
Hal
2018 · Movie · 90 min · ★ 6.6 · 81% critics
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.
Also known as Once I Was: The Hal Ashby Story
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2019-03-28
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (15 votes)
Themes
- film production
- hal ashby
- ashby
Cast & crew

Hal Ashby
as Self (archive footage)

Jane Fonda
as Self

Jon Voight
as Self

Lee Grant
as Self

Dustin Hoffman
as Self

Rosanna Arquette
as Self

Jeff Bridges
as Self

Allison Anders
as Self

John C. Reilly
as Self

Judd Apatow
as Self
Directed by Amy Scott