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Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar�-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.

Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar�-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce. (less)

Director: Amy Scott
Starring: Hal Ashby, Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges, Jane Fonda, Louis Gossett Jr., Caleb Deschanel
Narrator: Ben Foster

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Review by Brian Orndorf, October 4, 2018

8 / 10

When one considers the kings of cinema from the 1970s, there�s plenty of information out there to explore their creative viewpoints, personality disorders, and career ups and downs. We�re talking Scorsese, Friedkin, Coppola, and Altman, and even more mainstream masters like Lucas and Spielberg. But Hal Ashby? The man�s an enigma, even with books about his life on store shelves. He�s the one with perhaps the greatest run of iconic features, and there�s really no sense of the man who pushed those pictures through production. Director Amy Scott is hoping to change that perception with �Hal,� her ...read more...

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