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Salinger (2013)

Salinger poster
Directed by
Shane Salerno
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 09m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 69 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the reclusive writer J. D. Salinger through interviews with friends, historians, and journalists. It follows his life and career.

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What happens

Salinger is a 2013 American documentary film about the reclusive writer J. D. Salinger directed and produced by Shane Salerno. The film tells the story of Salinger's life through interviews with friends, historians, and journalists. The film premiered at the 40th annual Telluride Film Festival and had a second premiere on the opening night of the Toronto International Film Festival. Salinger was one of the top-ten highest-grossing documentaries of 2013, with the highest per screen average of all the films that were released on its opening weekend. Two million viewers watched its broadcast on American Masters on PBS. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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