Hollywood Mavericks

• Main Cast: Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, Peter Bogdanovich, D.W. Griffith, Erich Von Stroheim
• Release Year: 1990
• Country: US
• Run Time: 90 minutes

Plot

This documentary respectfully interviews a number of important American directors who have in one way or another "bucked the system." It also explores the life and work of earlier American mavericks through the tributes, reflections, and recollections of the first group. Prominent among the living directors interviewed are Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Schrader, and David Lynch. Among the directors who are discussed are Orson Welles, D.W. Griffith and Samuel Fuller. Clips from the films of these men, and interviews with important actors who have worked with them (e.g. Robert DeNiro) are another feature of this documentary, commissioned by Japanese public television corporation NHK. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Martin Scorsese
• Paul Schrader
• Peter Bogdanovich
• D.W. Griffith
• Erich Von Stroheim

Josef von Sternberg; King Vidor; John Ford; Orson Welles; Samuel Fuller; John Cassavetes; Dennis Hopper; Francis Ford Coppola; Sam Peckinpah; Robert Altman; Alan Rudolph; David Lynch; Robert De Niro

Credit

Todd McCarthy - Consultant/advisor, Michael Henry Wilson - Consultant/advisor, Stacy Foiles - Consultant/advisor, Stacy Foiles - Editor, John Bailey - Cinematographer, Frederick Elmes - Cinematographer, Steven Wacks - Cinematographer, Mead Hunt - Cinematographer, Peter Rosen - Cinematographer, Dale Ann Stieber - Production Manager, Todd McCarthy - Screenwriter, Michael Henry Wilson - Screenwriter

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