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Directed by | Amy Scott |
Produced by | Christine Beebe Lisa Janssen Jonathan Lynch Brian Morrow |
Distributed by | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
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Running time | 88 min [2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Hal is a 2018 American documentary film by Amy Scott about the film director Hal Ashby. [3] It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope Laboratories [4] on September 7, 2018. [5]
The film is a celebration of his life and work set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing America and an even more dramatic shift in filmmaking. Once the toast of New Hollywood, his rise and fall became another story of art against the film industry. [6]
Rolling Stone included the film in its "10 Best Documentaries of 2018" [7] and Entertainment Weekly included it in its "Sundance 2018: The 11 best films of this year's festival". [8]
It earned a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads, "Hal pays affectionate tribute to a filmmaker whose offscreen life proves as engaging as his best work." [9]
It was nominated for a Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures. [10]
Hal | |
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Directed by | Amy Scott |
Produced by | Christine Beebe Lisa Janssen Jonathan Lynch Brian Morrow |
Distributed by | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 88 min [2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Hal is a 2018 American documentary film by Amy Scott about the film director Hal Ashby. [3] It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope Laboratories [4] on September 7, 2018. [5]
The film is a celebration of his life and work set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing America and an even more dramatic shift in filmmaking. Once the toast of New Hollywood, his rise and fall became another story of art against the film industry. [6]
Rolling Stone included the film in its "10 Best Documentaries of 2018" [7] and Entertainment Weekly included it in its "Sundance 2018: The 11 best films of this year's festival". [8]
It earned a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads, "Hal pays affectionate tribute to a filmmaker whose offscreen life proves as engaging as his best work." [9]
It was nominated for a Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures. [10]