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 Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher's hit stage production of the intoxicating autobiographical tale of her life, comes to HBO as a feature-length documentary, produced and directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. An actress, screenwriter and bestselling author (Postcards from the Edge, The Best Awful and Wishful Drinking), Fisher is the daughter of the late singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds, known as "America's Sweethearts" in the late '50s.  She became a cultural icon at age 19 after starring as Princess Leia in the first Star Wars trilogy in the 1970s.  Despite growing up with "Hollywood royalty" and experiencing early fame of her own, Fisher's life had its challenges, as she reveals in this uproarious and sobering account.  Combining wry wit and raw facts, Wishful Drinking reveals her own hilarious slant on the not-so-glittering side of being a celebrity.  It's a show where she's circling the drain singing.