Directed by:
Cass WarnerCinematography:
Arlene NelsonComposer:
David CampbellCast:
Dennis Hopper, Debbie Reynolds, Haskell Wexler, George Segal, Angie Dickinson, Tab Hunter, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Robert Greenwald, Cass Warner, Lina Basquette (more)Plots(1)
Of the major studios, one was family. Harry, Albert, Sam, Jack- the Warner brothers- turned a storefront that used a sheet for a screen into a dream factory rooted in the credo of educate, entertain and enlighten. In this fascinating documentary, filmmaker (and Harry's granddaughter) Cass Warner Sperling tells a story of sibling rivalry, social conscience and the silver screen. It's a story of pioneering (risking all the talkies) and politics (standing alone in Hollywood against the Nazis), of reels (The Public Enemy, Casablanca and more) and rifts (including a shocking family betrayal). It's a story told from the inside (via rare family archives) by those who lived it (among them such starts as Dennis Hopper, Debbie Reynolds, Tab Hunter and more) and from the outside by film historians. The people, the picture, the tales untold on camera until now. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Dennis Hopper
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Debbie Reynolds
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
Three Little Words (1950)
Haskell Wexler
USA
Best movies:
Battle in Seattle (2007)
Medium Cool (1969)
George Segal
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
King Rat (1965)
Angie Dickinson
USA
Best movies:
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Chase (1966)
Tab Hunter
USA
Best movies:
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Track of the Cat (1954)
The Sea Chase (1955)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Hot Shots! (1991)
Band of Angels (1957)
Robert Greenwald
USA
Cass Warner
USA
Lina Basquette
USA
Best movies:
Souls at Sea (1937)
Sam Warner (a.f.)
USA
Harry M. Warner (a.f.)
Russian Empire
Albert Warner (a.f.)
Russian Empire
Jack Warner Jr. (a.f.)
USA