Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Hal

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Directed by Amy Scott
Produced by Brian Morrow, Christine Beebe, Lisa Janssen, and Jonathan Lynch
With: Allison Anders, Judd Apatow, Rosanna Arquette, Hal Ashby, Beau Bridges, Jeff Bridges, Lisa Cholodenko, Caleb Deschanel, Pablo Ferro, Jane Fonda, Bruce Gilbert, Louis Gossett Jr., Lee Grant, Grif Griffis, Buddy Joe Hooker, Norman Jewison, Robert C. Jones, Adam McKay, Charles Mulvehill, Alexander Payne, David O. Russell, Dianne Schroeder, Al Schwartz, Lynn Stalmaster, Cat Stevens, Robert Towne, Jon Voight, Haskell Wexler, Jeff Wexler, and the voice of Ben Foster
Cinematography: Adam Michael Becker, Jonathon Narducci, and Alexandre Naufel
Editing: Amy Scott, Sean Jarrett, and Brian Morrow
Music: Heather McIntosh
Runtime: 90 min
Release Date: 07 September 2018
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Scott's (overly) reverential biographical doc about iconoclastic, influential filmmaker Hal Ashby benefits from a terrific group of talking heads and a slew of film clips that remind us how special Ashby's good films were; spending little time on the bad ones.