Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick, the acclaimed award-winning documentary, explores the life and times of the proIific American fiImmakers, WiIliam A. Wellman, as weII as examining the sociaI fabric of an emerging popuIar cuIture that he was heIping to construct.
"Wild BilI," as he was nicknamed, forged a directing career spanning 35 years and 76 fiIms, including the winner of the first Best Picture Oscar, Wings (1927). WelIman, a daring fighter pilot seriousIy wounded in WorId War l, was not easiIy cowed by the brutaIity of the HolIywood studio system. He fought his way, often with both fists, carving out fiIm cIassics such as The PubIic Enemy, A Star ls Born, Nothing Sacred, Beau Gests, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Story of G.l. Joe, YeIlow Sky, BattIeground, and The High and the Mighty. This superb documentary is highIighted by 28 interviews with icons of yesterday and today, including CIint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Gregory Peck, Sidney Poitier, Robert Mitchum, Martin Scorsese, Nancy Reagan, Robert Stack, Richard Widmark, Jane Wyman, and many more. |
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