Hal (2019)

Name: Hal
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-03-28
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Hal Ashby, Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Lee Grant, Dustin Hoffman

Hal (2019), directed by Amy Scott, starring Hal Ashby and Jane Fonda.

03/28/2019 BR Documentary 1h 30m

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Synopsis

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.

Adam Michael BeckerCinematography
Jonathon NarducciCinematography
Amy ScottDirector, Editing
Sean JarrettEditing

About the film

Hal is a 2018 American documentary film by Amy Scott about the film director Hal Ashby. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope Laboratories on September 7, 2018.

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Summary

The film is a celebration of Ashby's life and work, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing America and an even more dramatic shift in film making. Once the toast of New Hollywood, his rise and fall became another story of art against the film industry. The documentary includes many interviews with Ashby's contemporaries, and it has been reviewed as "warm, beautifully made."

Reception

Rolling Stone included the film in its "10 Best Documentaries of 2018" and Entertainment Weekly included it in its "Sundance 2018: The 11 best films of this year's festival".

It earned a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads, "Hal pays affectionate tribute to a filmmaker whose offscreen life proves as engaging as his best work."

It was nominated for a Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures.

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External links

Official website

Hal at IMDb

Hal on MUBI

Text from Hal (2018 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_(2018_film)

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It premiered on March 28, 2019, a Thursday.
It runs 1h30 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosOscilloscope
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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Adam Michael Becker Cinematography
Jonathon Narducci Cinematography
Amy Scott Director
Amy Scott Editing
Sean Jarrett Editing

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What is Hal about?

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 commer…

Who directed Hal?

Hal was directed by Amy Scott in 2019.

Who stars in Hal?

The cast of Hal includes Hal Ashby, Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Lee Grant and Dustin Hoffman.

How long is Hal?

Hal runs for 90 minutes, or 1h30.