Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990)

Directed by

Eugene Corr, Robert Hillmann

Genre

documentary film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers the life and career of screenwriter Waldo Salt, who was blacklisted in the 1950s and later won Oscars. It features interviews with actors and directors who worked with him, along with film clips.

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What happens

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Eugene Corr. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film was screened at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival and is a part of the PBS American Masters series of documentary films. The documentary is about the life and work of American screenwriter Waldo Salt who was put on the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s but went on to win two Academy Awards in the 1970s. The story is told through interviews with collaborators and friends such as Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jon Voight, John Schlesinger and with clips from Salt's films, chiefly Midnight Cowboy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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