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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
Directed by Valerie A. Robins
Overview
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm’s Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the ‘30s through the ‘70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Rated NR | Length 123 minutes
Actors
Otto Preminger | Burgess Meredith | Saul Bass | Peter Bogdanovich | Vincent Price | Michael Caine | Ossie Davis | Deborah Kerr | José Ferrer | Jack Haley Jr. | Ken Howard | Marjorie Kellogg | Lionel Larner | Carol Lynley | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Johanna Matz | Wendell Mayes | Josef Meinrad | Don Murray | Patricia Neal | George C. Scott | Frank Sinatra | James Stewart | Tom Tryon | John Gielgud | John Saxon | Jean Seberg | Richard Todd | Richard Widmark | Dorothy Adams | Judith Anderson | Dana Andrews | Eve Arden | Lew Ayres | Bruce Cabot | Diahann Carroll | Noël Coward | Richard Erdman | Paul Ford | Kathryn Grant | George Grizzard | William Holden | Robert Hooks | John Huston | Hardy Krüger | Charles Laughton | Peter Lawford | Darren McGavin | Maggie McNamara | David Niven | Kim Novak | Arthur O'Connell | Laurence Olivier | Eleanor Parker | Walter Pidgeon | Gregory Ratoff | Lee Remick | Arnold Stang | Gene Tierney | Franchot Tone | Raf Vallone | Clifton Webb | Joseph N. Welch | Brooks West | Henry Fonda