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.