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A documentary on the life and films of director John Ford.A documentary on the life and films of director John Ford.A documentary on the life and films of director John Ford.
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Peter Bogdanovich
- Self - Interviewer
- (uncredited)
Orson Welles
- Narrator
- (voice)
Harry Carey Jr.
- Self
- (uncredited)
Henry Fonda
- Self
- (uncredited)
James Stewart
- Self
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaSteven Spielberg's real account on how he met John Ford when he was a teenager was recreated in The Fabelmans (2022).
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Self (2009): Ford, you know, will live forever, because his films will live forever.
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Directed By John Ford (2006)
**** (out of 4)
Peter Bogdanovich directs this documentary on the life and career of the legendary director. Vintage interviews with John Wayne, Henry Fonda and James Stewart are mixed with newer interviews with Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Clint Eastwood (among others). The doc does a great job at showing what made Ford some a great director and I really enjoyed the scenes where they'd show clips from countless films in a row, showing you how Ford liked certain themes in his films. There's one section where they cover 180 years of history shown through Ford's films. I do wish the documentary had spent more time with Ford's career in the late 1910s. There's also another segment, which I felt shouldn't have been included. There's a recorded conversation between Ford and Katharine Hepburn, which was great to hear but the recorder was left on when the two didn't know it was running. This audio recording might show Ford at a softer moment but I really didn't feel comfortable listening to it.
**** (out of 4)
Peter Bogdanovich directs this documentary on the life and career of the legendary director. Vintage interviews with John Wayne, Henry Fonda and James Stewart are mixed with newer interviews with Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Clint Eastwood (among others). The doc does a great job at showing what made Ford some a great director and I really enjoyed the scenes where they'd show clips from countless films in a row, showing you how Ford liked certain themes in his films. There's one section where they cover 180 years of history shown through Ford's films. I do wish the documentary had spent more time with Ford's career in the late 1910s. There's also another segment, which I felt shouldn't have been included. There's a recorded conversation between Ford and Katharine Hepburn, which was great to hear but the recorder was left on when the two didn't know it was running. This audio recording might show Ford at a softer moment but I really didn't feel comfortable listening to it.
- Michael_Elliott
- Mar 1, 2008
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