Hal

Hal

90 mins | Documentary | March 28, 2019

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.

Hal

90 mins | Documentary | March 28, 2019

Hal
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Oscilloscope
Original title Hal
Directors Amy Scott
Writers

Cast

Hal Ashby

as Self (archive footage)

Jane Fonda

as Self

Jon Voight

as Self

Lee Grant

as Self

Dustin Hoffman

as Self

Jeff Bridges

as Self

Allison Anders

as Self

John C. Reilly

as Self

Judd Apatow

as Self

Adam McKay

as Self

Beau Bridges

as Self

Alexander Payne

as Self

Caleb Deschanel

as Self

Norman Jewison

as Self

Lisa Cholodenko

as Self

Haskell Wexler

as Self

Lynn Stalmaster

as Self

Pablo Ferro

as Self

Jeff Wexler

as Self

Bruce Gilbert

as Self

Robert C. Jones

as Self

Grif Griffis

as Self

Al Schwartz

as Self

Cat Stevens

as Self

Melinda Dillon

as Self (archive footage)