Salinger
2013 · Movie · PG-13 · 125 min · ★ 6.4 · 38% critics
This documentary looks closely at the private world of a famous American writer who spent much of his life in seclusion. It explores how wartime experiences, relationships, and a fiercely guarded creative process shaped his life and work.
Based on Salinger
Also known as American Masters: Salinger
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-09-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 38/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (69 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy documentary portraits of private public figures and the uneasy balance between fame and secrecy; Not for you if you want a fast-paced story or a broad, conventional biography, similar to Framing Britney Spears or Trumbo.
Pros: revealing subject; rich personal history; intriguing mystery | Cons: limited outside voices; can feel distant; narrow focus
Themes
- new york city
- based on novel or book
- world war ii
- biography
- older man younger woman relationship
- docudrama
- traumatic experience
- portrait of an artist
Cast & crew
- MM
Michael Mcdermott
as Self - Photojournalist
A. E. Hotchner
as Self - Writer
- JM
Jean Miller
as Self - Salinger's Friend
Gore Vidal
as Self - Writer
Tom Wolfe
as Self - Writer
- JG
John Guare
as Self - Playwright
Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Self - Actor
Martin Sheen
as Self - Actor
- HJ
Harvey Jason
as Self - Rare Bookseller
- PA
Paul Alexander
as Self - Salinger's Biographer
Directed by Shane Salerno