Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005)
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- TV-MA
- 1h 27min
- Documentary, Biography
- 01 Jun 2005 (USA)
- TV Movie
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Cast
Steve McQueen | ... |
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Robert Culp | ... |
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Neile Adams | ... |
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Suzanne Pleshette | ... |
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Martin Landau | ... |
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Hillard Elkins | ... |
Self
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Don Gordon | ... |
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David Foster | ... |
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Robert E. Relyea | ... |
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(as Robert Relyea)
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Lawrence Kasdan | ... |
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Walter Mirisch | ... |
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Robert Vaughn | ... |
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Eli Wallach | ... |
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Richard Attenborough | ... |
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(as Lord Richard Attenborough)
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Bud Ekins | ... |
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Charles Champlin | ... |
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Pat E. Johnson | ... |
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(as Pat Johnson)
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Loren Janes | ... |
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William Claxton | ... |
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Norman Jewison | ... |
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Chad McQueen | ... |
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Haskell Wexler | ... |
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Peter Yates | ... |
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Bill Hickman | ... |
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Mario Iscovich | ... |
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Alec Baldwin | ... |
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Katherine Haber | ... |
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Barbara Minty | ... |
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LeVar Burton | ... |
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Directed by
Mimi Freedman |
Written by
Mimi Freedman | ... | () |
Produced by
Tom Brown | ... | executive producer: Turner Classic Movies |
Hillard Elkins | ... | producer |
Julie Frankel | ... | producer |
Mimi Freedman | ... | producer |
Leslie Greif | ... | executive producer |
Monica Magyarosy | ... | field producer |
Melissa Roller | ... | supervising producer: Turner Classic Movies |
Joanne Rubino | ... | producer |
Kathy Williamson | ... | producer |
Editing by
Nathan A. Erickson | ... | (as Nathan Erickson) |
Editorial Department
Sarah Brockhoff | ... | assistant editor |
Dave Keffer | ... | on-line editor |
Scott Weiss | ... | on-line editor |
Makeup Department
Damon Charles | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
Wayne Massarelli | ... | hair stylist (as Wayne Masserelli) / makeup artist (as Wayne Masserelli) |
Mary McNamara | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
Jeffrey Sacino | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
Production Management
Joanne Rubino | ... | executive in charge of production |
Sound Department
Scott Bardolf | ... | sound (as Scott Bardof) |
Mike Bidese | ... | sound (as Mike Bedese) |
Rick Brush | ... | sound |
Devendra Cleary | ... | sound |
Sam Kaufmann | ... | re-recording mixer |
Michael Sakaniwa | ... | sound (as Mike Sakaniwa) |
Paul Stula | ... | sound mixer |
Paul Thompson | ... | sound |
Visual Effects by
Matt Greenstone | ... | animation / motion graphics |
Camera and Electrical Department
Gary Benham | ... | electrician |
Rick Davis | ... | camera operator |
Aaron Estrada | ... | additional camera operator |
Guy Jackson | ... | camera operator |
Randy Krehbiel | ... | camera operator |
Nick Martin | ... | camera operator |
Xavier Mendoza | ... | electrician |
Josh Moody | ... | camera operator |
Garry Nardilla | ... | camera operator (as Gary Nardilla) |
Jeff Noble | ... | electrician |
Denis Sugimoto | ... | electrician (as Denny Sugimoto) |
Greg Taylor | ... | camera operator |
Location Management
David Minerva | ... | location production assistant |
Pierson Silver | ... | location production assistant |
Music Department
Tim Aarons | ... | music supervisor |
William Ewart | ... | music consultant |
Additional Crew
Donna Forrest | ... | rights and clearances supervisor |
Matt Greenstone | ... | titles |
Leslie Hewitt | ... | production accountant (as Leslie Plumlee) |
Michi Jones | ... | research and clearance |
Ani Minasian | ... | research and clearance |
Maggie Mock | ... | production assistant: TCM (as Maggie Clough) |
Elias Savada | ... | copyright researcher |
Shalawn Tappin | ... | executive assistant |
Thanks
Neile Adams | ... | very special thanks |
Peter C. Borsari | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Shannon Davis | ... | special thanks |
Wendell Dowling | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Doug Dullenkopf | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Bud Ekins | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Barry Feinstein | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
David Garfield | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Don Gordon | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Phil Gries | ... | special thanks: Archival Television Audio, Inc. |
Curt Gunther | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Katherine Haber | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Jack H. Harris | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Patrice Hennebert | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Mario Iscovich | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Loren Janes | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Tom Karsch | ... | special thanks |
