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.
Cast
Hal Ashby
Self (archive footage)
Jane Fonda
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Jon Voight
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Lee Grant
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Dustin Hoffman
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Rosanna Arquette
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Jeff Bridges
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Allison Anders
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John C. Reilly
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Judd Apatow
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David O. Russell
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Adam McKay
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Beau Bridges
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Alexander Payne
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Caleb Deschanel
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Norman Jewison
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Lisa Cholodenko
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Buddy Joe Hooker
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Haskell Wexler
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Lynn Stalmaster
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Pablo Ferro
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Jeff Wexler
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Bruce Gilbert
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Charles Mulvehill
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Robert C. Jones
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Grif Griffis
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Dianne Schroeder
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Al Schwartz
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Cat Stevens
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Louis Gossett Jr.
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Melinda Dillon
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