George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1984 · Documentary · 110 min. · United States
Biography of director George Stevens by his son. It includes clips from many of his films with commentary by the actors and by directors such as Frank Capra, John Huston and Alan J. Pakula, among others. Also included are Stevens's war "home movies," found only after his death. Assigned by Eisenhower to film the war in Europe, Stevens used the opportunity to produce, at the same time, the only color footage ever shot in World War II. There is breathtaking film of D-Day and its aftermath; the triumphal march through Paris of the Allied liberators; and the unspeakable horrors of Dachau. This is what Goya might have done with a movie camera. On a more mundane level is a segment on Cecil B. DeMille's 1950 underhanded attempt to oust Joseph L. Mankiewicz, then president, from the Directors' Guild, which Stevens was instrumental in blocking.
Direction George Stevens Jr.
Cast Fred Astaire · Warren Beatty · Pandro S. Berman · Frank Capra · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Katharine Hepburn · John Huston · Rouben Mamoulian · Joseph L. Mankiewicz · Joel McCrea · Ivan Moffat · Alan J. Pakula · Hermes Pan · Millie Perkins · Hal Roach · Ginger Rogers · Irwin Shaw · Jack Sher · Yvonne Howell · Antonio Vellani · Max von Sydow · Fred Zinnemann · George Stevens Jr.
Soundtrack Carl Davis
Screenplay George Stevens Jr.
Original title George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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