Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990)
Documentary is about the life and work of American screenwriter Waldo Salt who won two Academy Awards and was put on the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s. The story is told through interviews with collaborators and friends such as Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jon Voight, John Schlesinger and with clips from Salt's films, chiefly Midnight Cowboy.
Directors: Eugene Corr, Robert Hillmann.
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Peter Coyote as Narrator (voice) |
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Mary Davenport as Self |
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Jennifer Salt as Self |
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Jerome Hellman as Self |
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James Leo Herlihy as Self |
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Dustin Hoffman as Self |
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Paul Jarrico as Self |
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Ring Lardner, Jr. as Self |
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George Litto as Self |
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Robert Redford as Self |
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John Schlesinger as Self |
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Jon Voight as Self |
| Directing | Eugene Corr | Director |
| Directing | Robert Hillmann | Director |
| Production | Susan Lacy | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Hillmann | Producer |
| Production | Michelle Satter | Co-Producer |
| Writing | Eugene Corr | Writer |
| Sound | Todd Boekelheide | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Robert Hillmann | Cinematography |