George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)

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The man who assembled the remarkable documentary George Stevens: A Filmaker's Journey had the benefit of knowing the subject intimately: the film was written, produced and directed by George Stevens Jr. Utilizing pristine-quality filmclips and interviews, Stevens Jr. details Stevens Sr.'s rise from… More The man who assembled the remarkable documentary George Stevens: A Filmaker's Journey had the benefit of knowing the subject intimately: the film was written, produced and directed by George Stevens Jr. Utilizing pristine-quality filmclips and interviews, Stevens Jr. details Stevens Sr.'s rise from silent-film cameraman to one of the top producer/directors in Hollywood. We are treated to snippets of Stevens' camerawork on the Laurel and Hardy films at Hal Roach Studios, then we are transported to his salad days as a feature director at RKO. Among the films highlighted from this first chapter of Stevens' directorial life are Alice Adams (1935), Swing Time (1936) and Gunga Din (1939) (one would like to have heard a bit more background info concerning Stevens' Wheeler and Woolsey comedies). Next we find Stevens as an autonomous entity at Columbia Pictures, producing and directing such classics as The More the Merrier (1943). The war years are thoroughly covered via Stevens' vivid color footage of the invasion of Europe. The last stages of Stevens' Hollywood career is traced through generous portions of A Place in the Sun (1951), Shane (1953), Giant (1956) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). The many interviewees include Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Warren Beatty. As an added filip, A Filmmaker's Journey includes rare home-movie sequences showing George Stevens at home and at work--all filmed with as much care and professionalism as Stevens' "mainstream" pictures. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By: George Stevens Jr.
Genres: Documentary, Television

In Theaters: Sep 25, 1984 Wide
On DVD: Dec 7, 2004

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Cast

            George Stevens Jr. as Himself

            Montgomery Clift
            
            Brandon De Wilde
            
            Fred Astaire as Himself

            James Dean
            
            Cary Grant as Himself

            Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Himself

            Katharine Hepburn as Herself

            Rock Hudson as Himself

            Sam Jaffe as Himself

            Jean Arthur as Herself

            Fred MacMurray as Himself

            Jack Palance as Himself

            Joel McCrea as Himself

            Ginger Rogers as Herself

            Elizabeth Taylor as Herself

            Spencer Tracy
            
            Max von Sydow as Himself

            Shelley Winters as Herself

            Warren Beatty as Himself

            Frank Capra as Himself

            John Huston as Himself

            Rouben Mamoulian as Himself

            Joseph L. Mankiewicz as Himself

            Alan J. Pakula as Himself

            Fred Zinnemann as Himself

            Pandro S. Berman as Himself

            Hermes Pan as Himself

            Ivan Moffat as Himself

            Hal Roach as Himself

            Jack Sher as Himself

            Millie Perkins as Herself

            Irwin Shaw as Himself

            Alan Ladd
            
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