Hal
“Believe In Cinema.”
2019•1h 30m•6.6•Released
Documentary
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.
Director
Amy Scott
Languages
English
Studio
Oscilloscope
Cast
Hal Ashby
Self (archive footage)
Jane Fonda
Self
Jon Voight
Self
Lee Grant
Self
Dustin Hoffman
Self
Rosanna Arquette
Self
Jeff Bridges
Self
Allison Anders
Self
John C. Reilly
Self
Judd Apatow
Self
David O. Russell
Self
Adam McKay
Self
Beau Bridges
Self
Alexander Payne
Self
Caleb Deschanel
Self
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