Answering The Call Of 'Judy'; ABC Does the Right Zing In Loving Garland Film From: The Washington Post | Date: February 25, 2001| Author: Tom Shales | Copyright 2001 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Too bad it closes with "Over the Rainbow." That's so darn inevitable. But then if you're going to do a movie about the life of Judy Garland, what do you close with -- "Donkey Serenade"?

What makes the film work -- indeed, what makes "Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows" such a heartening, harrowing surprise -- is that the less obvious choices were so intelligently made. Chief among them: the selection of Judy Davis to play the adult Garland (a phrase that is something of a contra...

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