Fight to show the ‘true’ Jacqueline du Pre . I just saw the riveting Hilary and Jackie the other night, based on Hilary du Pre’s memoir of her sister Jacqueline, passionate prodigy cellist who was stricken with multiple sclerosis at the height of her career. Friends of the musician felt she did not fare too well in the film’s portrayal as a spoiled prima donna, but I thought it was more an attempt to show her intensely ambivalent and tortured relationship to her talent and the unreality of the celebrity status it brought her. Emily Watson’s superb performance as Jacqueline, the absorbing complexity of the relationship of the two sisters, and not the least the sumptuousness of the music throughout the film make it quite rewarding. Now her admirers hope to correct what they call the distortions of the portrayal with a new documentary The Real Jacqueline du Pre. I look forward to its availability in the U.S., but far more important will be setting out to collect some du Pre on CD tomorrow… Sydney Morning Herald