Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston (2011)
A glowing, prismatic portrait of the rise and fall of America's first celebrity designer—Halston—the man who was synonymous with fashion in the 1970s, and became the emperor of NYC nightlife. Interviews with friends and witnesses (including Liza Minnelli, Diane Von Furstenberg, André Leon Talley, Anjelica Huston, Bob Colacello, and Billy Joel, among others) round out this glittering evocation of the man who defined the most beautiful and decadent era of recent memory.
Director: Whitney Smith
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Patricia Altschul as Self |
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Phillip Bloch as Self |
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Thom Browne as Self |
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Stephen Burrows as Self |
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Pat Cleveland as Self |
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Bob Colacello as Self |
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Richard DuPont as Self |
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Robert Dupont as Self |
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Amy Fine-Collins as Self |
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Anthony Haden-Guest as Self |
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Halston as Self (archive footage) |
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Cathy Horyn as Self |
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Victor Hugo as Self (archive footage) |
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Anjelica Huston as Self |
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Billy Joel as Self |
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Randy Jones as Self |
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Naeem Khan as Self |
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Boaz Masur as Self |
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Patrick McMullen as Self |
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Liza Minnelli as Self |
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Georgette Mosbacher as Self |
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Glenn O'Brien as Self |
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Adam Rapoport as Self |
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Andy Rapoport as Self |
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Nile Rodgers as Self |
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Chado Ralph Rucci as Self |
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Whitney Smith as Self |
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André Leon Talley as Self |
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Diane von Fürstenberg as Self |
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Paul Wilmont as Self |
| Directing | Whitney Smith | Director |
| Production | Adam Bardach | Producer |
| Sound | Christopher Franke | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Scott Smith Miller | Cinematography |
| Sound | Chris David | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Thomas Golubić | Music Editor |
| Production | Shawn Simon | Executive Producer |
| Production | Anne Goursaud | Producer |
| Production | Nicholas Simon | Producer |
| Production | Mark Urman | Executive Producer |
| Editing | John Paul Horstmann | Editor |