holmes and Evans haven't seen the film.
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“highly anticipated”“rave reviews”“sparking Oscar buzz”
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“earning rave reviews and sparking Oscar buzz” — Variety

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Framing
Radio Times frames the story around the trailer and the confrontational, unsettling nature of Fielder's stay with Holmes and her husband.
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Trailer content, Evans's exchange with Fielder, Holmes maintaining her innocence, and the dispute with Evans over control of the film.
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Does not mention the Oscar buzz that Variety reports.
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“disgraced Theranos founder”“unsettling”“notorious Silicon Valley founder”
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“Nathan Fielder has turned his unsettling brand of documentary-making on one of Silicon Valley's most notorious figures” — Radio Times

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