: ▁Their ▁L ives ▁and ▁Magic . ▁The ▁film , ▁titled ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁German ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y : ▁Die ▁kom ische ▁Lie bes geschichte ▁von ▁" D ick ▁& ▁Do of ", ▁was ▁written ▁and ▁directed ▁by ▁German ▁film - maker ▁Andreas ▁Ba um . ▁It ▁includes ▁many ▁movie ▁cli ps , ▁rare ▁and ▁un pub lished ▁photograph s , ▁inter views ▁with ▁family , ▁fans , ▁friends , ▁show b iz ▁p als ▁and ▁newly ▁recovered ▁foot age . ▁La ure l ' s ▁daughter ▁Lo is ▁La ure l ▁Haw es ▁said ▁of ▁the ▁ ▁film : ▁" The ▁best ▁document ary ▁about ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ▁I ▁have ▁ever ▁seen ! ". ▁It ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁released ▁as ▁a ▁Director ' s ▁C ut ▁with ▁a ▁length ▁of ▁ 1 0 5 ▁minutes , ▁plus ▁ 7 0 ▁minutes ▁of ▁bonus ▁materials ▁on ▁DVD . ▁ ▁App reci ation ▁society ▁ ▁The ▁official ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ▁appreci ation ▁society ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁The ▁S ons ▁of ▁the ▁Des ert , ▁after ▁a ▁frat ernal ▁society ▁in ▁their ▁film ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁( 1 9 3 3 ). ▁It ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁by ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ▁bi ograph er ▁John ▁McC abe , ▁with ▁Or son ▁Be an , ▁Al ▁Kil g ore , ▁Ch uck ▁McC ann , ▁and ▁John ▁M unic ino ▁as ▁found ing ▁members ,