Hal (2018 film)

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Hal
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Directed byAmy Scott
Produced byChristine Beebe
Lisa Janssen
Jonathan Lynch
Brian Morrow
Distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories
Release dates
  • January 2018 (2018-01)(Sundance)
  • September 7, 2018 (2018-09-07)
[1]
Running time
88 min [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hal is a 2018 American documentary film by Amy Scott about the film director Hal Ashby. [3] It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope Laboratories [4] on September 7, 2018. [5]

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Summary

The film is a celebration of Ashby's life and work, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing America and an even more dramatic shift in film making. Once the toast of New Hollywood, his rise and fall became another story of art against the film industry. [6] The documentary includes many interviews with Ashby's contemporaries, and it has been reviewed as "warm, beautifully made." [7]

Reception

Rolling Stone included the film in its "10 Best Documentaries of 2018" [8] and Entertainment Weekly included it in its "Sundance 2018: The 11 best films of this year's festival". [9]

It earned a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads, "Hal pays affectionate tribute to a filmmaker whose offscreen life proves as engaging as his best work." [10]

It was nominated for a Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures. [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The shallow Hal skims the career of the director of Harold and Maude and Being There-AV Club
  2. ↑ FilmAffinity
  3. ↑ Minow, Nell. "Hal Movie Review & Film Summary (2018) - Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com.
  4. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (20 March 2018). "Hal Ashby Documentary 'Hal' Will Get Theatrical Bow Via Oscilloscope". Archived from the original on March 20, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Review: HAL, Tribute to a Lasting Cinematic Legacy". ScreenAnarchy. 6 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Hal Movie (2018): Apr. 28, 2018 - added Amy Scott as director to credits". Movie Insider. 28 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Garner, Jack (August 12, 2018). "Director's time has come". Newspapers.com. Rochester, New York: Democrat and Chronicle. p. 5C. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  8. ↑ Fear, David (12 December 2018). "10 Best Documentaries of 2018". Rolling Stone.
  9. ↑ "Sundance 2018: The best films of this year's festival". Entertainment Weekly.
  10. ↑ "Hal (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  11. ↑ "All Motion Picture and TV Nominations for 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards presented by Cadillac - Producers Guild of America". Archived from the original on 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
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