Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990)
Overview
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.
Cast
Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)
Mary Davenport
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Jennifer Salt
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Jerome Hellman
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James Leo Herlihy
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Dustin Hoffman
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Ring Lardner, Jr.
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George Litto
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Robert Redford
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John Schlesinger
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Jon Voight
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