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Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

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Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

6.6

0h 57m

1990

Synopsis

Documentary is about the life and work of American screenwriter Waldo Salt who won two Academy Awards and was put on the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s. 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.

Director

Eugene Corr

Robert Hillmann

Documentary

Cast & Crew

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

as Narrator (voice)

Mary Davenport

Mary Davenport

as Self

Jennifer Salt

Jennifer Salt

as Self

Jerome Hellman

Jerome Hellman

as Self

James Leo Herlihy

James Leo Herlihy

as Self

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

as Self

Paul Jarrico

as Self

Ring Lardner, Jr.

Ring Lardner, Jr.

as Self

George Litto

George Litto

as Self

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