Directed by:
Amy ScottComposer:
Heather McIntoshCast:
Hal Ashby (a.f.), Judd Apatow, Dustin Hoffman, Jeff Bridges, Jane Fonda, Beau Bridges, Jon Voight, Alexander Payne, Rosanna Arquette, Adam McKay (more)VOD (1)
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Although Hal Ashby directed a remarkable string of acclaimed, widely admired classics throughout the 1970s - Harold and Maude, The Last Detail, Shampoo, Coming Home, Being There - he’s often overlooked amid the crowd of luminaries from his generation. Amy Scott’s exuberant portrait - drawn from rare archival materials, interviews, personal letters, and audio recordings - explores that curious oversight, revealing a passionate, obsessive artist. Having hitchhiked to LA, Ashby eventually landed in the editing room, where a chance encounter with Norman Jewison brought his big break (and a lifelong friendship). Ashby’s subsequent films were guided by compassion and deep engagement with social justice, class, and race. (Sundance Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Hal Ashby (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Harold and Maude (1971)
Being There (1979)
Coming Home (1978)
Judd Apatow
USA
Best movies:
Dustin Hoffman
USA
Best movies:
Rain Man (1988)
Papillon (1973)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Jeff Bridges
USA
Best movies:
K-Pax (2001)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Jane Fonda
USA
Best movies:
On Golden Pond (1981)
Coming Home (1978)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Beau Bridges
USA
Best movies:
Into the West (2005) (series)
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
Jon Voight
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Coming Home (1978)
Alexander Payne
USA
Best movies:
Paris, I Love You (2006)
Rosanna Arquette
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (video compilation)
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
Adam McKay
USA
Best movies:
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004)
Step Brothers (2008)
David O. Russell
USA
Best movies:
Adaptation. (2002)
Three Kings (1999)
Louis Gossett Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The White Dawn (1974)
Lee Grant
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Detective Story (1951)
Norman Jewison
Canada
Best movies:
The Stupids (1996)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
Caleb Deschanel
USA
Best movies:
Message in a Bottle (1999)
Lisa Cholodenko
USA
Allison Anders
USA
Best movies:
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
Haskell Wexler
USA
Best movies:
Battle in Seattle (2007)
Medium Cool (1969)
Buddy Joe Hooker
USA
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Bound for Glory (1976)