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Hal

Out of the Past 2018 / Hal / USA 2018

Harold and Maude, The Last Detail, Coming Home and Being There. Four exceptional titles from Hal Ashby that rank among the best that 1970s American cinema had to offer. This documentary portrait presenting the life and work of a remarkable filmmaker features a number of Ashby’s collaborators, among them Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Alexander Payne and Norman Jewison.

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Synopsis

Harold and Maude, The Last Detail, Coming Home and Being There. Four exceptional titles from Hal Ashby that rank among the best that 1970s American cinema had to offer. This documentary portrait celebrating the life and work of a remarkable filmmaker features a number of Ashby’s collaborators, among them Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Alexander Payne and Norman Jewison. A fascinating cinematic excursion into one of the most intriguing periods in American film history, which offers timeless insights into an artist endeavouring to maintain his creative freedom despite intense and devastating commercial pressures.

Karel Och

About the film

90 min / Color, DCP

Director Amy Scott / Dir. of Photography Jonathon Narducci / Music Heather McIntosh / Editor Sean Jarrett, Amy Scott / Art Director Sarah Pott / Producer Christine Beebe, Jonathan Lynch, Brian Morrow / Production Shark Pig / Coproduction Saboteur Media / Sales Saboteur Media

About the director

Amy Scott

Amy Scott (b. 1985, Woodland, California, USA). Filmography: Hal (2018)

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E-mail: [email protected]

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