John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)

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Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.

Director:

Frank Martin

Writers:

Frank Martin, Charles Degelman, Merrill Shindler

Stars:

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast

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	John Huston	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Robert Mitchum	...	Self - Host and narrator
	Paul Newman	...	Self
	Lauren Bacall	...	Self
	Evelyn Keyes	...	Self
	Lesley Black	...	Self, John Huston's second wife (archiveFootage)
	Arthur Miller	...	Self
	Marietta Tree	...	Self
	Michael Fitzgerald	...	Self
	Tom Shaw	...	Self
	Walter Huston	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Anjelica Huston	...	Self
	Michael Caine	...	Self
	Oswald Morris	...	Self (as Ossie Morris)
	Danny Huston	...	Self
	Zoe Sallis	...	Self (as Zoë Sallis)
	Jennifer Jones	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Humphrey Bogart	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Lady Hemphill	...	Self
	Lord Hemphill	...	Self
	Darryl F. Zanuck	...	Self (archiveFootage) (as Darryl Zanuck)
	Marilyn Monroe	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Clark Gable	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Richard Burton	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Ava Gardner	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Elizabeth Taylor	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Sue Lyon	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Deborah Kerr	...	Self (archiveFootage)
	Assi Dayan	...	Self (archiveFootage) (as Assaf Dayan)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Marlon Brando	...	Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Robert Forster	...	Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Sydney Greenstreet	...	Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Peter Lorre	...	Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Burgess Meredith	...	Prologue narrator (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Frank Martin

Written by

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Frank Martin	...	(written by) &
Charles Degelman	...	(written by)

Merrill Shindler	...	(conceptual synopsis)

Produced by

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Craig Byrd	...	associate producer (as Craig L. Byrd)
David Ganz	...	executive producer
Judith Ganz	...	executive producer
Joni Levin	...	producer

Music by

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Steve Goldstein

Cinematography by

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Harry Dawson

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director of photography

Editing by

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Robert L. Sinise

Editorial Department

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Ellen Rennell

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first assistant editor

Production Design by

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Thomas A. Walsh

Art Direction by

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Jane Osmann

Production Management

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Joni Levin

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production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Nathaniel Dunn

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assistant director

Art Department

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Michael Brown	...	set dresser
Raymond Camaioni	...	construction supervisor (as Ray Camaioni)
Gary Hodgkinson	...	set dresser
Roger Knight	...	lead man
Walter Lab	...	scenic artist
Janice Pascale	...	property master

Sound Department

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Richard Danielson	...	sound recordist: London
William Gazecki	...	re-recording mixer (as William Gazeki)
Andrea Horta	...	dialogue editor
Sam Horta	...	supervising sound effects editor
James Jack	...	sound recordist (as J.E. Jack)
Stephen Janisz	...	dialogue editor (as Stephan Janisz)
Jim Lenaghan	...	sound recordist: Ireland
James W. Lucas	...	boom operator
Gary Montgomery	...	re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by

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Jim Bluemm	...	optical line-up
Bill Coffin	...	special photographic effects
Rocco Damiano	...	special photographic effects
Phillip Feiner	...	optical supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department

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Gerrard Birmingham	...	lighting and grip package: Ireland
Willis Boykins	...	lighting technician
David Burnett	...	best boy electric
Aaron Caughran	...	additional assistant camera
Tom Davis	...	lighting technician: Ireland
John Dipoma	...	lighting technician
Tony Dollard	...	lighting and grip package: Ireland
Jack French	...	additional assistant camera (as J. French)
Philippe Halsman	...	additional still photographer
Danny Huston	...	additional still photographer
Stephen V. Isbell	...	key grip (as Stephen Isbell)
Arthur Lieman	...	additional still photographer
Wayne Mort	...	dolly grip
Mike Moyer	...	gaffer
Rudy Poe	...	still photographer
Jamie Rosenberg	...	first assistant camera
Zoe Sallis	...	additional still photographer (as Zoë Sallis)
Paul Stewart	...	lighting technician: London
Michael T. Travers	...	best boy grip (as Mike Travers)

