28 Oct 2009
This Is It
A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spirit of her uncannily lucid writing: the film simultaneously expands and zeroes in, covering a vast stretch of turbulent cultural history with elegance and candor.
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Griffin Dunne Self
Hilton Als Self
Phyllis Rifield Self
Shelley Wanger Self
Harrison Ford Self
Tom Brokaw Self
Vanessa Redgrave Self
Robert Silvers Self
Calvin Trillin Self
Anna Wintour Self
Patricia Hearst Self
Janis Joplin Self
Tuesday Weld Self
Jim Morrison Self
Bobby Beausoleil Self
Oliver North Self
Jim Didion Self
Charles Manson Self (archive footage)
Leslie Van Houten Self (archive footage)
Linda Kasabian Self (archive footage)
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