Gary Lewis | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Lacey Long | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by (as Lacy Long) |
Chad McQueen | ... | special thanks |
Barbara Minty | ... | special thanks (as Barbara McQueen Brunsvold) |
Donna Redden | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by / special thanks |
Al Satterwhite | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Rick Spalla | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Marshall Terrill | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by / special thanks |
John Waggaman | ... | acknowledgment: footage and stills provided by |
Liz Weller | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (tv) (limited)
- NHK (2006) (Japan) (tv)
- Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (2005) (United States) (tv)
- WOWOW (2006) (Japan) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2005) (United States) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Academy Foundation (footage and stills provided by)
- Alan Ett Music Group (music composed by)
- Aleph Records (music provided by)
- Angel City Studios (graphics)
- Beech Grove Historical Society (footage and stills provided by)
- Beech Grove Public Library (footage and stills provided by)
- Boys Republic (footage and stills provided by)
- C-BUB (footage and stills provided by)
- CBS Broadcasting (footage and stills provided by)
- City of Slater, Missouri (footage and stills provided by)
- Columbia Pictures (footage and stills provided by)
- Demont Photo Management (footage and stills provided by)
- EMI Music Publishing (music provided by)
- Getty Images (footage and stills provided by)
- Globe Photos (footage and stills provided by)
- Hollywood Chamber Community Foundation (footage and stills provided by)
- Hollywood Newsreel Syndicate (footage and stills provided by)
- Hope Enterprises (footage and stills provided by)
- L.A. Digital Post (post-production facilities)
- MGM Clip + Still (footage and stills provided by)
- MGM Music Inc. (music provided by)
- MPTV Images (footage and stills provided by)
- Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (footage and stills provided by)
- Media City Sound (audio post-production)
- New York Public Library's Friedman Abeles Collection (footage and stills provided by)
- Opus I Production Music Library (music composed by)
- Paramount Pictures (footage and stills provided by)
- Passport International Entertainment (footage and stills provided by)
- Photo Fest (footage and stills provided by)
- Playbill (footage and stills provided by)
- Shooting Star (footage and stills provided by)
- Steve McQueen/Neile Adams Collection (footage and stills provided by)
- Streamline Films (footage and stills provided by)
- StudioCanal Image (footage and stills provided by)
- The Picture Desk Inc. (footage and stills provided by)
- Turner Entertainment (footage and stills provided by)
- Twentieth Century Fox (footage and stills provided by)
- UCLA Film and Television Archive (footage and stills provided by)
- WPA Film Library (footage and stills provided by)
- Warner Bros. (footage and stills provided by)
- Worldwide Entertainment Corporation (footage and stills provided by)
- Worldwide Photos (footage and stills provided by)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Friends, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen - including first wife, actress and dancer Neile Adams, and third wife, model Barbara Minty - discuss his life in relation to his movie career. His screen persona was one where women loved him, in part because of his piercing blue eyes, and men both wanted to emulate him and be his buddy. Despite having screen presence even in early bit parts, he didn't start to hone his craft of acting until he was accepted into the Actor's Studio. In what some consider his breakthrough movie, he took the sure thing of a meager paycheck instead of taking a percentage of the movie's profits, as he thought the movie would be a commercial flop. That movie was The Blob (1958). Although he made a name as the rebel loner and an action hero in the television show Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) and smaller parts in movies such as The Magnificent Seven (1960), his status as such, but in a movie starring capacity, was solidified with The Great Escape (1963), despite having problems on that set. That persona continued in such movies as The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Nevada Smith (1966), and The Sand Pebbles (1966), the latter for which he was nominated for an Oscar. He was convinced by Neile to do a more debonair role, and campaigned and won the lead role in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). Bullitt (1968) was the first movie produced by his own production company, and despite what is considered a weak story, it stands as one of McQueen's most iconic movies for its visual style, and the groundbreaking car chase scene. He wanted Le Mans (1971) to be the most important movie in his filmography because of his love of car racing and his want to portray the actual Le Mans race accurately. It was during this period that his personal life, which was being overtaken by drugs and freewheeling actions such as infidelity, began to unravel. The second phase of his professional and personal life began with The Getaway (1972), where he met second wife, Ali MacGraw. This period actually was the beginning of the end as he became disillusioned with the business, especially as he began to realize he was developing health issues, which would ultimately take his life. Written by Huggo |
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Trivia | This documentary is featured on the Two-Disc Special Edition DVD for Bullitt (1968), released in 2005. See more » |
Movie Connections | Features Studio One (1948). See more » |
Crazy Credits | All interviewees are identified by on-screen graphics. Steve McQueen is identified by interviewees. Stunt driver Bill Hickman is identified by director Peter Yates. See more » |