03 Jul 2014
Duras and Cinema
Documentary on famous writer Marguerite Duras and her paradoxical relation to the seventh art by her former film editor.
The Capote Tapes
Discover the real Truman Capote through unheard interviews…
A portrait of the brilliant American writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and the New York high society of his time.
Top Billed Cast
Dick Cavett Self
Kate Harrington Self
Lewis Lapham Self
André Leon Talley Self
Jay McInerney Self
Sally Quinn Self
Dotson Rader Self
John Richardson Self
Sadie Stein Self
Stephen Mitchell Voiceover (voice)
George Plimpton Self (voice) (archive footage)
Lauren Bacall Self (voice) (archive footage)
Johnny Carson Self (archive footage)
Phoebe Pierce Self (voice) (archive footage)
Barbara Lawrence Self (voice) (archive footage)
Babs Simpson Self (voice) (archive footage)
Nancy Ryan Self (voice) (archive footage)
Norman Mailer Self (voice) (archive footage)
Marie Bellocq Self (archive footage)
Marella Angelli Self (voice) (archive footage)
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