Salinger (2013)

6.4/10 125 min Documentary

Overview

An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.

Cast

A. E. Hotchner

Self - Writer

Gore Vidal

Self - Writer

Tom Wolfe

Self - Writer

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Self - Actor

Martin Sheen

Self - Actor

Robert Towne

Self - Screenwriter

David Shields

Self - Salinger's Biographer

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