Hal

A warm, bittersweet portrait of a brilliant artist's rise and fall, told through affectionate reminiscences and archival clips.

Directed by

Amy Scott

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Hal Ashby, Jane Fonda, Jon Voight

Tagline

Believe In Cinema.

Overview

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.

How it feels

Warm, melancholic and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Art, ambition, celebrity, media

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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