Movie Documentary
A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
William H. Macy Dennis Hopper Peter Bogdanovich Tony Bill Peter Bart Paul Schrader Margot Kidder Arthur Penn David Newman Peter Fonda Roger Corman László Kovács Dede Allen Polly Platt Henry Jaglom Karen Black Richard Dreyfuss Ellen Burstyn Micky Dolenz Jerome Hellman David V. Picker Charles Mulvehill Mike Medavoy John Milius Gloria Katz Willard Huyck Cybill Shepherd Joan Tewkesbury Vilmos Zsigmond Kris Kristofferson Stanley R. Jaffe Albert S. Ruddy Michael Phillips Mardik Martin Jonathan T. Taplin Rudy Wurlitzer Carl Gottlieb Monte Hellman Sylvia Miles Andrew Sarris Fred Weintraub Gordon Willis Marcia Lucas
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