Frank Capra's American Dream (TV 1997)

Director:

Kenneth Bowser

Writer:

Kenneth Bowser

Stars:

Ron Howard, Robert Altman, Jeanine Basinger

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ron Howard	...	Himself - Host and Narrator
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Altman	...	Himself - Interviewee: Director
Jeanine Basinger	...	Herself - Interviewee: Curator, Capra Archives, Weslayan University
Edward Bernds	...	Himself - Interviewee: Sound Technician / Director
Tom Brokaw	...	Himself (voice)
Frank Capra Jr.	...	Himself - Interviewee: Producer
Frank Capra	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tom Capra	...	Himself - Interviewee: Producer
Allen Daviau	...	Himself - Interviewee
André De Toth	...	Himself - Interviewee: Director (as André DeToth)
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Himself - Interviewee: Actor
Bill Duke	...	Himself - Interviewee: Director
Peter Falk	...	Himself - Interviewee: Actor
Jeff Greenfield	...	Himself (voice)
Amy Heckerling	...	Herself - Interviewee: Writer / Director

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

narration | director

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for brief war footage and mild language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Frank Capra e o Sonho Americano

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia TriStar Television, Frank Capra Productions, ZM Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Features It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

User Reviews

A must for all film students.

How can you go wrong with a doco about a great Yankee humanitarian like Capra and having the likes of Scorsese, Dreyfuss, Oliver Stone and so on, praise the man himself? This conservative structured doco takes us from A to Z of Capra's career.