Music Department

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Richard Bosworth	...	pre-recording engineer
Virginia S. Ellsworth	...	music editor (as Virginia Ellsworth)
Barry Ennis	...	music consultant
Ole Georg	...	additional music courtesy of (as Ole George)
Vanessa Hayes	...	music supervisor
Lisa Kauppi	...	assistant music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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Barbara Price

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continuity director

Transportation Department

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Doug Evans

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taxi driver: London

Additional Crew

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John A. Alonzo	...	visual consultant (as John Alonzo)
John Bailey	...	visual consultant
Wenden K. Baldwin	...	end title design / main title typography / title and stills coordinator
Craig Byrd	...	unit publicist (as Craig L. Byrd)
Chris Cassidy	...	accountant
Bill Coffin	...	main title sequence and design
Rocco Damiano	...	main title sequence and design
Susan Hardin	...	caterer
Gary Jacobson	...	end credit typography and camera art
Jeffrey Moznett	...	Killer P.A. of Life / production assistant
Barbara Price	...	research assistant
Merrill Shindler	...	additional narration written by
Bob Stephens	...	stand-in: Robert Mitchum

Thanks

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Carol Adams	...	special thanks: Claridges of London
Leith Adams	...	special thanks: USC School of Cinema-Television
Laurie Best	...	acknowledgment
Jim Bluemm	...	special thanks: Pacific Title
Diana Brown	...	special thanks
Dick Cook	...	acknowledgment
Michelle Corridor	...	acknowledgment
Tony Cosentino	...	special thanks: Charter Management
Bill Cotton	...	special thanks
Robert Cushman	...	special thanks: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Ty Davies	...	special thanks
Mark Diamond	...	special thanks: Music Express Limousine Service
Pat Doyle	...	special thanks: Pacific Title
Nancy Eagle	...	acknowledgment
Phillip Feiner	...	special thanks: Pacific Title
Michael Fitzgerald	...	acknowledgment
Maxine Fleckner Ducey	...	acknowledgment
Bernie Fleisher	...	special thanks
Ole Georg	...	special thanks
Sam Gill	...	special thanks: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Bob Greenberg	...	acknowledgment
Mike Greenfield	...	special thanks: Charter Management
Linda Grinberg	...	special thanks: Sherman Grinberg Film Libraries, Inc.
Larry Grobel	...	special thanks
W.C. Handy	...	special thanks (as Wyer Handy)
Patrick Hanrahan	...	special thanks: Aer Lingus
Stephanie Harris	...	acknowledgment
Jeff Hart	...	special thanks
Robert Harvey	...	special thanks: Panavision
James W. Hendricks	...	special thanks: Key Largo Holiday Inn
Jan-Christopher Horak	...	acknowledgment (as Chris Horak)
Shirley Hubbard	...	special thanks: Pacific Title
Danny Huston	...	special thanks
Diane Isaacs	...	acknowledgment (as Diane Isaccs)
Sidney James	...	special thanks
Norman Jewison	...	special thanks
Norma Jones	...	acknowledgment
Dean Kay	...	special thanks
Peter Kelly	...	acknowledgment
Shary Klamer	...	acknowledgment
Robert Knudson	...	special thanks (as Buzz Knudsen)
Al Kohn	...	special thanks
Norman Kravetz	...	acknowledgment
Catherine Laporte	...	acknowledgment: documentary footage and John Huston interview materials (as Catherine LaPorte Collen)
Roger Mayer	...	special thanks (as Roger L. Mayer)
Linda Mehr	...	special thanks: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Burgess Meredith	...	acknowledgment
Michel Minaub	...	acknowledgment: documentary footage and John Huston interview materials
Peter Martin Nelson	...	special thanks: Strange & Nelson
Ivy Orta	...	acknowledgment
Albee Patnesky	...	special thanks: Panavision
Joan Pierce	...	acknowledgment
Harold Potter	...	special thanks: Fox Movietone News
Phil Radin	...	special thanks: Panavision
Howard S. Richmond	...	special thanks
John Ryan	...	acknowledgment: "Beat the Devil" home movies courtesy of
Don Saffron	...	acknowledgment
Zoe Sallis	...	special thanks (as Zoë Sallis)
Sydney Samuelson	...	special thanks (as Sidney Samuelson)
Joan Schulman	...	special thanks
John Schulman	...	special thanks
Lilyan Sievernich	...	acknowledgment: documentary footage and John Huston interview materials (as Lillian Sievernich)
Judy Singer	...	acknowledgment (as Judith Singer)
Michael Sosler	...	acknowledgment
Raya Spiegel	...	special thanks
Steven Spielberg	...	acknowledgment
Ray Stark	...	acknowledgment
George Stevens Jr.	...	special thanks
Dean Stolber	...	special thanks
Bud Stone	...	special thanks: Fox Movietone News
Stephen Swid	...	special thanks
Bruce Theriot	...	special thanks
Carol Tilton	...	acknowledgment
Marietta Tree	...	special thanks
Marcel J. Van der Sluys	...	special thanks
Tony Walton	...	acknowledgment
Jim Washburn	...	special thanks
Jim Watt	...	special thanks: Woodholly Productions
Jerry Weldon	...	special thanks: The Reel Thing of California, Inc.
Mark Wilson	...	acknowledgment
Daniel Woodruff	...	special thanks: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (as Dan Woodruff)
John Woolf	...	special thanks (as Sir John Woolf)
Walter Yetnikoff	...	special thanks
Irwin Young	...	special thanks

