Direction: Richard Schickel

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Sydney Pollack · Bill Irwin · Norman Lloyd · David Thomson

Plot American film historian and author Richard Schickel directs the documentary Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin. Schickel offers an exploration into Chaplin's life, from his childhood in London...

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Alfred Hitchcock · Cliff Robertson

Plot A look at Alfred Hitchcock's films. The Master of Suspense himself, who is interviewed extensively here, shares stories including his deep-seated fear of policemen, elaborates on the difference between shock...

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Clint Eastwood

Plot The colorful 85-year legacy of Warner Bros. is documented in this production, You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story, a presentation of American Masters. The five-hour film is a...

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Martin Scorsese · Charles Scorsese · Catherine Scorsese

Plot Director Martin Scorsese discusses his life growing up in Manhattan and his filmmaking career.

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Ray Harryhausen · Ray Bradbury · Dennis Muren · George Lucas

Plot For over 30 years he brought aliens, dinosaurs and mythological creatures to life in such classic fantasy/sci-fi films as "20 Million Miles to Earth," "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad," "Jason...

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Howard Hawks · Lauren Bacall · Humphrey Bogart · Walter Brennan

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Tom Hanks · Stephen Ambrose · Russ Meyer · Walter Rosenblum

Plot From writer/producer/director Richard Schickel and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes a remarkable film that takes a special look at the first war to be truly reported and recorded by one...

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Richard Chamberlain · Gary Cooper · Wendell Corey

Plot Sally Field hosts this thorough documentary about actress Barbara Stanwyck. Highlights include Bola de fuego, Perdición and Voces de muerte.

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Clint Eastwood

Plot This 70-minute documentary on the life of landmark actor and director Clint Eastwood profiles the career of Eastwood from his early days as a Universal Studios contract player, through his...

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Clint Eastwood · Morgan Freeman · Deborah Hopper

Plot Documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman with Clint Eastwood commenting on his film career as an actor, a director and a song writer. He reviews his long relationship with Warner Brothers...

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Steven Spielberg

Plot Considered to be one of the most respected film critics in the country, as evidenced by his work with Time magazine, Richard Schickel is widely known for writing, producing and...

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Mark Hamill · Steven Spielberg · George Lucas · Ridley Scott

Plot Directors Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott and James Cameron discuss the science fiction movies of the 1950s that influenced them.

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Clint Eastwood · Gary Cooper · Ernest Hemingway · Sandra Shaw

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Woody Allen

Plot A series of interviews with Woody Allen interlaced with clips from his films.

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Pedro Almodóvar · Emmanuelle Béart · Willem Dafoe · Dino de Laurentiis

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Elia Kazan · Eli Wallach

Plot Elia Kazan was one of the greatest Hollywood and Broadway directors. A three-time Academy Award winner, five-time Tony Award winner and winner of Best Dramatic Film at Cannes, he was...

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast King Vidor

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Walter Matthau · Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Oliver Hardy

Plot A documentary hosted by Walter Matthau, which discussed and showed examples from cinematic comedy classics. Long portions of the documentary were devoted to the comedy teams of Abbot & Costello...

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Frank Capra

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Clint Eastwood · Gene Hackman · Hal Holbrook · Henry Bumstead