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Hal

2018 · Movie · 90 min · ★ 6.6 · 81% critics

Documentary

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

Directed by Amy Scott