Production Companies

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Distributors

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TNT (1988) (United States) (tv)
Turner Home Entertainment (1989) (United States) (VHS)
Warner Home Video (2003) (United States) (DVD) (Includd with "Treasure of the Sierra Madre")
Warner Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)

Special Effects

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R&B EFX (special photographic effects)

Other Companies

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R&B EFX (main title sequence and design)
Pacific Title (titles and opticals)
Reel Thing of California (editorial facilities)
Aer Lingus (air transportation provided by)
Strange & Nelson (legal services)
WoodHolly Productions (sound services)
Color House (still photo processing)
Dynamic Freight Services (overseas shipping and handling)
The Keylite P.S.I. Group (grip and electrical package: Los Angeles)
Samuelson Lighting (grip and electrical package: London)
Samfreight (freighting service: London)
K&W Cutters (negative cutter)
DuArt Film and Video (film processing)
DeLuxe Laboratories (film processing)
FotoKem (film processing)
Image Transform (tape to film transfer)
Film Preservation Associates (archival film restoration)
Title House (end credit typography and camera art)
Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios (re-recorded at)
Sound Factory (music recorded at)
Hollywood Studio Gallery (gallery of images props)
Bischoff's Taxidermy and Animal FX (gallery of images props)
ShowBiz Enterprises (gallery of images props)
The Hand Prop Room (gallery of images props)
The Culver Studios (gallery of images props)
Lenny Marvin Enterprises (gallery of images props)
Western Costume Company (gallery of images props)
Burbank Studios Property Dept. (gallery of images props)
Paramount Pictures Property Department (gallery of images props)
Universal Studios Property Department (gallery of images props)
The Michael Hawkes Collection ("The Maltese Falcon" lobby card)
Pomegranate Press ("Maltese Falcon" lobby card courtesy of The Michael Hawkes Collection)
Larry Edmunds Booksellers (posters and memorabilia)
Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee (posters and memorabilia)
Theatre Poster Exchange (posters and memorabilia)
Music Express Worldwide Limousine Service (limousines furnished by)
Empire Hotel (accommodations)
Hyatt Regency San Francisco (accommodations)
Claridge's of London (accommodations)
Gresham Metropole Hotel (accommodations)
Great Southern Hotel (accommodations)
Ocean Reef Club (accommodations)
L'Ermitage Beverly Hills Hotel (accommodations)
Turner Entertainment (footage courtesy of)
U.S. Army Signal Corps (footage courtesy of)
Horizon Management (footage courtesy of)
Estate of Sam Spiegel (footage courtesy of)
Romulus Films (footage courtesy of)
United Artists Pictures (footage courtesy of)
Twentieth Century Fox (footage courtesy of)
Paramount Pictures (footage courtesy of)
Warner Bros. (footage courtesy of)
Columbia Pictures (footage courtesy of)
Lorimar Distribution International Inc. (footage courtesy of)
Capital Cities/ABC (footage courtesy of)
Vestron Pictures (footage courtesy of)
MCA Television (footage courtesy of)
KCET (documentary footage and John Huston interview materials courtesy of)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (documentary footage and John Huston interview materials courtesy of)
Allan King Associates (documentary footage and John Huston interview materials courtesy of)
Jerry Dexter Program Syndication (documentary footage and John Huston interview materials courtesy of)
Universal Pictures (documentary footage and John Huston interview materials courtesy of)
Turner Entertainment (documentary footage and John Huston interview materials courtesy of)
BBC Enterprises (documentary footage and John Huston interview materials courtesy of)
