William Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) was an American film director and editor. His work exemplified the countercultural attitude...
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During his career, American film director Hal Ashby worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction...
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The Last Detail (category Films directed by Hal Ashby)
The Last Detail is a 1973 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, from a screenplay by Robert Towne, based on the 1970 novel by Darryl Ponicsan...
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actress who gained fame for her appearances in several films directed by Hal Ashby. She also had a lead role on the television series Sirota's Court from...
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8 Million Ways to Die (category Films directed by Hal Ashby)
crime thriller film directed by Hal Ashby and starring Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, and Andy Garcia. It was Ashby's final film, and the first attempt...
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Harold and Maude (category Films directed by Hal Ashby)
Maude is a 1971 American romantic black comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. It incorporates elements of dark humor...
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Being There (category Films directed by Hal Ashby)
starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, and Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Hal Ashby, it is based on the 1971 novel Being There by Jerzy Kosiński, and adapted...
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which is depicted on the film's poster, was used in Hal Ashby's satire film Being There (1979). Ashby was The Thomas Crown Affair's associate producer and...
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director Hal Ashby on films such as The Landlord, Harold and Maude, Shampoo, and Being There. Zimmerman went on to work with director Hal Ashby on six films...
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on: revisions to the screenplay and from Richards and his successor, Hal Ashby, being replaced by Pollack caused delays to production, which eventually...
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cinematic influences include Woody Allen, Pedro Almodóvar, Satyajit Ray, Hal Ashby, Roman Polanski, and Elem Klimov. In an interview with Hoda Kotb on Today...
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Coming Home (1978 film) (category Films directed by Hal Ashby)
Coming Home is a 1978 American romantic war drama film directed by Hal Ashby from a screenplay written by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones with story by...
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Schwartzman was an entertainment attorney (clients included director Hal Ashby) and in the late 1970s was an executive at Lorimar Films. Schwartzman...
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Hail Caesar). Unmade projects include a script written in the 1980s for Hal Ashby to direct, variously referred to under the titles Victor Hiatus and Almost...
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shallow Hal skims the career of the director behind Harold And Maude and Being There". The A.V. Club. September 4, 2018. Cocaine Parlays with Hal Ashby – Splice...
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Bound for Glory (1976 film) (category Films directed by Hal Ashby)
Bound for Glory is a 1976 American biographical film directed by Hal Ashby. produced by Folk Music Impresario and Guthrie manager Harold Leventhal and...
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(1971), Alan J. Pakula's political thriller The Parallax View (1974), Hal Ashby's comedy Shampoo (1975), and Elaine May's road movie Ishtar (1987). He...
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persuaded the author of the book, Jerzy Kosinski, to allow him and director Hal Ashby to make the film, provided Kosinski could write the script. During filming...
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Spielberg's theatrical debut The Sugarland Express. She then co-starred in Hal Ashby's classic satire Shampoo (1975). She also hosted two television specials:...
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screenplays ever written, as well as its sequel, The Two Jakes (1990). For Hal Ashby, he penned the comedy-dramas The Last Detail (1973) and Shampoo (1975)...
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most notably a recurring role on the series The Paper Chase and two Hal Ashby films: Bound for Glory (1976) and Coming Home (1978). Ginty became an...
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Shampoo (film) (category Films directed by Hal Ashby)
Shampoo is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Hal Ashby, and starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Tony Bill...
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with her first two husbands. Marshall's third marriage was to director Hal Ashby in August 1969; she divorced him a year later in 1970, and married for...
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of Southern California in 1979. During his final year there, director Hal Ashby noticed his student film when it was projected on the wall during a film-school...
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Additionally, former film editors Robert Wise (nominee for Citizen Kane), Hal Ashby (winner for In the Heat of the Night), and Francis D. Lyon (co-winner...
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Hal is a 2018 American documentary film by Amy Scott about the film director Hal Ashby. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January and was released...
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Jane, and the Holocaust drama Julia. The following year, she starred in Hal Ashby's Vietnam War drama Coming Home (1978) opposite Jon Voight. She received...
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The Landlord (category Films directed by Hal Ashby)
The Landlord is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted by Bill Gunn from the 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter. The film stars Beau...
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include: Hal Ashby (1929–1988), American film director Hal Barwood, American game designer Hal Bidlack (born 1958), former USAF officer Hal Blaine (Harold...
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Being There Hal Ashby More American Graffiti Bill L. Norton The Black Stallion Carroll Ballard 1982 Let's Spend the Night Together Hal Ashby 1983 The Right...
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