Twentieth Century Fox (documentary footage and John Huston interview materials courtesy of)
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) ("The John Huston Collection" courtesy of)
USC School of Cinema and Television (Warner Bros. Archives courtesy of)
Fox Movietone News (additional documentary footage and interview material courtesy of)
Sherman Grinberg Film Libraries (additional documentary footage and interview material courtesy of)
NBC News Archives (additional documentary footage and interview material courtesy of)
BBC Sound Archives (additional documentary footage and interview material courtesy of)
Warner Bros. (stills courtesy of)
Turner Entertainment (stills courtesy of)
Columbia Pictures (stills courtesy of)
Twentieth Century Fox (stills courtesy of)
Capital Cities/ABC (stills courtesy of)
Lorimar Distribution International Inc. (stills courtesy of)
United Artists Pictures (stills courtesy of)
Romulus Films (stills courtesy of)
Horizon Management (stills courtesy of)
Estate of Sam Spiegel (stills courtesy of)
Helmut Newton's Illustrated (additional still photographs courtesy of)
George Eastman House (additional still photographs courtesy of)
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (additional still photographs courtesy of)
Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee (additional still photographs courtesy of)
Life Magazine (additional still photographs courtesy of)
Warner Bros. (music courtesy of)
Colgems Music Inc. (music courtesy of)
Capitol Records (music courtesy of)
Ramex Records (music courtesy of)
SBK Entertainment World (music courtesy of)
EMI Manhattan Records (music courtesy of)
Handy Bros. Music Company (music courtesy of)
CBS Records (music courtesy of)
Tro-Hampshire House Publishing (music courtesy of)
Chappell & Company (music courtesy of)
Warner / Chappell Music (Chappell & Co. care of)
MCA Records (music courtesy of)
Welk Music Group Company (music courtesy of)
Capitol Production Music (additional music courtesy of)
Ramex Records (special thanks)
Charter Management (special thanks)
SAG-AFTRA (special thanks)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	Documentary film tracing the colorful career of writer-director-actor John Huston, from his youth through early days as a soldier, writer, and director to his masterful achievements as one of Hollywood's great filmmakers. In addition to his films, his relationships with his father, actor Walter Huston, great friend Humphrey Bogart, and his children are explored. Written by Jim Beaver Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	raconteur reference-to-john-huston reference-to-humphrey-bogart reference-to-clark-gable father-daughter-relationship See All (29) »
Genres	Documentary Biography
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Additional Details

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Also Known As	John Huston (United States) John Huston: Homem, Diretor, Inovador (Brazil) John Huston - Filmregisseur und Lebenskünstler (West Germany)
Runtime	126 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.33 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono
Filming Locations	Burbank Production Plaza - 1907 Burbank Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	This can be found on the 2003 DVD release of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). See more »
Goofs	When discussing "Key Largo", the narrator incorrectly states that "Key Largo" received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. In fact, it only received one nomination, in the Supporting Actress category. See more »
Movie Connections	Features The Maltese Falcon (1941). See more »
Soundtracks	Figueroa Footsie See more »
Quotes	John Huston: [Last lines as he asks person filming him to leave] Go away. Leave me alone. See more »

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